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What is an ordnance survey map?
During the english civil war Oliver Cromwell, leader of the Parliamentarian side discovered that he had great difficulty hitting anything with his artillery. He realised that the root of the problem was the very poor quality of the availabl... Read More »
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What are ordnance survey maps?
Ordnance survey maps are maps that show altitude in relation to a 'known' ordnance datum. An ordnance datum is a point of particular altitude. In the UK, that ordnance datum for ordnance survey maps is the mean sea level at Newlyn in Cornwa... Read More »
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What does Ch mean on an ordnance survey map?
Ch means church. Read More »
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its a public convenience (toilet)
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On the OS Explorer series (Scale 1:25,000) of Ordnance Survey maps, a well is denoted as a small unfilled blue circle with a blue capital "W" next to it. Springs are denoted by the same circle however the letters "Spr" are used in place of ...
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Red . On all the many OS maps that I have, motorways are blue.
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PH on an Ordinance Survey map stands for 'Public House', better known as a pub.
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For Great Britain, have a look at http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/education/pdf/25kenglishlegend08.pdf
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elephant
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elephant
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