[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham/Solihull 1:25, 000 Out Of Copyright mapping now available

[Christoph Böhme]

"Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)" <ajrlists at googlemail.com> schrieb:

> Christoph Boehme wrote:
> >Sent: 16 October 2009 4:12 PM
> >To: talk-gb-westmidlands at openstreetmap.org
> >Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Birmingham/Solihull 1:25, 000
> >Out Of Copyright mapping now available
> >
> >Wow, that's great! I think, I'll spend the weekend drawing brooks :-)
> >
> >Thanks for scanning these! Do you already have the adjoining sheets
> >to the south and west?
> 
> Unfortunately not at the present time. They are available from
> companies like David Archer Maps but the cost will around £8 a sheet
> (they quote for what you want each time). Currently I'm getting them
> as and when they come up on ebay for much less (with 2027 in the set
> to collect its too much at £8 a sheet) but if anyone wants to sponsor
> a sheet I'll check what the current retail price is.

I am happy to sponsor for the two sheets south west and south of the SW
Birmingham sheet. I was about to buy an up-to-date map for walking in
the area but I rather spend the money for a 50 years old map and walk
without a map.

Cheers,
Christoph


> Cheers
> 
> Andy
> 
> >
> >	Christoph
> >
> >"Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)" <ajrlists at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> Some of you may know that I am scanning and tiling 1:25,000 out of
> >> copyright OS mapping for use in Potlatch and JOSM. You can view
> >> what's already uploaded at:
> >>
> >> http://ooc.openstreetmap.org and select the 1:25k layer
> >>
> >> I currently have two sheets uploaded today for the West Midlands,
> >> covering SW Birmingham and SE Solihull. A few more to the west and
> >> north of the area will follow shortly but none abut the two sheets
> >> uploaded.
> >>
> >> You can browse the two sheets here:
> >>
> >> http://ooc.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=15&lat=52.47895&lon=-
> >1.90163&layers=00B0
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >> http://ooc.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=15&lat=52.40746&lon=-
> >1.77168&layers=00B0
> >>
> >> Instructions on how to use them in Potlatch/JOSM can be found at
> >> the bottom of:
> >>
> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Provisional/First_Edition
> >>
> >> If anyone wants to donate a sheet (or the money to purchase) then
> >> please get in touch.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Andy
> >>
> >>
> >>
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