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The lists have been updated and may be found, as usual, at http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm . Very few changes this month. They must all be on...
On the 1997 edition (A3) of Landranger 160 ('Brecon Beacons/Bannau Brycheiniog') at SN 750440 appears the name of a small watercourse 'Nant y Rhaeadr' written...
In reply to Alan Bowring: I can't add anything on how OS maps are printed, but on looking at my copies of Sheet 160 I see that near to `Nant y Rhaeadr',...
Hello all, my humble opinion is that what you have noticed here is not at all a 'printing' oddity but a pure and simple cartographer's error. Text intended for...
Dear all A reader (who is doing an 'A' level project) has asked our advice on the best way to measure stream/river length on 1:10,560 or 1:10,000 scale maps. ...
Try the Google pedometer at http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?centerX=0.0333333%0A¢erY=51.6166667&zl=4&fl=m-e-h-0-1&polyline= Instructions are on screen and...
Dear Ann, Your reader could probably increase the accuracy of using a map wheel/string if she photographically enlarges the map (if she is allowed). Or, if she...
Ann, I think it should be noted that 'lengths' of natural phenomena are scale dependent and there is no such thing as 'true measure' independent of scale....
Iain Taylor
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Aug 4, 2006 12:11 pm
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Has there been any mention of these products on this List? If so, I seem to have missed it. I have just acquired a couple of sheets and had a look at their...
Having had the task of measuring the lengths of rights of way on various occasions, I have used several different methods on routes which are sinuous to a...
If an enlargement is made then one would need to know the scale of the enlarged image of course. I would go for the 'edge of a piece of paper' method... it's...
Revealed : secret locations we knew about anyway. Story in today's Guardian about the OS now starting to show previously-censored sites such as Burghfield...
Fascinating! Sheetlines 64, August 2002, page 38 discussed a Channel 4 programme which specifically queried the omission of Burghfield, among other sites,...
The story comments : Amateur enthusiasts, meanwhile, set up websites pointing out the glaring omissions from official maps. Anyone know of these sites ? Of...
Reference to Charles Close and his critique of geography. iain taylor Halifax, NS...
Iain Taylor
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Aug 15, 2006 1:31 am
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Is there OS mapping at any of the larger scales, e. g. 1:10,000 or 1 : 2500, and based on revisions during the past 3-4 years which is accessible - in any...
You can access 10,000 scale mapping (MasterMap?) at http://www.magic.gov.uk/but I don't actully know how recently they updated it, but I would of thought it...
I noticed in Streetview something different and discovered the OS has abolished the label 'churches', 'synagogues' etc. in favour of 'places of worship'! Will...
Iain Taylor
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Aug 29, 2006 2:37 pm
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OS adopted 'Places of Worship' as policy some 15 or 20 years ago, and it has been appearing in 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 legends for quite some years - 10 at...
Richard Oliver
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Aug 29, 2006 3:48 pm
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Thanks Richard, but a loss nevertheless I think you'd agree! iain T....
Iain Taylor
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Aug 29, 2006 4:00 pm
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Many thanks That's very helpful and has already answered one query. ... From: Barry Hunter To: ordnancemaps@... Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006...
... Insofar as the 10k product has been revised recently I would imagine that this only covers new development and roads. Field boundaries and other rural...
Thanks Richard, I have just double-checked a couple of recently 'revised' sheets at 1:50 and 1:25k and found 'synagogues' (named as such) still firmly in...
Iain Taylor
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Aug 29, 2006 9:21 pm
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Pete Bland advised :- I suppose that if you can demonstrate a legitimate reason your own local council might give you a small (A4 or A3) map extract of a...
... Two possibilities occur to me: 1. See if you can get in touch with the local office of O.S. - the one which is the nominal base of the surveyors who do the...
Iain, and anyone else! I think the 'answer' is that OS smaller-scale and larger-scale mapping have hitherto been generated from different sources, hence the ...
Richard Oliver
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Aug 30, 2006 11:08 am
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Zoom right in on the maps on this web site, very intersting indeed. http://nw.aimwebsites.co.uk/ Covers only NW England (Lancs) though. Manchester planning...
