I caught an episode or three of ITV's 'The Nation's Favourite View' - an attempt I guess to capture some of the audience which the BBC has recently reached...
Anyone know their way around the Norwegian mapping agency's website at www.statkart.no ? I was hoping to find a map showing the sheet distribution of their...
A way to 'cheat', use Google Images to browse their site in pictures... http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=site:www.statkart.no the third images looks promising....
In fact I see that Statens Kartverk is now a part of Ugland IT Group - does that mean that the Norwegian state mapping organisation has been privatised? Anyone...
Information from the September OS catalogue has been added to the lists and may be found (as always) at http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os- maps.htm . Regards Lez...
Dear All I have been given details of the following event at Canterbury Cathedral which may be of interest. Enquiries to the Cathedral, not to me, though I can...
Final ResponseI am passing on the response below because of the general information it contains, as distinct from the details of the particular case which...
**Apologies for cross posting** I am pleased to announce the programme for a new series of 'Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography' The programme is...
John, Thank you for this: I will Ponder Something! Richard On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:48:58 +0100 John Andrews <jdand@...> ... Richard Oliver, B.A.,...
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Sep 19, 2007 2:27 pm
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Bookings have now closed for Whitby but places are still available on the November visit. This is on Tuesday 13th November in Cambridge, starting at 2pm. Our...
Watched the 2006 film, 'Driving Lessons' last night (light comedy set in the 'middle class' suburb of Hampstead Garden!) and was surprised to see featured in...
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Sep 21, 2007 1:10 pm
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WH Smith are offering 3 for 2 on all books and maps up until close of business tomorrow 27th September. Conditions apply - but seems to good an offer to miss. ...
Hello all, Does anyone know where I could find a copy of the original surveyors instructions issued for the 1st edition 6 inch (or indeed the 1st edition 1...
As the author of Ordnance Survey maps: a concise guide for historians, I find this posting extraordinary! No such instructions have hitherto been known to...
Oliver, Richard
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Sep 27, 2007 5:41 pm
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Thank you for the reply - I suspect my supervisor has got muddled up somewhere! Thanks for the references as well - I will certainly follow them up. ... ...
Sarah, I have come across the following on the OS web-site some time ago, they date from around 1900, perhaps these could be the "instructions" that you have ...
Mike, Thank you very much for the link - I think that is what my supervisor was trying to tell me about, and it will certainly come in useful for the later ...
There is an exhibition at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork from 13th september to 10th December 2007 (C)artography: map-making as artform more details from...
I investigated the web-link, and it turns out that OS have mounted two documents which have been available for quite some years in The National Archives/Public...
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Sep 28, 2007 10:24 am
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There is one remaining place available on the next visit. This is to GeoInformation Group in Cambridge on 13 November at 14.00. First come first served. No...
Updates from October's OS leisure map catalogue will be delayed while I decide how to deal with their decision to extend marketing Active editions to the...
It is the latest marketing thing whereby the OS laminate sheets in thin plastic and charge a lot more for them. Active copies are exactly the same edition as...
A good example of 'somebody doing it better', who have recently issued a version of 1:50,000 Sheet 78 in a 'weatherproof' version. Cost in UK is GBP 8:75; ...
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Oct 12, 2007 12:47 pm
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Thanks Lez. I wouldn't consider that a new edition or bother worth recording, but that's only my view. Regards, Peter...
Thanks Peter, I rather agree. Information from the latest OS catalogue has been added to the lists and may be found at http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm...
Dear Les, The lamination does not involve any alteration to the map data - so it isn't a separate edition. Please ignore the lamination, and just list the...
Thanks Peter and John for your comments. I have divested the Explorer list of the Active sheet details (I could say deActivated!) and uploaded the new...
