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...
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Chris Higley
scocjh
Dec 19, 2008 8:14 pm
... 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...
2941
pearcerngk@...
rnpearce2003
Dec 19, 2008 9:29 pm
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...
2942
Richard Oliver
R.R.Oliver@...
Dec 22, 2008 10:02 am
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...
2943
rolrite
Dec 29, 2008 9:48 pm
When did OS introduce cloth backing? David....
2944
doffcocker
Dec 31, 2008 11:50 pm
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...
2945
ALAN BOWRING
alan371741
Jan 1, 2009 5:49 am
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...
2946
Dan Glading
dangladingmrtpi
Jan 1, 2009 2:53 pm
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...
2947
John Hobden
johnhobden
Jan 1, 2009 3:48 pm
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...
2948
Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jan 1, 2009 4:03 pm
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...
2949
Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jan 1, 2009 4:18 pm
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...
2950
doffcocker
Jan 1, 2009 8:31 pm
... 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...
2951
doffcocker
Jan 1, 2009 8:36 pm
... 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...
2952
Lez Watson
lez_watson
Jan 6, 2009 9:49 am
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 ...
2953
alexanderjameskent
alexanderjam...
Jan 9, 2009 10:11 am
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...
2954
John Davies
jomidav
Jan 9, 2009 4:37 pm
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...
2955
ALAN BOWRING
alan371741
Jan 10, 2009 5:25 pm
I've just purchased a copy of Edition D of the OSNI Discoverer sheet 29 covering the Mourne Mountains and find that on the reverse is a map of the Townlands...
2956
Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jan 13, 2009 9:39 am
I can't offer an explanation for putting the townlands on the back of sheet 29, but OSNI have been putting 'supplementary' maps of various sorts on the back of...
2957
Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jan 15, 2009 11:53 am
[Apologies to those who have seen a similar message on lis-maps] We have recently had a 'spring clean' of the Geography Department map collection down here in...
2958
Kent A.J.
alexanderjam...
Jan 15, 2009 7:30 pm
Dear Richard, I wouldn't mind that New Zealand sheet if it's still going...! All the best, Alex. Dr Alexander Kent Head of Cartographic Unit School of...
2959
Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jan 16, 2009 11:13 am
Apologies in advance for cross-posting: (1) Demand means that only the following geologicals are still available: England & Wales geology: 1:25,000 SK 18 etc;...
2960
Ian L
stublick
Jan 16, 2009 11:18 am
Hi! Could I claim the England & Wales Geology & OS reports on behalf of a map obsessive friend at present sunning himself somewhere on the Panama canal. He is...
2961
Ian L
stublick
Jan 16, 2009 12:11 pm
Text from Panama canal received. Anything left around NW England? Ian Lewis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
2962
Kent A.J.
alexanderjam...
Jan 16, 2009 12:15 pm
Richard, Actually, the set of OS publication reports would be useful too. Let me know the postage if they're still around. All the best, Alex. ...
2963
Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jan 16, 2009 3:31 pm
Alex, Thanks. I will investigate the publication reports over the next few days: I think the bulk is at least equal to a box of A4 photocopier paper, possibly...
2964
Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jan 16, 2009 3:33 pm
Nothing for NW England, unfort6unately! Richard Oliver ________________________________ From: ordnancemaps@... [ordnancemaps@...]...
2965
Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jan 16, 2009 3:36 pm
A set of the remaining E & W geologicals can be put on one side; the reports are claimed. Could you give me an tortoise-mail address, please? Richard Oliver ...
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adrian JAMES
adrian57uk
Jan 16, 2009 5:34 pm
Hello Are these three still available? 31 NE [channel to E of Skomer Is] 32 SE [St Ishmaels/Herbrandston] 38 NW [Dale/St Annes Head] Many thanks Adrian James ...
2967
Ian L
stublick
Jan 16, 2009 6:53 pm
Richard, A set of the remaining E & W geologicals can be put on one side; the reports are claimed. Could you give me an tortoise-mail address, please? Could...
2968
Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jan 16, 2009 8:56 pm
Ian, Thanks for this. Could you please send me a cheque, once I've dispatched them, and know the cost? Thanks. Richard ________________________________ From:...
