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Who
Owns Scotland Mapping
April 2007
All
former Ordnance Survey mapping has now been removed from this
website (for the full story, visit the Ordnance
Survey page). We are in the process of preparing and uploading
new map images derived from alternative sources of mapping which
are explained below.
PREVIOUS
MAPPING
First
of all, however, you can see examples of the images that were
previously published using the Ordnance
Survey mapping that we are now no longer allowed to use.
Click
the thumbnail below for an
example of the small image mapping we were using derived from
OS 250,000 scale mapping (36kb jpeg).
Next,
click thumbnail below for an example of the large maps that were
created with OS 1:50,000 scale mapping (216kb jpeg)
NEW
MAPPING
We
are now using two sources of mapping and, as of 10 April 2007,
we have two counties published using the new maps, Dumfries
and Dunbarton.
The
first source of mapping used for the small maps
is Soviet Military maps from the post war era. Soviet military
mapping was extraordinary in its scope
and detail. See John
Davies website for further details and Viewfinder
Panoramas
(Jonathan Ferranti) who supplied the maps. The main problem with
understanding these maps
is that all
the
place names have been transcribed into the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.
If you need help you can download a guide here.
Click
the thumbnail below for an example of the small maps that were
created with Soviet mapping (36kb jpeg)
The
second source of mapping to be used for the large maps and the
small maps (where appropriate) is the out of copyright Ordnance
Survey One Inch Popular Series 1921-1930 mapping which
was been
digitised
and
georeferenced
to the National Grid by XYZ
Digital Mapping Company who have
supplied the mapping in association with the National
Library of Scotland. The maps are obviously out of date by
80 years or so but in most cases this makes little difference
to the essential
understanding of where the boundaries of landholdings are located.
The main features that are likely to miselad the viewer are the
absence of modern roads (such as the new A9) and motorways, the
very different urban settlment boudnaries (particularly in the
large cities), and the presence of numerous railway lines that
are no longer there.
Click
the thumbnail below for an example of this mapping used for the
large maps(560kb jpeg)
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