Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey National Grid maps of Edinburgh

2014-08-22 Thread Eric Grosso
Hi all, Thanks Rob for that. Chris Fleet (NLS) asked me to announce to the OSM community that the NLS is also adding the Ordnance Survey Maps - 25 inch 2nd and later editions, Scotland, 1892-1949, which is the most detailed topographic mapping for all the inhabited regions of Scotland from the

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey National Grid maps of Edinburgh

2014-08-11 Thread Donald Noble
Thanks Rob, The alignment matches well with both bing and what is already on OSM (although this may largely be derived). Also pleasing to note that the addresses I have surveyed match those on the OS map - don't suppose they change all that often. Cheers, Donald On 10 August 2014 00:04, Rob

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey National Grid maps of Edinburgh

2014-08-11 Thread SK53
I met Richard Rodger who is leading the MESH project at Edinburgh University. Addresses in central Edinburgh have changed so little in 200 years that they are able to use OSM to map where attorneys were located in the middle of the 19th Century. The historical addresses were acquired from Business