[Openstreetmap] Maps that Lye

SteveC steve at asklater.com
Mon Sep 26 12:39:17 BST 2005


* @ 26/09/05 12:38:19 PM nick at hogweed.org wrote:
> On Monday 26 September 2005 10:29, Simon Hewison wrote:
> > nick at hogweed.org wrote:
> > >>Maps that Lye
> > >
> > > I wonder if the name "Lye Close" was chosen deliberately?
> > >
> > > I've seen what I'd imagine are Easter egg footpaths on Ordnance Survey
> > > maps. They start in one place, go for about half a mile, then just end,
> > > in the middle of a field, say - completely useless to anyone.
> > >
> > > A good example is on the Stafford and Telford sheet, just north of
> > > Wellington at grid ref SJ665138.
> >
> > And of course, the rather vague bits around various government nuclear
> > laboratories, but that's not for reasons of copyright ref SU680680,
> > though it's interesting to note that Aldermasteron is now labelled
> > "Depot" on the landranger maps (I'm sure I've seen a completely empty
> > field there previously on the maps), with a pond called "Decoy Pond".
> 
> I'm sure I've seen a Decoy Pond or Decoy Covert somewhere in the New Forest on 
> an OS map, wonder if that's really something else?

Go and have a look, and if it is an MoD site you can send us a postcard
from Guantanemo! :-)

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/




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