Before revision: In Britain and in Europe in general, the word topography is still sometimes used in its original sense.For example, see the websites of the Victoria County History and London Topographical Society Detailed military surveys in Britain (beginning in the late eighteenth century) were called Ordnance Surveys, and this term was used into the 20th century as generic for topographic surveys and maps.Oxford English Dictionary – "Ordnance Survey" The earliest scientific surveys in France were called the Cassini maps after the family who produced them over four generations.
After revision: In Britain and in Europe in general, the word topography is still sometimes used in its original sense.For example, see the websites of the Victoria County History and London Topographical Society Detailed military surveys in Britain (beginning in the late eighteenth century) were Ordnance Surveys, and this term was used into the 20th century as generic for topographic surveys and maps.Oxford English Dictionary – "Ordnance Survey" The earliest scientific surveys in France were called the Cassini maps after the family who produced them over four generations.