From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7961088baf0e34d6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Alan Brain Subject: Re: AIA Position on Ada Date: 1996/08/26 Message-ID: <3221d26c.0@red.interact.net.au>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 176573594 references: <321DA0F3.34BC@lmtas.lmco.com> <4vq1n2$9o1@rational.rational.com> <01bb9300$3af46980$4a6700cf@ljelmore.montana> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: At Home mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada x-mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) Date: 1996-08-26T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: "Larry J. Elmore" wrote: >I don't know the background of the British Ordnance Survey maps, but it >sounds as though they are made for (and possibly by) the British military. >I take it these maps are easily available to the general public? Are other >commercial maps (of presumably lower detail and quality) available to the >British public, and if so, how many more are sold than Ordnance Survey >maps? The Ordnance Survey was commissioned as a set of Military Maps when it was discovered that had Napoleon invaded, there were no good maps for the British forces. It's about as military as Ada, ie started out that way, but now the standard for the UK whenever you want any decent topographic map.