On 23 September 2017 at 13:01, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: > On 23 September 2017 at 12:03, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> In addition to the first series of 1:10,560 maps, the Ordnance Survey >> 1:2500 first series is being uploaded > > Thanks, Fæ, for this superb contribution. > > The maps are full of rich data, and so a time-sink for anyone, like > me, interested in local history - you have been warned! > >> Andy has suggested using >> navigation templates at the map level, so you can click in each >> compass direction to jump around the map, see on example image page >> for Birmingham > > I'd also suggest adding categories to individual tiles, for major > settlements and significant features. > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
Good news everyone! The 1:2500 OS maps series have finished uploading. We can confirm that cities these cover are: Birmingham, Cardiff, Chester, Chichester, Colchester, Coventry, Durham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lichfield, Liverpool, City of London, Manchester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Oxford, Portsmouth, Salisbury, Southampton, Winchester, Worcester and York. You can find all the categories at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:2500. This week I used the 19th C. Newcastle map to track down a Jewish cemetery ( "Jews Old Burial Ground") that now is virtually impossible to find due to being built over in the 1910s, as well as a surprise find of a "Fever" hospital and a glass factory up against the medieval city walls, where there is now no indication that there was ever anything there but virgin grassland. If you want to try creating a gallery of the maps for your favorite city, then it's best to have a look at the way the London gallery works: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:2500,_Map_of_City_of_London_and_its_Environs P.S. The complete 1:10,560 series has got as far as "Cheshire" in the alphabet, so expect a couple more weeks before it's ready for serious use. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:10560 Thanks, Fae -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
