Dear All, Two slight off-topic questions for UK map enthusiasts:
(1) Can you think of any depressions in Britain? I.e. places where the contour lines on the map would wind the "wrong way"? I ask because I recently noticed that the OS OpenData contour data is wrong around Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh. It looks as if the contour lines are in the right places but their heights have been mis-labelled, as if the height labels had been added automatically by an algorithm that didn't expect depressions. The gridded data is consistent with the incorrect labelling, probably confirming that the gridded data is derived from the contours, rather than vice-versa. The only other depressions that I can think of are the sunken areas in the Fens. Any other suggestions?
(2) Have a look at today's XKCD ( http://xkcd.com/977/ ) and tell us what your favourite map projection is :-)
Cheers, Phil. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
