This is my first posting, and I hope someone can help me with a query! Some 35 years ago when I was a frequent user of the Children's section of the local...
It's a bit difficult to know how to start this, I'm not that used to asking for stuff. Anyway here goes... I've posted once previously about a site I'm working...
Richard, scrolling back through my memory to days training as a Photowriter in 1943. Every type of land division for local government purposes was indicated by...
Do we have anyone who has expertise about first-edition six-inch maps, especially od Yorkshire and Lancashire? I am having difficulty sorting out the various...
Subject: Hounslow Heath Baseline of 1791. Dear sir ... I was wondering where I might find information about this baseline. John Marjot. Marjot J Mr ...
I've noticed a couple of odd errors in Google Maps, so there are probably many more; has anybody else noticed any ? The names of Woodford Station (at Woodford...
Something I have puzzled over for years, can anyone show even a glimmer of light on this. In November of 1944, when I was an RE Survey Photowriter, I was shut ...
Thank you to those of you who replied to my previous posting. I have established that Landmark have (of course) retained an archive of the complete Sitescope...
Does anyone know the origin of the term 'Vanessa tube' for the round triangulation pillars constructed in the later part of the Retriangulation in highland...
Some years ago, an organisation called Sitescope published a series of CDs which, county by county, contained scans of all County sheet- line six inch maps of...
Lez tells us that 'the paper maps are very quiet at the moment, except for the Land Access Explorers marching north'. I've just recently acquired 'access'...
The lists have been updated and may be found at _http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm_ (http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm) Regards Lez Watson ...
In Canada this kite has recently been flown by the Govt. (my former employer!) which may be of interest to UK map users. Iain Taylor Halifax, NS CASLIS...
Thanks to the Ordnance Maps respondee. Another person has emailed me with an identical suggestion about the map origin and asked about service locations in...
J.Russell I would think that your father was transferred to IE Survey who worked out of Dhera Dun and would have been concerned with maps for the operations in...
I have just seen this group, Yahoo does hide things well. I may be a little to one side of most members, my interest in the OS began early in 1943 when I was...
I have just acquired Timeline sheet 198 'Brighton & Lewes' (or should that be 'Brighthelmstone & Lewes'?) covering the area of the modern Landranger and, as a...
Whilst conducting a small group on a guided walk in Delamere Forest recently, we descended on (yes - descended on, albeit slightly) a somewhat forlorn trig...
Apologies for cross-posting Dear colleagues I am delighted to announce that the Map Curators' Group Special Issue (volume 42, number 3) of The Cartographic...
Just thought I'd let you all know about the Historical Maps series we've recently produced - Old Series OS maps re-scaled and re-projected to match the...
This message has been posted to: lis-maps, carto-soc, ordnancemaps, maphist Dear Colleagues At the Spring 2002 meeting of BRICMICS (the British and Irish...
... jo.kirkham@... ... please email me (or her) offline. ... I am involved in a three-year multidisciplinary study of Medieval Rye with the Romney Marsh...
Hi Folks, I wonder if anyone can point be at some resources about the Map Grid used for the Channel Islands (Bailiwick Islands)? In particular I'm looking for...
I have been sent the following two maps by someone interested in finding out something about them. I was unable to provide much information. Could anyone...
These are the ones with green border with the name in green. I've seen just one with a brown border with the name in red! What is the difference? Does a...
These have been updated and may be found at _http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm_ (http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm) . Source material for...
For information, the Soviet Military Maps section of website www.Jomidav.com has now been updated to include the articles appearing in December Sheetlines. ...
