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Mike Parker visits a Cold War military site that was once a blank space on a map.

Mike Parker investigates Cold War military sites that were once just blank spaces on Ordnance Survey maps. From 2010.

Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern cartography. 

The first step to success in any military campaign is a good map. 

During the Second World War, intelligence officers prepared meticulously detailed maps for the D-Day landings using a combination of aerial photography, old tourist guides and holiday snaps. 

Mike discovers how Germany, and later the Soviet Union, compiled maps of Britain often more detailed than our own. 

And he visits a Cold War nuclear bunker, one of the many sites that until recently were simply blank spaces on Ordnance Survey maps.

Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

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