Map Lovers - this is the thread for you

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McGoohan Oct 2020 8:29pm, 9 Oct 2020 47,025 posts	0 McGoohan Do you love maps? Is planning the journey the best bit? Yeah, course it is. This is the thread for YOU!
rf_fozzy Oct 2020 8:31pm, 9 Oct 2020 11,817 posts	0 rf_fozzy This thread redirects to : fetcheveryone.com/forum/fetch-orienteers-13593/
Rosehip Oct 2020 8:34pm, 9 Oct 2020 18,135 posts	0 Rosehip I love maps, I spend more time plotting routes than I do run or walking them
McGoohan Oct 2020 8:34pm, 9 Oct 2020 47,026 posts	0 McGoohan Ah but you actually go where you say you're going to go
McGoohan Oct 2020 8:34pm, 9 Oct 2020 47,027 posts	0 McGoohan (That was to fozz)
McGoohan Oct 2020 8:35pm, 9 Oct 2020 47,028 posts	0 McGoohan Here's a map shelf after the cull
McGoohan Oct 2020 8:35pm, 9 Oct 2020 47,029 posts	0 McGoohan But all the guidebooks go here The shelve below has shoeboxes with other guides and map leaflets
rf_fozzy Oct 2020 8:35pm, 9 Oct 2020 11,818 posts	0 rf_fozzy Yes and now I'm going here: fetcheveryone.com/forum/fetch-orienteers-13593/
Rosehip Oct 2020 8:36pm, 9 Oct 2020 18,136 posts	0 Rosehip I need to cull mine - I have maps from the '70s of Surrey that don't show the M25.
McGoohan Oct 2020 8:36pm, 9 Oct 2020 47,030 posts	0 McGoohan Yes, with a heavy heart I threw away my blue pathfinder maps

About This Thread

Maintained by McGoohan

Do you love maps? Is planning the journey the best bit? Yeah, course it is.

This is the thread for YOU! (Original idea: Trin)

Here are some Fetchie-sourced links:

Buying maps
Dash4it: dash4it.co.uk (Oranj)
Yellow Publications: yellowpublications.co.uk (GM)
New Zealand: data.gns.cri.nz (Jenelopy)

Links to online mapping
DEFRA online map: magic.defra.gov.uk (Cerretonia)
Where's The Path: wtp2.appspot.com (Homer)
Lightning Maps: lightningmaps.org (McG)
Ordnance Survey: osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
ViewRanger: viewranger.com (-Monty-)
Swiss Maps: map.schweizmobil.ch (Homer)
The Underground Map (London through the ages) (Dio): theundergroundmap.com

Historical maps
Archi UK Old Maps: archiuk.com (Homer)
Historical maps: maps.nls.uk (Creature of the Hill)
British Library Collection: flickr.com
ianvisits.co.uk (Chrisull)

Routes
British Pilgrimage Trust: britishpilgrimage.org (McG)
Slow ways (connecting towns): slowways.uk (Sigh/GordonG)