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Dear all You can indeed still get access to Cambridge University Library to look the cartographic and other collections. If you are interested have a look at...
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Ian Wade G3NRW
g3nrw
May 21, 2012 10:30 am
For several years I have bought the Philip's "Navigator Britain" road atlas, featuring maps at 1.5 miles to the inch. For me, it has been by far the best road...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
May 21, 2012 11:12 am
There was certainly a 2006 edition, which had colouring more clsely mimicking OS than hitherto. Although omitting churches was a 'topographic sin', om,itting...
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Jack Kirby
jdk653
May 21, 2012 4:00 pm
Philips appears to now be an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group. There is a 2011 edition of Britain and 2012 edition of Scotland listed at ...
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Ian Wade G3NRW
g3nrw
May 21, 2012 5:30 pm
___Original Message_________________________________________ From: Jack Kirby <jackkirby7@...> Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 Time: 16:59:59 ... That's the...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
May 24, 2012 7:00 pm
I have just been investigating 1:50,000 Landranger OS Custom Mapping of this district (Exeter), and notice that the specimen for location appears to derive...
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Lez Watson
lez_watson
May 27, 2012 7:54 am
The Leisure map catalogue eventually turned up last month. Lynne and I moved house earlier this month, so my summary list revision (6.6) has been a bit...
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Lez Watson
lez_watson
May 28, 2012 12:26 pm
A short reply from Bill Henwood: "This is interesting but what lies beneath it is probably complicated, e.g. when and how often the website is updated compared...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
May 28, 2012 3:14 pm
Thanks, Lez. At one developing location, (a) the Custom Map website, (b) the AA and (c) the OS 'C5' show different states of things! I will try to do a 'ground...
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ed.fielden@...
ed.fielden...
May 30, 2012 8:31 pm
Hi all, This coming Monday - 4th June - marks the 50th anniversary of the final observations taken during the Retriangulation of Great Britain, and a trig...
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Peter
pjhliners
Jun 1, 2012 10:00 am
A relative of mine has just acquired responsibility for a small piece of woodland (approx 200m x 300m). He is looking for a mapping solution that would enable...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 1, 2012 10:35 am
One possible solution depends on how long-established the woodland is, and therefore whether it and its boundaries appear on out-of-copyright OS mapping. It...
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Chris
scocjh
Jun 1, 2012 2:36 pm
Try contacting your local orienteering club. They will be used to producing accurate maps of woodland on a shoestring. Chris H....
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Billb
bill.batchel...
Jun 1, 2012 2:58 pm
You can also add gps tracks and points to Google Earth, if the photo image is sharp enough. Don,t worry south of England is due to get it's rain on Sunday and...
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bill.batchelor@...
bill.batchel...
Jun 1, 2012 4:55 pm
You can also add gps tracks and points to Google Earth, if the photo image is sharp enough. Don,t worry, south of England is due to get it's rain on Sunday and...
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Peter
pjhliners
Jun 2, 2012 4:42 pm
Many thanks to Richard, Chris and Bill for their helpful thoughts, and to the group member who sent a very useful private email. We shall follow these up, but...
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Lez Watson
lez_watson
Jun 3, 2012 4:15 pm
Hi all, I have updated my file on Landranger covers with a single entry. The first for over a year. The file may be found at...
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Pete Bland
peteblanduk
Jun 3, 2012 6:13 pm
... Seems like a good idea, and the price is not unreasonable. Looking at the preview images on the website, I notice that A-Z have used their own arbitrary...
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Lez Watson
lez_watson
Jun 4, 2012 7:20 am
No Pete, the eastings and northings are there. Each page is 5.5km x 3km. Why not 6x3?? I'm not sure why they have included Pentrefoelas but excluded the...
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ALAN BOWRING
alan371741
Jun 4, 2012 9:28 am
Lez - I just get an error message on AZ's website if I follow the link you provided.  Alan From: Lez Watson <leslie@...> To:...
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Lez Watson
lez_watson
Jun 4, 2012 1:29 pm
Hi Alan, If you take the full stop from the end of the URL, it'll work fine. Another case of ending a sentence with a period stop and the link suffering! Lez...
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ALAN BOWRING
alan371741
Jun 4, 2012 8:07 pm
Thanks Lez - hadn't spotted that! Now I've seen them - how intriguing - do you get any overlap or is the mapping edge to edge?  cheers  Alan From: Lez...
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Lez Watson
lez_watson
Jun 5, 2012 5:04 pm
Yes, there's the usual A-Z overlap of about 8mm. Lez...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 6, 2012 12:00 pm
The usual apologies for cross-posting. I second the comment about the calligraphy! I only met Roy once, but he was a 'real gentleman'. R.O. ...
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gornysontour@...
gornysontour
Jun 6, 2012 3:09 pm
Can anyone direct me to lists showing forthcoming revisions to Landranger and Explorer maps - as used to be given at the back of 'Sheetlines'?...
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Lez Watson
lez_watson
Jun 7, 2012 7:31 am
Hi, Try teawling through the entries in my OS maps summary lists: http://www.watsonlv.net/os-maps.shtml Regards Lez...
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gornysontour@...
gornysontour
Jun 7, 2012 11:26 am
Thanks Lez. As far as I could see, your website gives past and present issues - or have I missed something? I am looking for lists of revisions that are due to...
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Lez Watson
lez_watson
Jun 10, 2012 6:16 am
They are there Karol, but included in each list as appropriate. It sounds like you need to look at my main source, the online OS Lisure Map Catalogue. Look...
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John Davies
jomidav
Jun 10, 2012 8:02 am
Anyone wishing to contribute to forthcoming Sheetlines? Now's the time to get in touch. John...
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John Davies
jomidav
Jun 12, 2012 6:09 am
Query received at CCS website from M. Lines m-lines@... If you can help, please Reply ALL ==================== I am struggling to find information on a...
