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Members of this list may be interested in the following book, which was published on 2nd Oct: "Maps of My Life" by Guy Browning, publisher Square Peg, £12.99,...
I read this one a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed it hugely. Don't expect though to find a lot about maps in it as there isn't a lot about maps in it. The...
Information from the December OS catalogue has been added to the summary lists (v4.32) and may be found at http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm . Regards ...
Advance plug for mine.... Â http://www.amazon.co.uk/Map-Addict-Mike-Parker/dp/0007300840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228345881&sr=8-1 Â I might mention...
Dear Mike, I hope you realise that the Amazon page has the following message for those looking for your book: Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in...
Hello all Does anyone know of an online sheet index for old 6 inch mapping for Wales? Many thanks in anticipation Adrian James [Non-text portions of this...
Did you hear the map man being interviewed on "Excess baggage" on Saturday? It's still available on Listen Again on the internet ... www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 and...
... Is there anyone who can answer a question I have about early OS surveying and mapping? In particular I would like to know if it is documented anywhere...
Thanks - I will reply direct to him. Something else for a third edition of the Concise Guide! Richard On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:09:48 +0000 Peter Stubbs ... can...
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Dec 18, 2008 11:11 am
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The answer to this is not entirely straightforward: but then it does concern OS history! It is not really documented concisely anywhere, so the following will...
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Dec 18, 2008 5:13 pm
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Hello Richard, Thank you very much indeed for a masterly account of this period of OS history. I am glad Mr.Chilton asked the question and even more glad to ...
I found Richard's reply fascinating too as it explains some sheet dates of the late 1880s 1:2500 that I have. I also tried to see a rationale for the order of...
Thanks to those who have expressed thanks! I don't know any particular rationale for the timing of the revision of East Anglia in the mid 1900s: it is possible...
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Dear Richard, Thankyou for a concise and useful article which warrants publishing in the C.C.S. "Sheetlines". Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year, John...
... in the C.C.S. "Sheetlines". Great minds! I'd been just about to ask Richard if we could have a version for the next issue of 'Sheetlines'! Chris Higley...
Richard Oliver's account of early mapping priorities would make a wonderful complement to the work done on the original Old Series mapping by the late Brian...
Thanks, Chris and others, for your comments. As some of you will know, the Charles Cliose Society is developing a new website, and when tyoing out the...
I wonder if anyone has any large scale maps of Fort William from sometime after the early 1900s? I am trying to find the location on a hospital that opened in...
MB Quote: There is a set of the post-WWII aerial photographs in Inverness but they are held by the Planning Department and not accessible to the public. It...
Hello, I am also very surprised that you cannot get access just to look at these photos. One of my responsibilities in the Essex County Council Planning...
Local authorities seem to vary a lot in terms of accessibility to their archive material. Norfolk County Council have a website (www.e-mapexplorer.co.uk...
Probably 1896, with the first production coplour-printed 1-inch maps. Sectioning of maps on cloth goes back for 100 years or more before that, but When did OS...
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I'm afriaid this message got mangled in sending. It should read along the following lines: 'Cloth-backing' was probably introduced by the OS in 1896, for the...
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... Inverness but ... public. ... photography held by a public body. I can understand that it may be subject to copyright but you ought to be able to inspect...
... every ... 9NX ... I thought Aerofilms had closed down their research room and transferred all the pictures to the RCAHMS. It probably is possible to get...
Information from the latest OS catalogue has been added to the summary lists (v4.33) and may be found at http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os- maps.htm . Regards ...
Can someone please give me some information about a Captain Withycombe, who was at Ordnance Survey during (at least) the 1920s? It would be good to find out...
Does anyone know if there is any published table of the grid lines which form the sheet edges of One Inch 6th edition and 7th series and the Scottish popular...
