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War Office and Ministry of Defence: Survey Services: Directorate of Military Survey...
Catalogue reference: WO 403
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WO 403
This series contains technical instructions produced by the various survey units operating in support of the armed forces. The technical instructions cover all elements of the work of the survey units: field survey procedures; product design and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 403
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and Ministry of Defence: Survey Services: Directorate of Military Survey and Survey Units: Technical Instructions, 1885-1992
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Date (When the record was created)
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1906-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains technical instructions produced by the various survey units operating in support of the armed forces. The technical instructions cover all elements of the work of the survey units: field survey procedures; product design and specifications; processes to be followed; equipment and materials to be used and maintained; and administrative requirements.
Topics include:
- surveying techniques: levelling, triangulation, air surveys, air photography, revision and accuracy;
- cartographic specifications: projections, grid systems, scales, colours, conventional signs, line widths, cartographic representation of boundaries, use of punctuation, transliteration and spelling of names, use of capital letters, marginalia, edition numbering, standardisation and overprints;
- cartographic process: materials, equipment, calibration, safety, and reproduction process markings;
- administrative: checking procedures, sheet history notes, record copies, map supply and distribution, production of gazetteers, interaction with the Ordnance Survey, division of duties and responsibilities.
The series also includes Standardisation Agreements (STANAGS) produced by the Combined Military Planning Staff of the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO), a Cold War alliance which included the UK.
Also included are a number of training pamphlets, and memoranda produced by the survey units.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Grouped by originating survey unit, and by printed series within that grouping. Within the printed series they are in numerical order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Military Survey, 1964-2000
- War Department, Topographical Department, 1855-1857
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, Geographical Section, 1922-1939
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations and Plans, Geographical Section, 1939-1943
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations, Geographical Section General Staff, 1908-1922
- War Office, Directorate of Military Operations, Topographical Section, 1904-1908
- War Office, Directorate of Military Survey, 1943-1964
- War Office, Intelligence Branch, 1873-1888
- War Office, Military Intelligence and Mobilization Department, Topographical Section, 1901-1904
- War Office, Military Intelligence Division, Topographical Section, 1888-1901
- War Office, Topographical Department, 1857-1873
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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786 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2012 Ministry of Defence
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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3.1.2 External relations and defence
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12266831/
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War Office and Ministry of Defence: Survey Services: Directorate of Military Survey and Survey Units: Technical Instructions, 1885-1992
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