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A change of year means OS maps from 1971 are now out of copyright and National Library of Scotland (NLS) have just announced that another 1,481 detailed 50"/mile and 25"/mile maps covering areas in Scotland are now on their web site.
There's more:
That's a bit early for most modellers, but it's an amazing resource. All georeferenced for cross-fading to modern maps/aerial.
Here is the north end of Worcester Shrub Hill (GWR):
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=20&lat=52.19613&lon=-2.21017&layers=117746211&b=7
And this is a bit of the Midland Railway at Cheltenham Lansdown:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=20&lat=51.89646&lon=-2.10066&layers=117746211&b=4
These maps can be captured and scaled in Templot as screenshot maps, I will add the tiled maps option soon.
To see the level of detail on some of these maps, see Leeds Town Hall:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=20&lat=53.80017&lon=-1.54972&layers=117746212&b=4
cheers,
Martin.
There's more:
Ordnance Survey 1:500 Town Plans of England and Wales (1840s-1890s)
"We have added 10,519 sheets online showing Victorian town plans of England and Wales (1840s-1890s). Over 380 towns (all those with more than 4,000 people) were mapped at a scale of 1:500 - the most detailed maps that Ordnance Survey ever surveyed of these towns."That's a bit early for most modellers, but it's an amazing resource. All georeferenced for cross-fading to modern maps/aerial.
Here is the north end of Worcester Shrub Hill (GWR):
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=20&lat=52.19613&lon=-2.21017&layers=117746211&b=7
And this is a bit of the Midland Railway at Cheltenham Lansdown:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=20&lat=51.89646&lon=-2.10066&layers=117746211&b=4
These maps can be captured and scaled in Templot as screenshot maps, I will add the tiled maps option soon.
To see the level of detail on some of these maps, see Leeds Town Hall:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=20&lat=53.80017&lon=-1.54972&layers=117746212&b=4
cheers,
Martin.
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