Dear Colleagues,
The details in this message forwarded from Carto-soc might come in handy.
Also, may I take this opportunity to thank Ann for organising a top quality
workshop and keeping us all on our toes!
Nick
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 11:55:19 +0100
From: Graham Allsopp <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: NEWS: Free maps on the web
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>From Macworld Online http://www.macworld.co.uk/
Macworld Daily News Update September 13 1999
FREE MAPS ON THE WEB
By Macworld staff
Ordnance Survey has launched a new web-based service, consisting of free
Ordnance Survey maps.
The service, called Get-a-map, allows users to search by place name,
postcode and National Grid reference.
Users can zoom in and out from regional maps to local areas, move north or
south, or east or west, to centre the map on a particular locality.
Get-a-map also offers users a scale detail of up to 1:35,000 on screen,
against the published 1:250,000 originals - no extra detail is available at
this resolution. The required location is then indicated by a clear red
circle, and the resultant image can be saved.
You can print off any number of maps, and use up to ten extracts from other
web pages for no charge. However, users are not permitted to republish the
map.
Ordnance Survey's director general Dr Geoff Robinson says: "Never before
have we given away mapping, but I hope that over time, millions of people
and thousands of businesses will take advantage of this new service."
Get-a-map, http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk
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Nick Millea
Map Librarian, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG
tel : 01865 277013
fax : 01865 277139
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homepage: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/
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