Saturday, 13 January 2001

MAPS, old and new.

 For your information, it is now possible to download sections of the Ordnance Survey 1:50000 Landranger series of maps from http://www.ordnancesurvey.gov.uk.
 
Another site you may be interested in is http://www.old-maps.co.uk . This site has the complete set of GB maps from the late 19th century, at a scale 0f 1:10560. It is a very interesting site if you are researching old hills, or maybe your house history. The site has just been up-graded and although the latest site is dead easy to navigate by just typing in a post code, the old site ( available by clicking on "old site" at the top of the page) has a far higher resolution and is easier to right click/save as.
 
Other sites that I know of are http://www.multimap.com  for general map information and  http://www.getmapping.com  which has/is taking aerial photographs of the whole of Great Britain.
 
 

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