The Ordnance Survey and its rivals: Mapmaking 12

The body that would become the Ordnance Survey was established in 1791. Its introduction made life difficult for independent commercial mapmakers. ‘File:William Mudge.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons ‘General Roys Baseline.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:General Roys Baseline.jpg|General_Roys_Baseline]] ‘File:CulmstockBeacon.jpg’ by Tony in Devon is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons ‘Bodleian Libraries, South west Kent, 1801.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Bodleian Libraries, South west Kent, 1801.jpg|Bodleian_Libraries,_South_west_Kent,_1801]] ‘1801 Ordnance Survey map of Kent.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:1801 Ordnance Survey map of Kent.jpg|1801_Ordnance_Survey_map_of_Kent]] ‘Waterford Bicycle Club at Court House, Waterford, Ireland, 1900s (5771160987).jpg’ no known copyright restrictios via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Waterford Bicycle Club at Court House, Waterford, Ireland, 1900s (5771160987).jpg|Waterford_Bicycle_Club_at_Court_House,_Waterford,_Ireland,_1900s_(5771160987)]] ‘Trench Map Zonnebeke 28NE 1, Edition 7A - Task Map to Accompany MG Instructions No.1, Series No.4.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Trench Map Zonnebeke 28NE 1, Edition 7A - Task Map to Accompany MG Instructions No.1, Series No.4.jpg|Trench_Map_Zonnebeke_28NE_1,_Edition_7A_-_Task_Map_to_Accompany_MG_Instructions_No.1,_Series_No.4]] ‘Montauban to Switch Trench through High Wood, Somme 1916.png’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Montauban to Switch Trench through High Wood, Somme 1916.png|Montauban_to_Switch_Trench_through_High_Wood,_Somme_1916]] ‘Bodleian Libraries, Oxford and Watlington area of Oxfordshire, by Andrew Bryant, 1824.jpg’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Bodleian Libraries, Oxford and Watlington area of Oxfordshire, by Andrew Bryant, 1824.jpg|Bodleian_Libraries,_Oxford_and_Watlington_area_of_Oxfordshire,_by_Andrew_Bryant,_1824]] ‘Map Great Portland Street Greenwood 1827.JPG’ is public domain via Wikimedia Commons [[File:Map Great Portland Street Greenwood 1827.JPG|Map_Great_Portland_Street_Greenwood_1827]]