Not sure where to post this, OS Map data on-line from next year and I don't really understand whether it will help us as photographers.
From this link The Guardian's take on this it appears that it will be aimed at those users who need a 1/10,000 scale map.
Looks as though we'll still have to buy our Landranger series maps...
Malcolm Stewart
Jaguar Mk VII
This link is to the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Press Release - they are the Govt Dept responsible for Ordnance Survey (OS).
It includes the statement "Mid-scale digital mapping information would also be released in the same way" . Mid Scales in OS terms is 1/50,000 (Landranger), 1/25000 (Explorer) and 1/10000.
It's good news but somewhat at odds with wider government policy which includes the possibility of selling the OS off as a commercial concern. Wait and see perhaps?
Chris
Growing old is OK, I still have my memories ..... if only I could remember where I put them!
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As you say, we'll have to wait and see. One thing which I do appreciate in OS maps is the quality of the paper on which they're printed - it's so much better than the flimsy paper I've come across in maps bought in Europe and apparently destined for the same usage! OTOH I don't go for the laminated series of maps - I've got just one and it's overkill for my uses.
Malcolm Stewart
Jaguar Mk VII
I just hope they are more up to date than the ones I've experienced. For business use I purchased about £3,000 worth of digital tiles at 1:1,250 scale together with an update subscription. I know the area very well and when OS stopped updating them a couple of years ago most of the mapping still pre-dated 1964. I had driven myself silly writing to a blank wall at Southampton trying to get value for the several thousands I had subsequently spent on the subscription.
I now check the free Google Earth although, sadly, the area is not on Street View. With up to date information so easily available from aerial photography I can't understand what the OS is doing. I would go to Getmapping if I had my time and money again.
Hi, Happy Christmas. Thank you for your info.
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