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 oppo

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