You can set the sort order of messages? Just click on the link in the date column. Your preferences will be remembered, so you don't have to do it again when you return.
I have been trying to get some information from OS about the last date on which a particular area was surveyed and was surprised to learn that OS no longer...
Try this link; http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/landline/tileselector .html It is the OS Landline Tile Selector. If you navigate to the...
I just tried the link from my last post and it seems not to work! Another way to access it is to input "Tile Selector" in the search box on the OS Homepage and...
Thanks. Yes, that does work - but the information about changes is only the year in which the last change was made. That does not help one to discover when was...
Unaware of my ignorance in such matters, a friend has sought my advice. He is a keen walker, both within the UK and abroad, mainly in Europe. He has noted the...
... There is quite a lot of information about the various handheld GPS devices on the OpenStreetMap wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/GPS_reviews ...
Mention in Andy Robinson's posting of the battery problem accounts for why some of us, who would prefer to be considered as environmentally conscious rather...
Oliver, Richard
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Dec 13, 2007 10:17 am
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This problem of the 'situation date' being difficult or impossible to ascertain has actually been in the making for a long time: it was implicit when the...
Oliver, Richard
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Dec 13, 2007 10:45 am
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Mention has been made within this discussion about device costs coming down. I bought a Garmin for my car, essentially for speed cameras, but as a 70 year map...
Dear all, I work for the Wildlife Trust in Birmingham and the Black Country and am currently in the process of carrying out an inventory of 'ancient woodland'...
... What a fascinating project! I recommend getting hold of 'Indexes to the 1/2500 and 6-inch scale maps : England and Wales'. The book is published by David...
Does anyone out there have any knowledge about the new SatMap product {http://www.satmap.com/} and its attendant SD [Secure Digital memory card, as used on my...
Richard Oliver has, as usual, managed to explain the current situation very well. It is little comfort to those like myself who make heavy use of OS maps for...
My experience with Garmin has been completely the opposite. I bought a second-hand GPS12 (OK, no map display, but it tells you where you are) in 1998. In...
What are the subscription costs for full coverage of UK at 1:25k and 1:50k for GPS instruments? Does OS make available updates at no charge for x years? Iain...
Iain Taylor
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Dec 13, 2007 6:36 pm
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If your friend is looking for a GPS that works well in the car plus can use OS 1: 50k and 1:25k mapping for cycling and walking then he could do a lot worse...
Dear Richard, In the third paragraph you state "... familiar today as sheets 16 and 17, numbered as 'XVIII' [18] and 'XIX' [19]" At face value this appears to...
Hi Richard, ... From the RAILDATE newsletter today: "Ralph Rawlinson has spotted a report in Rail magazine that Imperial Wharf, a new station planned for the...
All of this is very nineteenth century - reminiscent of proposed railways that made it onto the map but not on the ground. Yo Hodson ... From: Martin Wynne To:...
Yolande Hodson
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Dec 14, 2007 5:13 pm
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I've come across this with Sustrans routes and indeed OS have removed them from subsequent editions when notified of the error. Meanwhile longstanding routes...
John, Richard is only reproducing what was on the sheet itself - the sheet numbers were printed in both Roman and Arabic numerals. May I say, gently, that I...
Yolande Hodson
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Dec 16, 2007 12:44 pm
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Dear Yolande, Thankyou very much for your gentle reproof. You are of course quite correct, but fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Richard, please...
I use a combination of OS paper maps and memory map. Not 'Memory Map' you understand but memory map - one that I store in my mind. Its advantages are that it...
If you think you already know the answer to this question, you could be in for a surprise. See http://www.maphist.nl/discpapers.html Richard Dean From:...
Richard, I suggest this rather more concise definition Map a definition: "A graphical depiction of the positions of objects relative to each other or showing...
Many thanks to all who sent advice, helping to point my friend in the right direction. Wishing all the ordnancemaps group a very Happy Christmas. Best wishes, ...
Hello, The above item has just sold for £56.87! I have not seen many of these on Waterproof paper but is this sort of price typical? Seems somewhat excessive...
