Apologies for cross-posting PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF SPEAKER The next Cambridge Seminar in the History of Cartography will be held in the Harrods Room, Emmanuel...
Can anyone help with this query, please Forbes _____ I am wondering if you can help me with research on the history of The British Geological Survey. I have...
Forbes Robertson
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Feb 4, 2009 8:33 pm
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It would seem that something has got twisted somewhere! The 'foundation' of the Geological Survey in '1835' is one of those convenient later rationalisations....
Oliver, Richard
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Feb 4, 2009 10:02 pm
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Information from the latest OS catalogue has been added to the summary lists (v4.34) and may be found at http://www.watsonlv.addr.com/os-maps.htm . Regards Lez...
Hello, Looking at the BGS web site (has he done this?) comes up with the following as their version of their history. Presumably they know better than anyone...
As part of the re-development of the CCS website, we have developed what could be a useful facility for identifying on which map sheets any specified place...
Excellent! I tried a number of places and it seems to work as you would hope. One thought that occurred to me is how the facility deals with places that...
Nice. I have a similar service here: http://www.nearby.org.uk/maps/ which has OS Explorer, and also Irish maps, you are welcome to the data if its useful! It...
Dear John What a fantastic resource! There is so much information in just one small search! However. I have hit a glitch, so at the moment I have to...
Oh Dear, The sheetfinder only finds one "Flixton", in Manchester, and not the other two, Yorkshire and Sussex! David Andrews [Non-text portions of this message...
The most obvious missing feature is a Find again button for names that are duplicated. For example try looking for Newport of which there are half a dozen in...
... I have produced an overlay for Google Earth that does a similar thing. The latest version displays the larger-scale map boundaries when you are zoomed out,...
... Barry, would you be willing to share the data for the maps I don't yet have for my KML file? I'd also be happy to add in the details for the One Inch map...
... The Google Maps API's geocoder (to turn placenames into locations) is a little buggy still. It works fine if you specify more of the location's address...
Does that mean there is a difference between what Google Maps allows for itself and for other users? That's a bit Microsofty of them! Maybe mine has 'learnt'...
... Not really. Their main problem is one of licences: Google has different licenses for use on their own sites compared with the licences they are allowed to...
Greetings all,                   According to Oliver, Concise Guide pre-1894 6 inch county index maps include total acreages for parishes...
The visit to Cambridge University Library Map Room, which was postponed from 31 January will now take place on Saturday 28 April at 2 pm. If you would like to...
Hi John I can't remember if I and Pat Welham have booked to go on the Hendon visit. If we have'nt then please could you book us on it. Thanks. Regards Hugh...
As far as I know, no such listing has been prepared. My recollection is that the British Library has indexes to all the English & Welsh counties prepared after...
Oliver, Richard
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Feb 10, 2009 3:42 pm
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I have a photocopy of the HERTFORDSHIRE Index map (for 6 inch and 25 inch maps) dated 1891 that lists the acreage of Parishes. I obtained some years ago from...
John  Please would you reserve a place for me on the revised Cambridge meeting.  Regards, Bill Batchelor ... From: John Davies <John@...> Subject:...
I understood that the sequence of photos taken by the RAF shortly after the completion of WW11 in 1947 were in the public domain however when I attempted to...
... Â Hello, Â IÂ am a member of the Charles Close Society, and of the Ordnancemaps Yahoo group (although I can not remember my login details!) Â IÂ have a...
A colleague has just come up with the words "ree" - a walled enclosure for sheep, cattle, and swine - and "sheep-ree" - a permanent sheepfold. One of the OED...
I can confirm that the term "sheep ree" also appears on Edinburgh Sheet 50, 1853, 1:1056 or 5ft/1mile map. For those that know Edinburgh, the actual location...
Have just picked up a copy of the new edition of OS Explorer OL12 'Brecon Beacons National Park: western area' (Ed'n A2, 2009) and noted numerous changes to...
