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Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by abstractbeliefs on Monday April 12, 2021 @01:18PM (#26782160)
Which is exactly how they got their name: the Ordnance Survey was the organisation responsible for generating accurate maps for the purposes of planning and executing artillery shoots.
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Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by KineticLensman on Monday April 12, 2021 @05:13PM (#26785272)
To be precise, their original goal [0] was to map Scotland in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, to to help the crown to subjugate the clans (as opposed to just lobbing arty fire at them).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey#Origins

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Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by titzer on Monday April 12, 2021 @03:14PM (#26783784)
That actually makes more sense than "Ordinance Survey" :)
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Re:When real world mapping meets Tolkien by iudqnolq on Monday April 12, 2021 @03:34PM (#26784057)
It could be the national government's legally authoritative survey :)
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