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Map Man: Martin Hotine's Ordnance Survey (1935-1950)

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

8/8. Being an OS surveyor in the 1930s was back-breaking work, as Nicholas Crane discovers. Braving the wilds of the Scottish Highlands, he conducts his own triangulation survey - will his efforts measure up to the exacting standards demanded by Britain's national mapping agency?
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Contributors

Presenter:
Nicholas Crane
Director:
David Wilson
Series Producer:
Michael Waterhouse
Source: Radio Times

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