Pete, Thank you kindly for sending along that info. I have seen the scale along the bottom of such maps. What happened was that I was clearing out old messages to myself, which I do while surfing the Web. However on this occasion I had not had my first cup of coffee and lack of mental clarity put me back in the days when I had my first such map and could not find the scale. Messages made after 8 a.m. or so are always better than the ones prior to that time. My apologies for muddying the waters. Sharon C. ----- Original Message ----- From: <PeteScherm@aol.com> To: <irl-clare@rootsweb.com>; <sm8carberry@comcast.net> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] another link, Distance scale for Discovery Series maps > Sharon at sm8carberry@comcast.net writes: > > > If anyone else has a better way to determine miles on a Discovery Series > Map, > kindly post about it. < > > Sharon, > > I'm not sure when this thread started (I only went back to late Aug. archives > <gr>), so I'm not sure if you are referring to the actual Discovery maps, or > representations of them on websites. The actual maps have a scale at the > bottom of the sheet, so that shouldn't be a problem. Maps on the web can be any > scale, of course. The best guide with the Discovery map images is to use the > pale blue grid lines as a guide. They are spaced 2 cm. apart on the actual > map, and represent a distance of 1 km. on the ground. A mile is very-roughly 1.6 > kms., so one square and 6/10 of the next one will be one mile. That should > help. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006 > >