{"id":1786470,"date":"2018-10-18T08:30:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T12:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786470"},"modified":"2018-10-18T09:35:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T13:35:18","slug":"the-ordnance-survey-puzzle-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/10\/the-ordnance-survey-puzzle-book\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Today is the publication date for The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Trapeze<\/a>), a collection of map quizzes and puzzles\u2014a “mix of navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams and mathematical conundrums” contrived by Gareth Moore\u2014based on some 40 Ordnance Survey maps dating as far back as 1801. It’s out in the U.K. only; North Americans will have to try third-party sellers on Amazon<\/a> (or elsewhere) or order directly from British vendors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is the publication date for The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book (Trapeze), a collection of map quizzes and puzzles\u2014a “mix of navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams and mathematical conundrums” contrived by Gareth Moore\u2014based on… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[467],"tags":[30,88],"class_list":["post-1786470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-games","tag-books","tag-ordnance-survey","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1843389,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/07\/the-map-men-visit-the-ordnance-survey-and-also-wrote-a-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786470,"position":0},"title":"The Map Men Visit the Ordnance Survey, and Also Wrote a Book","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 July 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"Map Men Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones visit the Ordnance Survey in a (sponsored) set of two (vertically aligned short) videos: part one, part two. 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