Map Lovers - this is the thread for you
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Oct 2020
9:48pm, 9 Oct 2020
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Cyclops
Just seen this. Hello fellow map devotees! I have many many paper maps but school has an Edina digimaps licence *swoon*
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Oct 2020
9:59pm, 9 Oct 2020
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stilldreaming
My daughter gave me this book for my birthday. One for wet winter nights I reckon! |
Oct 2020
10:00pm, 9 Oct 2020
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GimmeMedals
Another map lover here. I've had to rein in my urge to buy an OS map of every place we visit. I've been buying little yellow maps instead. I'm getting quite a collection and they are small enough to comfortably live in the glove compartment in the motorhome  yellowpublications.co.uk |
Oct 2020
10:06pm, 9 Oct 2020
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Turtlemama
SD I think that needs to be on Christmas list !!
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Oct 2020
10:10pm, 9 Oct 2020
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K5 Gus
Are we all OS aficionados here, or are we allowed to say that Harveys are actually better in some regards
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Oct 2020
10:13pm, 9 Oct 2020
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Derby Tup
Harveys are much better for navigation. Who cares if say the NT own a chunk of land?
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Oct 2020
10:28pm, 9 Oct 2020
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flyingfinn
Harveys maps depend too much on who did the survey and what the budget was. OS are much more consistent and at 1:25 are generally better for their level of detail. Where good Harveys maps score are their interpretation of contours. OS maps are very literal which doesn't always present the visible picture very well. The best maps present the contours in a way that allows the user to build an image that matches what they will see.
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Oct 2020
10:46pm, 9 Oct 2020
337 posts
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Running on the Spot
Like the sound of this thread. I have culled a lot of OS maps due to space, and relevance, as we live in Spain. But will always get a map for a new adventure. Reading Spanish maps is an adventure in itself😊 |
Oct 2020
10:50pm, 9 Oct 2020
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WA
Love maps! Even bought Mr WA one for xmas- OS map from 1950s (pre M62) of our area. As a Geography graduate, my favourite place was always the map room
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Oct 2020
10:56pm, 9 Oct 2020
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Chrisull
I have one on my wall from 1907 of the local Cornish parish. It really is quite different, the (now taken away) railway is like the central artery through it. Now you'd struggle to find where it went.
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