I was fascinated to read the account of "German maps of England of World War II" in Sheetlines 68 (December 2003) by R C Wheeler along with the additional...
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Steven
steven_sabre
Jun 17, 2012 6:52 pm
Hi all, I am aware that the Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland isn't within the usual remit of this group, but I'm not sure who/where else to ask. Starting in...
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Roger Hellyer
roger.hellyer@...
Jun 18, 2012 6:09 am
Steven There was such a map, but at the quarter-inch scale. A quarter-inch base map of the province was made in 1922, and subsequently overprinted for various...
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Steven
steven_sabre
Jun 18, 2012 3:01 pm
Thanks for that Roger - now to try to find some copies to see if I can get them onto SABRE Maps! Steven...
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John Davies
jomidav
Jun 19, 2012 6:27 am
John Cruickshank replies: ===================== I think Mike Wing is absolutely correct that the German 1:100,000 sheets are a close, but not exact, copy of...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 19, 2012 8:56 am
The OS half-inch maps that include footpaths and 'Pt' are republications of about 1924 onwards, using revision originally made for the 1-inch Popular Edition....
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Anne Taylor
aemt216
Jun 19, 2012 12:12 pm
Dear friends and colleagues We are pleased to announce that booking is now open for the Annual Workshop of the Map Curators’ Group (MCG) of the British...
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johnfowler_uk
Jun 20, 2012 9:01 pm
I found a few interesting envelopes in my "Official Paid" postmarks collection, and thought the addresses might be of interest to some members. 1896 (9 March)...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 21, 2012 9:03 am
Helllard went to the London Traffic branch in, I think, 1912. He retired from the OS in 1908 at the statutory age of 57, so the Traffic job - which reputedly...
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MIKE WING
mikewing1951
Jun 21, 2012 2:17 pm
Firstly thank you for your replies, your depth of knowledge is certainly impressive. Â Looking at the 'eingeklammerte Zahl' on my German map referred to by...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 21, 2012 4:41 pm
The Outline Edition would omit contours and road infills - i.e. less than the standard coloured edition. (They were really intended as base-maps for adding...
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MIKE WING
mikewing1951
Jun 21, 2012 5:36 pm
That's interesting, as we believe the contours were redrawn anyway, could the Germans have used an Outline edition as the basis for their map? As added...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 21, 2012 8:25 pm
I rather doubt it, as they would have needed a coloured copy to supply the 'routes' of contours and road infills. R.O. ________________________________________...
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John Davies
jomidav
Jun 22, 2012 8:21 am
FROM John Cruickshank ======================= ... From a technical point of view, photographing the outline edition might have been simpler than photographing...
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Andy Prime
hump_shunter
Jun 22, 2012 3:46 pm
Hello all, I am new to this group. I was going through my Landranger collection and found a first series map sheet 167 A/* that has a sheet 151 cover on it. I...
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ALAN BOWRING
alan371741
Jun 22, 2012 5:03 pm
Don't know about wrong covers but I've a copy of OS Explorer OL1 'The Peak District: Dark Peak area' (edition A1/2004) in front of me with a charming picture...
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steve
steveosmaps
Jun 22, 2012 5:11 pm
Hi Does anyone have an interest in the maps mentioned below - please contact Linda direct Thanks Steve Braim _____ From: Linda Hartley...
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Steven
steven_sabre
Jun 23, 2012 5:11 pm
Hi all, As a follow-up to this query, I understand that the 1935 edition at least has T and L roads marked in the Republic of Ireland where the sheet...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 23, 2012 5:38 pm
I'm wondering if someone has confused the 1935 and '1939' versions? I have the 1935 version to hand, and that definitely only has road data for Northern...
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Lez Watson
lez_watson
Jun 24, 2012 5:30 am
Hi Andy, Yes, this does happen occasionally. After all, the map folding machines are only human. I don't know know if anyone has made a note of the errors. ...
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John Davies
jomidav
Jun 24, 2012 7:20 am
I have sheet 144 Thetford whose covers claim it as 86 Haltwistle. Where should I file it? John...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 24, 2012 11:40 am
I have two copies of 7th Series sheet 146, edition B, one of which has the right cover gummed in the wrong place, and the other of which claims it's 146...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 24, 2012 11:43 am
Sorry 1-FIVE-6 (156), B & S! (I blame wanting my lunch...) R.O. ________________________________________ From: ordnancemaps@......
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Jun 25, 2012 9:06 pm
The usual apologies to those of you who know this already: but the BBC news website carries an item on 10,000 items from the early (up to 1953)...
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R Pearce
rnpearce2010
Jun 26, 2012 12:19 pm
I get a lovely picture of Blackpool, but how do you get to see the rest of the pictures? Anyone else having problems with this? Rob P ... [Non-text portions of...
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John Simmons
john418545
Jun 26, 2012 12:24 pm
They are all at http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/galleries . John S. ... From: "R Pearce" <pearcerngk@...> To: <ordnancemaps@...> Sent:...
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martin_wynne_85a
martin_wynne...
Jun 26, 2012 12:50 pm
... If you click that picture, the slide-show should start. If not, you need to install the Flash player in your browser. Martin....
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Billb
bill.batchel...
Jun 26, 2012 1:36 pm
You can 'sign up' and there is an area where you can help out by identifying places that have yet been located and the best of luck! Sent from my iPhone ... ...
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John Hobden
johnhobden
Jun 26, 2012 2:25 pm
Below the picture is a link to 'Britain from above'. Follow that link and you are in the main website where you can register and access the full collection. ...
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Billb
bill.batchel...
Jun 26, 2012 4:36 pm
You can 'sign up' and there is an area where you can help out by identifying places that have yet to be located and the best of luck! Slight edit, must have...
