On 5 June 2016 at 07:57, Diana Stevens via <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > The LDS maps are OK, I've used them before but the background detail is > fuzzy. > ... > Curious - I'm just comparing the GENUKI map of Barnstaple parish to the LDS map and they look almost identical to me on screen - the parish boundaries are in red on GENUKI and black on the LDS site. The background maps are (I think) the same OS edition, with the LDS map more of a medium grey than the GENUKI map, which is sort of a dark grey, so is slightly clearer. The LDS map can be zoomed in, whereas the GENUKI map is fixed coverage. Can I just ask what may be a dumb question, just in case - on the LDS maps, you are using the Ordnance Survey map option and *not* the "Map" option? I also have only the parish layer switched on. Or, is the problem in printing rather than viewing on screen? Adrian

Hi Adrian: I’ve done some checking of the LDS maps against the ones I provide, and it seems clear that the parish boundaries have been (at least) redrawn, and perhaps independently researched. (This applies particularly to some of the Exeter parishes.) Cheers Brian On 5 Jun 2016, at 16:47, Adrian Bruce via <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5 June 2016 at 07:57, Diana Stevens via <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ... >> The LDS maps are OK, I've used them before but the background detail is >> fuzzy. >> ... >> > > Curious - I'm just comparing the GENUKI map of Barnstaple parish to the LDS > map and they look almost identical to me on screen - the parish boundaries > are in red on GENUKI and black on the LDS site. The background maps are (I > think) the same OS edition, with the LDS map more of a medium grey than the > GENUKI map, which is sort of a dark grey, so is slightly clearer. > > The LDS map can be zoomed in, whereas the GENUKI map is fixed coverage. > > Can I just ask what may be a dumb question, just in case - on the LDS maps, > you are using the Ordnance Survey map option and *not* the "Map" option? I > also have only the parish layer switched on. > > Or, is the problem in printing rather than viewing on screen? > > Adrian > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = [email protected] PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 FAX = +44 191 208 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell