On 23 September 2017 at 13:01, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On 23 September 2017 at 12:03, Fæ faewik@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.
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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_1:250.... 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...
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_1:105...
Thanks, Fae