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Map Man

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Map Man is a BBC documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two in 2004 and repeated in 2013. [1]

24 relations: BBC, BBC Two, Cartography, Christopher Saxton, Clandeboye Estate, Collins Bartholomew, Geographers' A–Z Street Atlas, Gough Map, Greenvile Collins, Harry Beck, John Cary, John Ogilby, John Speed, Martin Hotine, Murdoch Mackenzie (cartographer), Nicholas Crane, Ordnance Survey, Phyllis Pearsall, Television documentary, Timothy Pont, Tube map, William Mudge, William Roy, William Smith (geologist).

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Two

BBC Two is the second flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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Cartography

Cartography (from Greek χάρτης chartēs, "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and γράφειν graphein, "write") is the study and practice of making maps.

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Christopher Saxton

Christopher Saxton (c. 1540 – c. 1610) was an English cartographer who produced the first county maps of England and Wales.

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Clandeboye Estate

The Clandeboye Estate is a country estate located in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, outside Belfast.

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Collins Bartholomew

Collins Bartholomew, formerly John Bartholomew and Son, is a long-established map publishing company originally based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Geographers' A–Z Street Atlas

The A–Z (pronounced "Ay to Zed"), or in full the Geographers' A–Z Street Atlas, is a name given to any one of a range of atlases of streets in the United Kingdom currently produced by Geographers' A–Z Map Company Limited.

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Gough Map

The Gough Map or Bodleian Map is a Late Medieval map of the island of Great Britain.

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Greenvile Collins

Greenvile Collins (1643 – c. 25 March 1694) (also spelt Greenvill or Greenville) was an officer of the Royal Navy and prominent hydrographer, who compiled Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, the first survey of the country's coast undertaken by a Briton.

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Harry Beck

Henry Charles Beck (4 June 1902 – 18 September 1974), known as Harry Beck, was an English technical draughtsman best known for creating the present London Underground Tube map in 1931.

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John Cary

John Cary (c. 1754 – 1835) was an English cartographer.

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John Ogilby

John Ogilby (also Ogelby, Oglivie; November 1600 – 4 September 1676) was a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer.

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John Speed

John Speed (1551 or 1552 – 28 July 1629) was an English cartographer and historian.

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Martin Hotine

Brigadier Martin Hotine CMG CBE (17 June 1898 – 12 November 1968) was the head of the Trigonometrical and Levelling Division of the Ordnance Survey responsible for the 26-year-long retriangulation of Great Britain (1936–1962) and was the first Director General of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys (1946–1985).

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Murdoch Mackenzie (cartographer)

Murdoch Mackenzie, FRS (1712–1797) was a Scottish hydrographer and cartographer.

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Nicholas Crane

Nicholas Crane (born 6 May 1954) is an English geographer, explorer, writer and broadcaster.

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Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey (OS) is a national mapping agency in the United Kingdom which covers the island of Great Britain.

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Phyllis Pearsall

Phyllis Isobella Pearsall MBE (25 September 1906 – 28 August 1996) was a British painter and writer who founded the Geographers' A-Z Map Company.

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Television documentary

Documentary television is a genre of television programming that broadcasts documentaries.

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Timothy Pont

Timothy Pont (c. 1565–1614) was a Scottish cartographer and topographer, the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland.

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Tube map

The Tube map is a schematic transport map of the lines, stations and services of the London Underground, known colloquially as "the Tube", hence the map's name.

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William Mudge

William Mudge (1762–1820) was an English artillery officer and surveyor, born in Plymouth, an important figure in the work of the Ordnance Survey.

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William Roy

Major-General William Roy FRS, FSA FRSE (4 May 1726 – 1 July 1790) was a Scottish military engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian.

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William Smith (geologist)

William 'Strata' Smith (23 March 1769 – 28 August 1839) was an English geologist, credited with creating the first nationwide geological map.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_Man

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