In addition to the first series of 1:10,560 maps, the Ordnance Survey
1:2500 first series is being uploaded and has already reached "L" in
the alphabet, so Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh and London are all
available. See
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:25…
Unlike the 1:10,560 maps, the 1:2500 are not a complete map of the UK,
but are highly detailed maps of city areas. The maps date from around
the 1870s, and you will find every house, horse trough, monument and
even public toilet marked on them. As well as being interesting to
refer to during Wiki Loves Monuments sessions, for anyone interested
in solving some wiki-jigsaw puzzles, it would be useful to create
overview gallery pages on Commons making it easy for readers to
navigate the detailed maps. As an example, the 45 maps covering the
City of London have a one-page overview at [1] and Berkshire has a
gallery at [2].
Some of the 1:2500 maps have their sub-maps set out in 4x4 grids (1 to
16), and to make the puzzle a bit harder, the sub-maps may not be
complete! Birmingham has been started at [3], but the sub-maps could
be joined together more intelligently. 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 [4].
Links
1.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:250…
2.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:105…
3.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:250…
4.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Birmingham_and_its_Environs_…
Happy navigating!
Fae
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