The Editor writes: OK, OK, OK I know that those of you who are members of the Charles Close Society will probably have just received your copies of Sheetlines...
... Chris, We all make mistakes, and that was easy enough to do. I certainly agree its a very good magazine, and more important, you are making an excellent...
First name Elaine, second was possibly Pilbeam. And I agree with Philip that it was a most interesting talk. She might well be at AGM, if that would be soon ...
... Good job I have already got last years copy filed in my nice official 'Sheetlines' binder, as I am sure I would have spent ages tryng to work out which...
... The trick is to look at the Copyright date in the small print at the bottom of the back cover. I was so pleased that I had remembered to update this that I...
Further to the story on page 50 in Sheetlines 78, the free Demo Edition of Soviewer software - including a sample set of Soviet maps of S.E. England - is now...
<<Meanwhile, I have applied Tipp-Ex 'transfertype' to my copy and still have a number of spare '7's on the sheet if anyone is sufficiently bothered to want me...
John and all, As a long time user of VTU General Staff maps of far away places, it is very interesting to see some samples of these of the British Isles. ...
The OS statement, dated September 1997, can be seen at : http://www.SovietMaps.com/OS%20Statement.pdf I wrote formally in 2005 to ask whether this represents...
Surely it depends on the scale of mapping? The 1:50,000 and smaller scale series do indeed seem to be OS derivatives, and certainly seem to infringe Crown...
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Apr 5, 2007 5:56 pm
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I agree the VTU mapping has utilised mapping of the OS for the UK. However, I think the degree to which this has been done is minimal and it was mainly for...
It's certainly too simplistic to say, as Richard does, ... Looking at the Soviet 1:100,000 series of 1960s against the contemporary OS One Inch Seventh Series...
I haven't got the relevant edition to hand, but I came to the conclusion that my copy of the 1:50,000 Soviet map covering St Albans had identical built up...
There are obvious similarities - as you would expect of maps of the same scale of the same place at about the same time. But looking across the whole of the...
Two comments. 1. If two capable mapping organisations produced maps of an area from their own data, to the same specification, one would expect almost...
The summary lists have been updated and may be found, as usual, at www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm <http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm> . Active...
Is this the most expensive One-inch map ever? Seen in a booksellers window in a town in the centre of the Lake District National Park - 'Framed Lake Distict...
I've added a 'Quick Find' form to my website: on the OS Mapping page (http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm) and the main/parent index page. It took me a...
Hi, Can someone tell me if OS still produce maps of Cyprus , and , if not, when the last was published ? Sure there must be appropriate site somewhere, but I...
Forbes Robertson
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Apr 9, 2007 10:45 am
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Bill Henwood has updated his list of Landranger Bar Reprints [v53]. It may be found hosted at http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/LandrangerBarReprints.htm . Regards ...
I don't think that OS ever produced maps of Cyprus off their own bat. They did however *print* mapping of Cyprus, from the 1930s to at least the 1980s,...
R.R.Oliver@...
Apr 10, 2007 9:16 pm
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Came across this in my inbox and thought that it might be of interest. Best wishes Tinho ... From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum ...
Da Cruz, Antonio
dacruz@...
Apr 13, 2007 2:09 pm
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Apologies for cross-posting Dear all Please find below details of the last Cambridge Seminar in the History of Cartography for this academic year, which will...
I'd just like to let everyone know that, as a CCS member, I took John up on his half-price offer for the Soviet Maps package, and am absolutely delighted. Its...
I hope I am not breaking any rules about advertising on this group, but I see that Cassini have brought out new product using OS mapping. They are publishing...
Not at all, Bill: you're performing a valuable service! I wish I'd known about this when passing through ondon this morning! The discontinuity in the A1...
Richard Oliver
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Apr 27, 2007 7:12 pm
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Dear All May be of interest Anne -- Anne Taylor Head of Map Department, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR Tel: 01223-333041. Fax:...
