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> I want to call out the ordinance survey for making their data available Nit-picking: it's "ordnance", not "ordinance". They're not interchangeable, even thou

by jfk13 6y ago

> I want to call out the ordinance survey for making their data available Nit-picking: it's "ordnance", not "ordinance". They're not interchangeable, even though they share a common origin.

iudqnolq 6y ago
Thanks! This is the first time I've written the word out, I always abbreviate it OS
- Maursault 6y ago
  Actually, you were correct [1], jfk13 is mistaken, but it was an easy mistake to make. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey
  - iudqnolq 6y ago
    I corrected it in an edit. I originally spelled it Ordinance.
titzer 6y ago
Ordnance literally means artillery; shells and bullets :)
- abstractbeliefs 6y ago
  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.
  - titzer 6y ago
    That actually makes more sense than "Ordinance Survey" :)
    - iudqnolq 6y ago
      It could be the national government's legally authoritative survey :)
  - KineticLensman 6y ago
    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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey#Origins