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An interesting posting! The renumbering and sheetline alteration excercise may coincide with the `regeneration' of the Explorers direct from the OS...
Richard Oliver
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Jun 3, 2002 5:19 pm
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Vanessa Lawrence has claimed she knows people who will draw in the M25 on a map, rather than replace it with an updated one. Shows the quality of paper the OS...
I'm pleased to report that the OS does take note of what we write here. I attach below an email received today with reference to my message of 9 April (no....
I see from the new free Mapping Index that none of the Outdoor Leisure maps that were wholly in Scotland are being reissued as `Explorer OLs', but are instead...
David Shirt is one amongst many who would be keen to see the end of double sided 1:25000 mapping. I understand some of his and others' antipathy to this...
Alan Bowring
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Jun 14, 2002 8:38 pm
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Forwarded from the H-Albion list. Can anyone explain? I once found Abingdon listed as being in Berkshire, so the boundary must have wandered considerable...
Before 1974 Wantage was indeed in Berkshire. Until that year the border between the two counties ran more or less along the River Thames, right up to the edge...
Before 1974 Wantage was indeed in Berkshire. Until that year the border between the two counties ran more or less along the River Thames, right up to the edge...
The H-Albion list has produced another interesting query that I forward to this list for possible answer. --Al Magary ... Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 18:59:08 -0500...
The Civil Parish of Wantage was transferred from Berkshire to the county of Oxfordshire 1st April 1974, along with dozens of other parishes. The northern...
Bill Batchelor
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Jun 19, 2002 6:38 pm
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... I occured in other places as well. As recently as 1974 the northern piece of Worcestershire containing the town of Dudley was entirely surrounded by ...
I have only just seen this exchange, having been away for a fortnight, hence delayed response. The latest rumour that has reached me (That Leaky Rep Again)is...
Richard Oliver
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Jun 24, 2002 12:13 pm
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I suppose if Select-a-Map is extended to 1:25000 coverage then that will put paid to all this discussion about sheet lines. It will be fabulous opportunity...
Alan Bowring
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Jun 25, 2002 7:19 am
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... horizon? The future for the collecting of maps published in the near future may be greatly impoverished. Can someone persuade me otherwise? I'm not at...
Richard Oliver
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Jun 25, 2002 9:21 am
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I am all for the end of exclusive Crown copyright over topo. data. Breaking this monopoly might finally end the stifling and anti-innovatory stranglehold...
I've finished handwriting my online (.xhtml) Landranger summary list at last, and have posted it to my website. It can be found directly by going to <A...
The most recent official book on map reading that I have is the HMSO/Ministry of Defence "Manual of Map Reading and Land Navigation" published in 1988....
May I ask how you acquired your copy of the "Manual of Map Reading and Land Navigation"? Is it available through HMSO - as you seem to hint at in your message?...
... Land ... I bought it I think it must have been over 10 years ago from Stanfords £7.95 published by HMSO but I dont think you can get a copy now. . ...
Try : http://whipper.abebooks.com/abep/BookSearch They have 191 hits on this title! Iain T. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Those with an interest in the governmental context of OS may be interested to learn that the House of Commons Select Committee on Transport, Local Government...
Richard Oliver
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Jun 29, 2002 11:22 am
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Many thanks for that information. I found it really interesting, but would not have known about it had you not mentioned it. I thought the most pertinant...
Peter, You may want to try the Royal Institution of Navigation (RIN) I know they have been working up some leaflets on land navigation and that GPS is one of...
Jeremy Stokes
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Jul 3, 2002 11:43 am
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... have been working up some leaflets on land navigation and that GPS is one of them. Web address is http://www.rin.org.uk ... You learn something new every...
I too checked out the RIN website. Found the annual subscription very steep compared to the CCS (£80 pa for a simple membership). Lez Watson [Non-text...
We are all familiar with modern books which print modern OS maps alongside older maps of the same area for comparison purposes, but I was intrigued earlier...
Gtcornell@...
Jul 4, 2002 4:01 pm
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You may be interested to know that the OS has released a list to the GPS community and it is downloadable from: ...
With the holiday season on us and the prospect of there being more days like to day (rain followed by a light drizzle) here are some of books which have...
Hi, have just joined and am very interested in the topic of Ordnance Survey maps. I have two queries. 1. How do I find where Silver Street used to be in...
