Map Lovers - this is the thread for you

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Jun 2023
2:28pm, 21 Jun 2023
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3M
I came across this earlier on - courtesy of the archivists at work!
davidrumsey.com
3M
Jun 2023
2:29pm, 21 Jun 2023
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3M
Oh - an it's "slow ways week", or some such, at the moment.
See link on the right!
18 Jun
9:49am, 18 Jun 2024
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Diogenes
I don't know if this has been shared before, but I came across it looking at an area on the Isle of Dogs where my eldest is probably going to be living from August. It's a series of maps showing how London has changed over the years since 1700, with articles about some areas. I could spend hours looking at this.

theundergroundmap.com
18 Jun
10:41am, 18 Jun 2024
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McGoohan
Oh, that's a great site Dio. I shall put it in the sidebar
18 Jun
1:00pm, 18 Jun 2024
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EvilPixie
Question for the map lovers!

Plotting a route on Fetch on a path I haven't used before.
I can see the footpath suddenly ends before a road starts but there is a gap.
do you think this is something you can walk across or will it likely be a dead end?

18 Jun
1:08pm, 18 Jun 2024
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paulcook
Can you tell from Google maps? Either the satellite view or the streetview car view?

Otherwise I've also used the global heatmap on the site that can't be mentioned (sorry!) to see if / how often certain routes used.

My guess is the above looks good but you never know, could be fenced off or a garden or similar and limited access across, could even be old access now no longer possible.
um
18 Jun
1:35pm, 18 Jun 2024
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um
as per paulcook ...
Or try OS (if you have access), or Bing Maps OS view (free), to check rights of way
18 Jun
3:34pm, 18 Jun 2024
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rf_fozzy
Check for PROW on OS (free on Bing as um says).
18 Jun
3:39pm, 18 Jun 2024
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paulcook
Didn't realise OS maps was free on Bing. Very handy (though I honestly can't remember what parts I've used on the OS site itself).
22 Jun
5:02pm, 22 Jun 2024
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EvilPixie
This is what I found

Nothing!
A gate to go through 😁

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)

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