Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Ordnance Survey 1st series 1:10, 560 - a complete mid 19th century map of Britain

-- faewik@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae On 27 September 2017 at 22:37, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote: > 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. >> >> -- >> Andy Mabbett >> @pigsonthewing >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediauk-l@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_1:250.... > 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