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Bill I wonder whether you are not thinking of a few of the old one-inch series which were wonderfully coloured up with contour layers - in preparation for the...
Yolande Hodson
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Dec 2, 2002 12:42 pm
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I am in the midst of doing a bit of research and the particualr route I am looking at has a "Ford" clearly shown - does anyone know what rules the surveyors...
A glance at any OS 1:25000 map of an upland area of the country will reveal many fords on routes which are shown as footpaths or as public footpaths. Some of...
Alan Bowring
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Dec 9, 2002 8:17 am
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Unfortunately, 'Richard's green book' dosen't contain any reference to fords, which in turn means that there aren't any in the OS large-scale instructions used...
Richard Oliver
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Dec 9, 2002 11:23 am
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Hello Brian I am compiling a book on OS instructions relating to routes on all scale of OS maps up to the 1960s. This means that I am collecting information on...
Yolande Hodson
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Dec 9, 2002 6:00 pm
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Summary lists for Landranger and Explorer maps have been updated, along with a list of One-inch new Popular and Seventh Series maps currently under ...
Congratulations to Chris Higley on another splendid Sheetlines, and special thanks to Richard Oliver for the great service he has done for members in...
... I agree with John. well done. I particularly enjoyed David Challis' article about the creation of "Descriptve maps" - one of my favourite map books. ...
In a recently purchased Catalogue of Maps of the OS, 1924 edition, in the Summary of Maps, Books etc (for sale)section I notice the 'Black Letter Prayer Book,...
The next meeting of the informal Midlands Group will be at 19:30 on Thursday 9 January 2003, at Voluntary Services Centre, Union Street Car Park, Union Street,...
The Black Letter Prayer Book was one of a number of photo-zincographic facsimiles produced by the OS between about 1861 and 1870: the best-known is the...
rroliver
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Dec 31, 2002 4:42 pm
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Please refer to Seymour. A History of the Ordnacne Survey (1980) p.164, where Ian Mumford writes: Some of James's (Sir Henry James DGOS) rather eccentric...
Yolande Hodson
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Dec 31, 2002 5:28 pm
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Just thought I would let the group know that OS have now upgraded our web site to allow the on-line ordering of the 3rd edition outline 1" maps as well as all...
Jeremy Stokes
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Jan 3, 2003 11:07 am
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... the ... The book "Ordnance Survey - Map Makers to Britain since 1791" by Owen and Pilbeam has on page 59 an article about Photozincography and also a ...
Please note that the next Midland Group meeting will now be held on Thursday 22nd May (not the 15th as previously advertised). This will be a thematic one,...
Lez, It was a very good meeting on Thursday. Thank you to Roger Hellyer for bringing so many examples of his 1:25,000 maps. Fascinating to see them all...
This may be of interest to some: no idea if there will be the slightest OS component! R.O. ... Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:28:12 +0000 From: Nick Millea...
Richard Oliver
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Jan 17, 2003 3:42 pm
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A happy new year to everyone. (at what distance from the 1 January does one cease making this greeting?) I imagine many ordnancemaps members are already aware...
Alan Bowring
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Jan 19, 2003 1:11 pm
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Some invaluable cartobibliographies have been published over the years by the Charles Close Society, so far all of them on various one-inch series (though that...
It is not that these series are 'unfashionable' (first I heard of it!), as that they're still being worked on, by experts who have other calls on their time!...
Richard Oliver
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Jan 20, 2003 12:39 pm
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I had this e-mail from the British Archaeological Discussion list Britarch. Can any one help? Thanks in anticipation Adrian James ... From: "Paul Wheelhouse"...
I think that Richard is being a little unfair and perpetuating a Charles Close Society urban myth when he says that the quarter and half-inch map series are...
Thank you David: I had been wondering if that was the case. It seems that some members of the CCS have been studying and collecting maps for so long that it's...
Tourist maps CCS member Bill Henwood convened a meeting last year of the Midland Group to discuss Tourist maps and fill in gaps in the list. I understand that...
I don't know whether anyone replied to this, but the co-ordinates man is Brian Adams. I will not give his address on list without asking him. But if anyone...
Yolande Hodson
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Jan 26, 2003 9:03 am
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Dear All, I have just joined as a member of the group, having found that (when visiting as a Guest) there were a couple of postings (Jan 21st and Jan 26)...
One company that worked out all these coordinates (with Brian Adams' help) is Sitescope. Their website: http://www.sitescope.co.uk They scanned all the RGS 6"...
Tinho da Cruz
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Feb 3, 2003 5:11 pm
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Dear Chris and Tinho, Thanks for your replies, which are very helpful. I actually already have copies of the indexes by David Archer, for both England/Wales...
