... Yes: it was a variation on that used in 1965-9 for the Provisional Edn. I can't say which individual sheets appeared inh this early style. ... Last updated...
rroliver
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Mar 1, 2004 8:39 am
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... The former definition was indeed that it was a 'plan' if there was no distortion of detail, but as even at 1:1250 the minimum size at which detail is shown...
rroliver
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Mar 1, 2004 8:54 am
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... have left me feeling rather envious. I never seen either a 6 inch or a 25 inch OS map dating from earlier than c. 1880. ... far north of England ? They...
rroliver
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Mar 1, 2004 9:01 am
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Don, Were not those US scales linked to surveyors' measures and ease of scale transfer in the 12 inches to the foot Imperial era still operational there? One...
iain taylor
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Mar 1, 2004 2:52 pm
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Ah. Thank you. ... From: rroliver To: ordnancemaps@... Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 8:59 AM Subject: RE: [ordnancemaps] Large-Scale Colour ... ...
... It was in the late 1950s that my first impressions were being formed, when the distinction was alive and well - theoretically, anyway. ... Philistine. ...
... Absolutely. And, since we've never mastered the metric system, the scales of 1:2400 and 1:4800 survive even now. My use of the word "curious" referred to ...
The Ordnance Survey summary lists have been updated and may be found at here. Regards Lez Watson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I noticed today, on an OS business card, that the OS Office at Maybush is named as such on the Landranger map. Other commercial sites seem to get much more...
I think this is a case of a 'proper name', like e.g. Maybush House. Anyway, Michelin on their 1:200,000 series added their new (1927) tyre factory at Stoke on...
rroliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Mar 18, 2004 8:16 am
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I have just purchased an edition E of this series (Sheet 108) and have attempted to compare it to the previous edition (D2), and have the following questions: ...
iain taylor
mapman@...
Mar 18, 2004 6:26 pm
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My wife and I are booked to go on the CCS visit to Dublin in June, and we would welcome any suggestions for a nice B&B in a location suitable for the various...
Bill Batchelor
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Mar 19, 2004 6:29 pm
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David Miller asks about commercial enterprises on OS maps. I note that Stoke City FC's new ground at Britannia Stadium is named on the Explorer map. Its name...
Alan Bowring
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Mar 19, 2004 7:42 pm
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... I, for one, have never asked, but if my OS cartobibliographical experience is any guide, there following answers are possible: (1) no, it would cost too...
rroliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Mar 20, 2004 3:42 pm
1376
Thanks Richard for that bit of Wisdom. Who might one approach inside the OS to check about the detail 'revision models' and their possible continued existence...
iain taylor
mapman@...
Mar 20, 2004 4:45 pm
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... both the ... scale ... anyone? It's my understanding that development work for this is effectively complete: The technology is now available. However,...
From correspondence between Iain Taylor and Richard Oliver comes a question about rock stars and comedians - John Lennon and Norman Wisdom, respectively. I...
Alan Bowring
alan.bowring@...
Mar 21, 2004 10:16 am
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Two questions arising from using Anquet Maps on my PC (both with a Landranger disc in): a) Why can I only print out an A4 page at 1:50,000 paper scale (even...
Sorry but my usual sources have let me down! I have just bought a South Devon (Sheet 36) map from e-Bay - it's in excellent condition but the covers are...
... The print side of Anquet is geared to producing (max) A4 map extracts at whatever percentage magnification you choose. On paper the scaling is reasonably...
all, Pete Bland has answered some basic questions on screen scale which I must admit have confused me somewhat, I never knew what they meant by "scale" on some...
... both the 1:25,000 Explorers and 1:50,000 Landrangers direct from the large-scale MasterMap database, but I don't have a start-date for this: does anyone? ...
Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Mar 22, 2004 12:04 pm
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Richard Oliver
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Mar 22, 2004 12:05 pm
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On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:19:35 -0000 Alan Bowring ... The difficulty is that I don't know any monument to Speed - or Saxton, or Norden! R.O....
Richard Oliver
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Mar 22, 2004 12:07 pm
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On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:36:45 -0000 Brian Sussex ... pale almost monochrome cover Sifton Praed and Co Ltd This is a cover added by Sifton Praed: perfectly...
Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Mar 22, 2004 12:11 pm
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I discover that John Speed is commemorated by a statue on St Giles' Church Without, Cripplegate, Barbican, EC2 as advertised at...
Alan Bowring
alan.bowring@...
Mar 22, 2004 9:09 pm
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I work for a Consulting Civil and Structural Engineers in Kent. My head office in Wescote Road, Reading has sent out an internal email to say that they are...
Further to my earlier message today I have learned that someone in the company has claimed all the maps this afternoon. I'm sorry if this is a disappointment...
