I have a book published in 2000 with innumerable UK 1" OS map references. Is there a Web site that lets me input a reference, and then show me the map centered...
You could try the OS's own site: Get-a-Map <http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/> Cheers Lez [Non-text portions of this message have been...
www.streetmap.co.uk <http://www.streetmap.co.uk/> lets you input a reference. 12 figure references bring up 1:50000 mapping Regards, John John Hobden John...
Another interesting posting from Philip! To take a few points: OS large-scale mapping: the 19th century case for expanding OS from a small-scale organisation...
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Jan 1, 2007 1:55 pm
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Members of Charles Close Society are reminded of the one-day exhibition of maps from Rod Leary's collection in Ludlow on Saturday 17th February. The exhibition...
Do any list members know the level of OS involvement in the Kelly's Post Office Directory maps of London? The maps are essentially monochrome street maps of...
Could you say, please, what date these maps are? Answer might depend upon date! Richard Oliver On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:17:37 -0000 Richard Fairhurst ... Richard...
Richard Oliver
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Jan 3, 2007 10:41 am
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... Ah, ok! They're 1949. (I'm particularly interested because any OS information from this date would be out of copyright, whereas the Kelly's information...
I can't say offhand whether Kelly's added their own data, but my own understanding would be that if one derives out-of-copyright data via an in-copyright...
Richard Oliver
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Jan 3, 2007 12:35 pm
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... The very useful "unofficial consolidated text" of copyright legislation, linked from http://www.patent.gov.uk/copy/c-law/c-legislation.htm, says: "10.1......
Richard, Richard, et al, ... I would welcome more information on why different criteria apply to each? Richard Dean (Yes, ANOTHER Richard!) -- From:...
... My understanding: - Crown Copyright (Ordnance Survey) lasts 50 years after the end of the year in which the map was first published. - Standard UK/EU...
... Richard, The period from the point of creation under whih private (ie non state, or non-public or non-Crown) owners of material can continue to claim ...
... not part of the group ... I wondered if old editions of Sheetlines are available in any library, preferably in London? I don't mind ordering back copies,...
Peter Stubbs
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Jan 9, 2007 8:52 am
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They're found at Imperial College, the British Library, and the University of London. I'm sure they'll be elsewhere too, i.e the RGS and the National...
Da Cruz, Antonio
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Jan 9, 2007 12:21 pm
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The contents lists of most issues (about three-quarters) can also be viewed on the website of the Charles Close Society: ...
I wonder whether it might be a good time to make the, say, first thirty issues of Sheetlines available on the internet as PDF downloads from the Charles Close...
... thirty ... from ... Steve Braim and I do have a (very) long term project to make all the back issues of Sheetlines available on a CD and potentially via...
Perhaps we could make a start by putting the remaining 25% of the Sheetlines contents lists on the CCS website, along with the indexes to Sheetlines? David...
... Sheetlines contents lists on the CCS website, That is on my list of things to do. I have to type them in by hand so if anybody already has them in...
I've a friend who has inherited some maps. I'm valuing/buying the majority which are OS, but there are some MOD Eastern European ones (c1970s) and some silk...
Not strictly about OS Maps, but I recently discovered http://flashearth.com which is like Google Earth, but with higher definition images (certainly across...
The car outside my house (West of Manchester) is the one I possessed between about 1996 and 2002 Peter, on another windy Manchester night. ... there ... road ...
As far as my local maps are concerned Microsoft VE is July 2004 and Google map is about 18 months later. This aligns with GetMapping data for Bristol urban...
Microsoft VE and Getmapping is certainly July/August 1999 for my area (SW Norfolk). (Can date from absence of new buildings and crops in fields) Regards, John...
Thanks to Richard for his reply to my previous post under this heading. Dealing with his comments regarding electronic mapping first: I most certainly would...
I will comment on one point only: OS 'pasting in' developers plans and the like. This poses 2 difficulties: (1) Is the scheme actually built exactly as per the...
