§ 29. Viscount CURZONasked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether any steps have been taken or are in contemplation to make an aerial photographic survey of the whole or, at any rate, the more important parts of the United Kingdom?
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of AGRICULTURE (Sir Arthur Boscawan)The United Kingdom is the most completely and accurately mapped country in the world. Maps exist on all scales from 25 inches to one mile to 1 inch to one mile, and smaller scales, and are periodically revised. The Ordnance Survey is watching the development of aerial photographic methods, but, at present, these methods 1066 are far less accurate and more expensive than those actually in use by the Department. Future possibilities are, however, not being lost sight of.