Maps

[suityou01]

Old Maps Online

It's, er, old maps online.

Getting nostalgic?

[OwlHoot]

Suity's random post about magnetic declination has had me going through my map collection. I buy them as souveneirs of places i've been.

Swisstopo are my favourties. Beautiful maps.

Does anyone else have this fetish or is it just me?

No me too.

I also have a large atlas of the Moon, and another one of Mercury, although I'm not sure when I'll visit either of them.

Still waiting for a decent one of Titan, once they can see through the gloom to map it properly.

[OwlHoot]

Still waiting for a decent one of Titan, once they can see through the gloom to map it properly.

Talk of the Devil! From the BBC only yesterday:

2013-03-18 'Waves' detected on Titan moon’s lakes

[original PM]

this is good also

normal world map







actual size world map




Interesting!

[NickFitz]

Detailed maps that offer a fascinating glimpse into how every area of England and Wales developed from Victorian times to the 1950s are now available free online.

The series of Ordnance Survey maps shows how towns and cities have spread into the countryside and how the road and rail network developed. Individual buildings and streets can be identified clearly and smaller features can be seen including post boxes, bollards on quaysides and mile posts. The maps can be viewed over time for each place of interest.

They are available on the website of the National Library of Scotland (NLS) as a result of an extensive programme that has digitised historic maps across the UK.

Historic maps now online for every town in England and Wales - National Library of Scotland