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
jstokes@...
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
R.R.Oliver@...
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
alan.bowring@...
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
R.R.Oliver@...
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
y.hodson@...
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
dacruz@...
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...
Dear All A recent posting on the Oxfordshire genealogy mailing list mentioned the Four Shire Stone, and I responded by referring to Roger Hellyer's interesting...
I have just paid a brief first visit to the Bodleian library's exhibition on "Street Mapping: an A to Z of Urban Cartography", which opened yesterday. There...
I have just paid a brief first visit to the Bodleian library's exhibition on "Street Mapping: an A to Z of Urban Cartography", which opened yesterday. There...
I may have missed an obvious clue somewhere but........ On 25" maps c.1910 some milestones are marked (def) after MS. Can anyone elaborate on the (def) in...
The instruction was that when the information on the milestone had become obliterated, the word 'defaced' should be written against it on the field sheet....
Yolande Hodson
y.hodson@...
Feb 10, 2003 8:59 am
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Summary lists for the Landranger maps, Explorer maps, and One-inch New Popular and Seventh Series maps have been updated and are now posted at <A...
Would anyone like a run of the Cartographic Journal, Volumes 1 to 31 (June 1964 to December 1994) lacking Vol 16 no.1 for June 1979? The journals are free but...
In 1974, almost thirty years ago, the first 1:50,000 sheets were priced at 65p. Today, the cost is almost ten times that, and will surely have passed £6.50 by...
I have in my collection a cloth mounted Bartholomew's 'Half-Inch to Mile' map sheet 12 ('Cheshire') dating from the latter half of 1923 ('B23' - I owe this...
Alan Bowring
alan.bowring@...
Feb 16, 2003 10:35 am
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Lez, I wonder if anyone else has a problem reading the yellow printed text from your webpage? Iain Taylor...
Dr. Iain C. Taylor
mapman@...
Feb 16, 2003 9:03 pm
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Information was supplied to Bartholomews by local CTC Map Revision Officers, operating under the CTC's District Association structure. They would be appointed...
Hello Folks: The OS Get-a-map facility now allows access to 1:25 000 maps for England and Wales: "You can now zoom to 1:25 000 – our largest scale national ...
... printed ... Hello group Is anyone else having trouble with the yellow on blue format of the summary lists? Or even no trouble at all? Lez Watson...
