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Another interesting contribution from Iain Taylor: I'm not sure how far intended for me, or for the list! The practice of consulting the military as to map...
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Peter Stubbs
pete@...
Oct 15, 2001 8:41 pm
The BBC news web site has taken up the "Ordnance Map most boring square" batton with a front web-page article - taken mainly from the Hometruths radio...
In case you haven't seen the OS press release of 11 October, you may want to buy OS maps sooner, rather than later: "From 12 November 2001, [OS]Great Britain...
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Iain Taylor
mapman@...
Oct 13, 2001 2:16 pm
Richard, Cross-national comparisons possible through such 'topo spec' websites would show the nature of the differences between national mapping systems in the...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Oct 13, 2001 1:37 am
Dear Iain, There might be something in this, if I find a suitable opportunity to suggest it! I doubt they would be worried about plagarism: anyone with a...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Oct 13, 2001 1:36 am
I have seen `foot stick' on OS 6-inch 1st edition mapping of Lancs of the 1840s. I suspect that it is a tree-trunk or pole forming a very narrow crossing of a...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Oct 13, 2001 1:36 am
This subject is dealt with in: Richard Oliver, `Edition codes on Ordnance Survey maps', Sheetlines 22, August 1988, 4-7. On 1-inch and smaller-scale maps the...
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Bob Sayers
bob.sayers@...
Oct 10, 2001 8:03 pm
The message <9q1bo6+on1p@eGroups.com> from "Chris Higley" <editor@...> contains ... There was a period in the 1960s when there was...
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Julian Dommett
julian-mae@...
Oct 10, 2001 7:22 pm
I have been getting my OS map collection onto a database, and have noticed a few things that previously escaped my attention. One of them is the range of...
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Chris Higley
editor@...
Oct 10, 2001 11:34 am
... This is very common on both French official and commercial maps - but had me puzzled for some time. You are right that longitude is measured from the Paris...
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Iain Taylor
mapman@...
Oct 9, 2001 12:30 am
Richard, Wouldn't it be easier to persuade the new "progressive" OS CEO to put what must already exist inside the OS as an operational manual on to open web...
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Peter Stubbs
pete@...
Oct 8, 2001 9:03 pm
If you like both art Art and Maps you may be interested in the works of Layla Curtis. Rather than describe what they are take a look at examples of her work...
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Alan Bowring
alan.bowring@...
Oct 8, 2001 7:52 pm
I possess a copy of Cheshire sheet XXIV 16 1:2500 map (surveyed 1872, published 1874 and reprinted 1895). The words 'foot stick' appear on the map at a...
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Felix Cathdu
therev@...
Oct 8, 2001 5:22 pm
Sorry, the title should have been ...1801-1998.......
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Felix Cathdu
therev@...
Oct 8, 2001 5:17 pm
Have a look at page 238-9 of Roger Hellyer's "Ordnance Survey small-scale maps, indexes: 1998". This should sort out your problems as far as OS related maps...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Oct 6, 2001 12:15 pm
A few days ago Iain Taylor drew our attention to a Canadian website with detailed specifications for the Canadian 1:50,000, and asks if there is anything...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Oct 5, 2001 3:34 pm
There are two ways in which GSGS, etc, mapping reaches civilians: (1) it is offically on sale; (2) it is retained by those to whom it was officially issued,...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Oct 5, 2001 3:30 pm
The first 2000 of these - issued up to 1905 or so - were listed by Crispin Jewitt in a book published by the British Library some years ago. I don't know of...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Oct 5, 2001 3:11 pm
On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 20:24:25 -0300 Richard or Jane Parsons <randjp@...> wrote: Availability of the Old Series to special order was I ... This...
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Richard or Jane Parsons
randjp@...
Oct 3, 2001 11:23 pm
Once again, thank you for packing in so much useful information into your posting. On the issue of "in print", I feel that if a printed publication remains ...
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Mr Peter P Stubbs
pennocrucium@...
Oct 3, 2001 5:36 pm
Julian Dommett wrote... ... containing road numbers ... You may be pleased to know that there is another part of the mysteriously numbered B5444 heading...
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hugh.brookes
hugh.brookes@...
Oct 3, 2001 3:52 pm
Does anyone know where I can obtain a list of GSGS numbers and what maps they represent. I have all sorts, both UK and overseas and cannot see any correlation...
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Bob Sayers
bob.sayers@...
Oct 2, 2001 9:09 pm
The message <005a01c14b16$e0841200$50458cd4@sue> ... Hi, Sue, I can't speak specifically of these series that you mention, but in general there is wide...
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Peter Stubbs
pete@...
Oct 2, 2001 8:27 pm
Julian Wrote.... ... Take a look at this web site... http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~greenrm/roads/ Perhaps more than you anted to know about roads and road...
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Tinho da Cruz
dacruz@...
Oct 2, 2001 4:54 pm
From my 'Short Guide to UK Suppliers of Map Curator's Bits and Bobs' which appeared in issue 58 of Cartographiti (the UK map curators' newsletter). Two...
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mapman@...
Oct 2, 2001 2:46 pm
Hello, I have just joined the list and thought I would introduce myself. I am interested in 19C urban maps especially related to public health and am...
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mapman@...
Oct 2, 2001 2:29 pm
Hello, I wrote to this company asking about the exact printing / revision date of a sheet I was interested in but received no response.
Anyone know why or...
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Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Oct 2, 2001 12:36 pm
Longevity of sheets: the availability of the Old Series, and other `record maps', after 1914 complicates matters. It would seem that it was OS policy from at...
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Sue Parsons
Sue.Parsons@...
Oct 2, 2001 8:54 am
I recently purchased some OS Maps and among them were - Popular Edition One-Inch Maps which are stamped 'War Revision 1940' at the top and 'Geographical...
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julian-mae@...
Oct 2, 2001 7:38 am
Hello, everyone. I am a new CCS member (number 822), residing in Sussex, and this is a question about a road in Swansea. The B5444 appears on modern OS maps...
