[Talk-GB] Fwd: [CARTO-SoC] Priced out...

[Mark Williams]

I presume someone's told him... Was it in time?

Or have we not done his area yet, I wonder?

Mark

Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Interesting comment on the CARTO-SoC list.
> 
> Richard
> 
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>      Date: Tue,  4 Dec 2007 13:25:43 GMT
>      From: Gary Haley <mapset at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Reply-To: carto-soc at sheffield.ac.uk
>   Subject: [CARTO-SoC] Priced out...
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> There doesn't seem to be any way of getting a
> better quote from OS so needless to say we won't
> be using any map products on this occasion.
> 
> This episode has made me wonder how many other
> products are being produced in the UK each year
> without maps where the use of a map would add
> considerably to the readability of the product.
> 
> I reckon this is a missed opportunity at best and
> at worst contributes to the demise of print-based
> cartography in the UK.