[Openstreetmap] Where can I get old street maps?

[Andy Robinson]

I've got a copy of the original 1914 Crown Copyright 1:2500 map for my area
(Sutton Coldfield) which I photocopied at the local library a few years ago.
It has street names for the time. 
Now this is the same map which I also have published in 1993 by Alan Godfrey
Maps, Dunston, Gateshead. On the back of the latter is a statement that
gives thanks to Roger Hellyer for his help and permission to reprint the
map. I can only assume therefore that the high quality reproduction came
about by borrowing someone's map rather than obtaining from the OS.

Now is this all fair game? If so I would digitize it and use the image to
create data in AutoCAD which I can then convert to GPX (and beyond).

Has anyone spoken to Alan Godfrey Maps?

I have other historical maps but that's another discussion. You would also
be surprised what your local library generally holds. You can also get a lot
of detail from other library sources, electrol roll data for info.

Andy


>-----Original Message-----
>From: openstreetmap-bounces at vr.ucl.ac.uk [mailto:openstreetmap-
>bounces at vr.ucl.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Peter Knowles
>Sent: 30 November 2005 12:35
>To: openstreetmap at vr.ucl.ac.uk
>Subject: [Openstreetmap] Where can I get old street maps?
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>I'm wondering if anyone knows where I might be able to locate
>non-copyright maps to use as a basis for street names. Currently, I'm
>generating tracklogs using GPS (which is going pretty well), but I would
>like to find an easier way to name the streets. Obviously, I can't use
>anything under copyright, so I'm looking for maps at least 50 years old I
>guess? I don't care if some of the roads are changed/missing, I just want
>to use it as an aid.
>
>Does anyone know where I could get something like this? Either
>physical/electronic would do.
>
>I apologise if this has already been answered somewhere. I went through
>the wiki and the mailing list archive, but didn't see anything.
>
>Thanks,
>Peter
>
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