On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:43:48 +0100 Alan Bowring ... it pure coincidence that the 100km lines cross at that point on this coast? I presume that it is. Yes,...
Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Sep 1, 2003 2:26 pm
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Dear Big-Square (OV) fans, This is in the same light-hearted vain as the original story that started this quite interesting thread. Talking of the Yorkshire...
Re. my previous post on this subject (that has subsequently turned up in Sheetlines 67, p53), I was recently searching the Hampshire Records Office (HRO)...
There may well be more 'out there': very few local record offices as yet have web-accessible catalogues! R.O. ... http://www.charlesclosesociety.org.uk and The...
rroliver
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Sep 5, 2003 5:46 pm
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Does anyone have a definitive(ish) definition of the criteria that a field surveyor would have applied to depict a road in 'dotted' or 'pecked' lines, rather...
Dotted lines indicate, in effect, a change on the ground which does not constitute an obstruction to pedestrians. The situation described for the 2nd edition...
rroliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Sep 5, 2003 6:03 pm
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Roger. Ref your request, I have a copy of sheet 125 (Guildford) in OS/E cover LSS. On a completely different subject, perhaps you could help on a map I have. I...
I wonder if any one can help. I am looking for a map of Southend-on-Sea around 1920, can any one provide an idea of wer i might find such an item (I want the...
The next meeting of the informal Midlands Group will be at 19:30 this coming Thursday (the 11th September), at Voluntary Services Centre, Union Street Car ...
... Yes I have. However not at all good in my experiance. While it could be due to the browser I use, or perhaps because I use a Mac. even with the 'zoom' set...
Were OS maps printed during WWII, if so, where could I obtain a copy? The area I'm interested in is covered on both Explorer 191 and Explorer 192. Tia, Garth...
I don't know whether this site has been mentioned before but here it is (again?): <A HREF="http://www.trigpointinguk.com/">http://www.trigpointinguk.com/</A> ...
ONE-INCH COLOURED THIRD EDITIONS. From Roger Hellyer and Richard Oliver First, many thanks to the several correspondents who wrote in response to our request...
roger hellyer
roger.hellyer@...
Sep 8, 2003 9:38 am
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Pecked casing lines for routes indicate, at the fundamental level, that the route was unfenced: i.e. no wall/fence/hedge to either side. This convention is...
Yolande Hodson
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Sep 8, 2003 5:48 pm
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I agree, it is useless, but the BL are aware of the poor image quality. It will be improved (as will the accompanying text, I hope) in due course. Yo Hodson ...
Yolande Hodson
y.hodson@...
Sep 9, 2003 12:30 am
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I have seen several of these delightful albums at Ordnance Survey within the last couple of years. I was hoping they would come in the direction of the CCS...
Yolande Hodson
y.hodson@...
Sep 10, 2003 8:48 am
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To have this prime source so easily available is wonderful, but in practice it is almost useless due to the poor resolution. No doubt this is deliberate, and...
Steven, It may not be much help but I have a quarter-inch O.S. atlas dated 1922, you didn't mention scale and the date matches quite closely (unless you were ...
Further to my posting yesterday, Ordnancemappers may be interested in responses I have received from BL; 1. zooming in: we are currently reviewing this...
Opps sorry for the delay, I forgeot I dont recive daily updates. Thanks that would be super. I will poay any costs. How do you wish to send it. All the best ...
I have lost the adress of the company that offed to sell me the map equested, can you send me a new e-mail. I would like the map, I did sned my addres for the...
... Compare with the maps at the National Library of Scotland. http://www.nls.uk/maps/index.html You can zoom right on those and get plenty of detail. MB...
... The maps at the British Library seem to vary. With some you can zoom right in and read every word. But with others you can zoom far enoughgt to actually...
I agree that the National Library of Scotland has excellent offerings but it is of little use to those south of the border. We can only wait and hope that...
A visit to the National Trust's Attingham House outside Shrewsbury last year revealed a room - was it the former classroom? - papered with one inch 7th series...
Alan Bowring
alan.bowring@...
Sep 16, 2003 4:15 pm
1159
I believe the 1851 Great Exhibition featured the recently surveyed and printed 1:1056 (five foot) OS plan of Liverpool - all 50 sheets laid end to end on the...
iain taylor
mapman@...
Sep 16, 2003 6:50 pm
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Gareth. Have just found you query on return from holiday so may be too late. I have attached the relevant page from my website - if it doesn't come up try...
Forbes Robertson
forbes.robertson@...
Sep 16, 2003 7:36 pm
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Somewhat OT but I Googled on"wallpaper map" and first up was the National Geographic's 110" x 96" world political map in three sections, designed as wallpaper....
Reference Alan Bowrings remarks about wallpapering rooms, I wallpapered my downstairs loo a few years ago with the then current 1 inch map. I started with my...
