The pages have been updated and posted in the usual place [http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm]. Not much added this month. They must all be on holiday. ...
http://money.guardian.co.uk/workweekly/story/0,,2131107,00.html - may be of interest if you don't already know what today's surveyors get up to with their GPS...
Thanks for this. I took a look at the article; the reporter seems obsessed with 'plumb lines'. What were these used for I wonder? I don't think that...
I must make it clear that my questions here relate to a RoW issue where motorists have been challenged about using a section of what they believe is an...
[Yes it certainly is quiet here at the moment We seem to go at it in fits and starts....] The best man to answer you questions will no doubt be Richard Oliver...
Hi Les I understand about OS and RoW and how OS maps can only play a part in getting the overall picture of the status of the route but also that surveyors...
I don't think there is a definitive answer here, other than to reiterate the now standard OS caveat that depiction of a route is no evidence of a right of way....
I am afraid that this is not a very satisfactory query, and various questions need to be answered before there is any investigation of 'historic' mapping: (1)...
Richard Oliver
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Jul 27, 2007 4:07 pm
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Dear All, If I create an entirely fictional map in the OS style, using OS symbols and conventions, is there a copyright issue? I don't mean making any claim...
Thank you for that Richard - someone said you would "be along" ;-) Please be assured that the RoW issues are being fully investigated by an amateur RoW...
Ordnance Survey themselves produce fictional maps. My favourite is the one that featured on the cover of a leaflet aimed at schools. Part of Landranger 142...
Sorry to be awkward, but it really depends on circumstances and context. I cannot give any answer without knowing all the circumstances. Richard Oliver...
R.R.Oliver@...
Jul 27, 2007 8:44 pm
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Dear Martin As far as I am aware copyright in the UK not only exists on the mapping data but the style applied to that data. So if you copied the OS style you...
Dear Tim, Many thanks for your help. ... My understanding was that after 50 years they are still Crown Copyright, but can be freely copied and published ...
Martin, If your map is of a fictional area, I wouldn't worry too much. The OS website says "Our mapping is protected for 50 years from the end of the year in...
Dear Martin, Your most sensible option is to approach OS themselves, stating what you wish to do, and asking if there are any permissions required. I imagine...
Brian, You will find that much of what you are interested in is discussed in detail in the following publications (author: Y Hodson): Popular Maps: the...
Yolande Hodson
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Jul 29, 2007 12:50 pm
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Dear Martin & all As far as I am aware once crown copyright expires you own the copyright. I would take that to mean everything on the map. If you are allowed...
With all the flooding making the headlines, it made me wonder if spot heights below sea level are marked on OS maps; such as -2, -1 etc. Regards, Peter...
... Yes, there certainly are 'negative' spot heights in the Fens. For example, Landranger 143, Ely & Wisbech, shows a -1 metre spot height at TL649910 - more...
There are several spot heights of -1 marked on Landranger 143 in the Norfolk Fens where near where the Rivers Little Ouse and Great Ouse join on the ...
Information from the August OS catalogue has been added to the lists and may be found (as always) at http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os- maps.htm . Once again...
There are numerous -2m spot heights dotted around The Fens though I've not seen any -3m specimens. Noteworthy is the trig point at TL 616897 near the hamlet...
I can't read this message from Alan because there is a 3" x 3" advert across it that obsures over half the text. Can't something be done to get ri of these...
Lez, Are you reading it on line or as an email? Pete ... From: ordnancemaps@... [mailto:ordnancemaps@...] On Behalf Of lez_watson ...
Peter Stubbs
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Aug 6, 2007 7:36 am
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... Online. The ads used to squeeze the text into a half inch narrow/wide strip on the lefthand side but now they just obscure it. I would have to copy and...
Lez, Thanks. I don't often go online to read them. I'll take a look and let you know what i think. Pete ... Online. The ads used to squeeze the text into a...
