When published, the Cobb Atlas struck me as (a) overpriced and (b) deficient insofar as it gave only the year of opening, not day/month. (a) was partly the...
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Lez Watson
lez_watson
Aug 8, 2012 9:34 am
I too did not buy it as it was, in both editions, way beyond my means. At £100 it would still be. Lez...
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Yolande Hodson
y.hodson@...
Aug 8, 2012 9:38 am
Richard is quite right about the opening dates - one really does need the day and the month as well as the year. Absent that info and the atlas is not worth...
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tipton.harrier
Aug 8, 2012 11:55 am
Whilst looking for an episode in this series I came across this one which may be of peripheral interest to members. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s77ft ...
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iain taylor
mapman@...
Aug 14, 2012 1:39 pm
Have there been any changes of address from the following dealers listed in this year's Almanack? paullaming@..., books@... ...
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steve
steveosmaps
Aug 14, 2012 7:25 pm
Iain No as far as I am aware they are all up to date - they were confirmed as valid in 2011 Regards Steve Braim [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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cross_andym
Aug 17, 2012 6:08 am
Dear All I have just joined your group having discovered it whilst researching the 1:2500 County Series. As a result of that work, I wondered if anyone could...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Aug 17, 2012 9:09 am
The basic woodland differentiation - coniferous vs non-coniferous/deciduous has remained unchanged throughout the career of the OS 1:2500. The detailed styling...
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David
andrews.surv...
Aug 17, 2012 8:03 pm
Just to add to Richard's reply, the woodland would not have been "resurveyed" for every revision of the County Series mapping. At each revision every feature...
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Hugh
hughwestacott
Aug 21, 2012 7:09 am
As a brand-new member, I'm a bit hesitant in making my first post. I've long been interested in OS maps both from a practical (I have a small retirement...
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Gerry Zierler
gdlzierler
Aug 21, 2012 9:59 am
I've had the following enquiry and would be grateful for any input. Regards Gerry Zierler I recently bought an original OS copper plate for the 1897 revision...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Aug 21, 2012 1:07 pm
I know of at least three other OSGB coppers that are extant: New Series sheet 168 Birmingham (1895), offered for sale about three years ago, another 1890s New...
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Billb
bill.batchel...
Aug 21, 2012 2:52 pm
Wasn't there a copper plate on display at the OS 'museum' at Southampton? Sent from my iPhone...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Aug 21, 2012 2:57 pm
Yes - but it was a northern Irish one! Sheet 46, I think. I was told OS had to 'scrounge' it from either OSI or OSNI. R.O. ...
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David
andrews.surv...
Aug 23, 2012 7:15 am
Just a few comments on this topic. 1. Field boundaries on Explorer maps, as with all other topographic detail on Explorers, is copied from the larger scale...
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bill.batchelor@...
bill.batchel...
Aug 26, 2012 6:09 pm
Its 'Clear Out Time' in this household, so does any one want - Alan Godfrey - lists/catalogues No.38 (Jan 1980), 41-59,61-71 (Dec 82) and a few odds for...
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John Davies
jomidav
Aug 29, 2012 7:01 am
Fascinating piece in today's Guardian G2 about interactive digital maps on smartphones, the way 'the map maps us' and where this 'really useful but creepy'...
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Yolande Hodson
y.hodson@...
Aug 29, 2012 9:13 am
I guess that someone is using their imagination and equating to OS with the north arrow with BO and the broad arrow that was used to signify Board of Ordnance...
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Hugh Westacott
hughwestacott
Aug 29, 2012 10:56 am
David Thank you for your helpful response which has increased my understanding of OS practices. I have two comments: 1 Explorers, unlike Harvey maps, seem not...
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David
andrews.surv...
Aug 29, 2012 6:20 pm
Hi Hugh, The decision upon whether a hedge etc. is "broken" is somewhat subjective. There are no hard and fast rules in the nature of, "gaps every x metres"....
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hugh brookes
hugh.brookes
Aug 30, 2012 9:56 am
Hi David I think you have replied to the wrong Hugh! But an interesting letter all the same! Regards Hugh (Brookes) From: David Sent: Wednesday, August 29,...
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Hugh Westacott
hughwestacott
Aug 30, 2012 10:07 am
Fortunately the 'right' Hugh received it, too, and sends his thanks for the information! Hugh Westacott ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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ALAN BOWRING
alan371741
Aug 30, 2012 5:47 pm
Broadening the discussion somewhat but sticking with the same delicate pecked line symbol - are there rules which govern their use to denote the margins of...
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Jeff
oakdene.rese...
Aug 30, 2012 6:25 pm
Hi, does any member know how many Barnsley Town maps were printed from the 1888/ 1889 survey as a complete set I've been asked by a local family history...
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David
andrews.surv...
Aug 30, 2012 7:32 pm
Hi Hugh and Hugh, My reply was done as a web post so everyone on the ordnancemaps discussion group will have seen it. Regards David...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Aug 31, 2012 2:01 pm
According to official OS lists, there should be 16 sheets in the Barnsley 1:500 set - so, assuming that each of your 16 carries a different sheet-number, you...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Aug 31, 2012 2:03 pm
I suspect that OS may have given up depicting active quarry faces by anything more than a pecked line, as they are 'impermanent' features - whereas a disused...
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Jeff
oakdene.rese...
Aug 31, 2012 2:32 pm
Thank you Richard for responding. Yes, each of the 16 maps have different sheet numbers. However, Barnsley Archives have another map with a different sheet...
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Oliver, Richard
R.R.Oliver@...
Aug 31, 2012 2:38 pm
H'm! The usual practice for sheets on the edge of the 1:500 area was to give the number of the 1:2500 sheet for the adjoining area, in this case 274.7. I am...
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ALAN BOWRING
alan371741
Aug 31, 2012 4:41 pm
Indeed there's some sense in that though one of the quarries so depicted ie nor quarry face shown, was bracketed as 'disused' - though I guess revision of text...
