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Post by MJB on Feb 8, 2023 19:22:33 GMT
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Post by dorsetmike on Feb 8, 2023 20:17:32 GMT
I like looking at old maps, occasionally find some strange anomalies, a local stream has gradually been piped underground and housing built over it and in one place a recreation ground built over it in the 1920s, one of it's tributaries to the north has now assumed it's name, they even changed the name of a road alongside the recreation ground.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2023 20:58:21 GMT
I have quite a few OS maps and some from our travels around Europe however I now have an OS digital subscription which is fine. |
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Post by MJB on Feb 8, 2023 21:28:44 GMT
I have quite a few OS maps and some from our travels around Europe however I now have an OS digital subscription which is fine. I have the digital subscription too, but there is something nice about paper maps. |
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Post by aitch on Feb 8, 2023 21:37:54 GMT
They'll even do paper maps centred on a spot you specify, and put one of your own pictures on the front:  MapEtc by Steve Higgins, on Flickr |
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Post by Fenris on Feb 9, 2023 10:21:38 GMT
I have the digital subscription too, but there is something nice about paper maps. I've got quite a stack of the old paper maps, used to have them pinned to walls when I lived by myself. Got the OS digital subscription as well, one of the things I like about that is you can plan routes on your computer and save them to the app to use on your phone. |
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Post by peterob on Feb 9, 2023 11:29:20 GMT
I like looking at old maps, occasionally find some strange anomalies, a local stream has gradually been piped underground and housing built over it and in one place a recreation ground built over it in the 1920s, one of it's tributaries to the north has now assumed it's name, they even changed the name of a road alongside the recreation ground. Indeed. We have, near us, two short sections of “Lester’s Lane” separated by about a mile (as the crow flies) and presumably these are what remain of a much longer lane. I’ ve been through all the old maps I could find online but haven’t become any wiser. I presume it fell into disuse a long time ago. |
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Post by Fenris on Feb 9, 2023 13:39:10 GMT
Indeed. We have, near us, two short sections of “Lester’s Lane” separated by about a mile (as the crow flies) and presumably these are what remain of a much longer lane. I’ ve been through all the old maps I could find online but haven’t become any wiser. I presume it fell into disuse a long time ago. Peter, there's an excellent website (part of National Library of Scotland) that shows two maps side-by-side so you can compare changes over time. This is a link to it: Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland |
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Post by petrochemist on Feb 9, 2023 13:49:58 GMT
Indeed. We have, near us, two short sections of “Lester’s Lane” separated by about a mile (as the crow flies) and presumably these are what remain of a much longer lane. I’ ve been through all the old maps I could find online but haven’t become any wiser. I presume it fell into disuse a long time ago. Peter, there's an excellent website (part of National Library of Scotland) that shows two maps side-by-side so you can compare changes over time. This is a link to it: Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of ScotlandI think that the site I've used previously. Loads of unusual maps available & far more maps for my bit of Essex than any English site I've found! including local geology, administrative borders etc. I knew someone would come up with a link quicker than I could  |
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Post by gray1720 on Feb 9, 2023 15:27:29 GMT
Funnily enough I've found exactly the same for Oxfordshire as well as Essex.
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