In article <[email protected]>, mick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does anyone on the list possess the set of Ordinance Survey maps of England, > Scotland & Wales of about 1900, I'm trying to map the Roman roads described > by Thomas Codrington in his book "Roman Roads in Britain" published in 1903. > He makes frequent reference to "the new OS map" in his descriptions. > > I'm hoping to find shape files, MapInfo files or scans of the sheets and > happy to contribute around $AU100 (current exchange rate hovers around ?1.00 > = $AU1.50) to the cost of scanning the set. (I may be able to go higher if > needed) > > If this is off-topic I apologize and > > NO I DO NOT PLAN TO ADD THIS HISTORIC CONTENT TO THE MAP I plan to server it > myself. > > mick Are you aware of <http://www.old-maps.co.uk>? From a quick scan, they may sell scans of the maps you want ("(c.1854 - c.1949) 1:2,500 (25 inch to 1 mile) scale pre-war County Series mapping from the Ordnance Survey" and "(c.1846 - c.1969) 1:10,560 (6 inch to 1 mile) scale pre-war County Series mapping from the Ordnance Survey.") Reinder _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
