Linda How much do these maps cost in dollars? Also how long did it take for you to get them? Janine > > http://www.tiac.net/users/teschek/orkneybooks/orkneymaps.htm > > > Bill Teschek > teschek@tiac.net" > > Janine wrote: > > > > Where would one find these maps or even how to order them? > > Janine > > > > On Sunday, June 13, 1999 10:39 PM, George Mowat-Brown [SMTP:geomowat@zetnet.co.uk] wrote: > > > Keith writes in response to Linda: > > > > > > >Linda - Operating from far away just as you do, I have found the Landranger > > > >series very helpful. They show the smallest settlements and even some > > > >individual manor houses and farms. And they will be very handy as road > > > >maps when you visit Orkney. > > > > > > Yes, the Landranger Series from the British Ornance Survey are the ones > > > that replaced the old 1" to a mile, these are now 2cm. to 1km (1:50,000 or > > > about 1 1/4" to a mile). There are three covering Orkney, from N. to S. 5, > > > 6, & 7 in the series. > > > > > > For More precise information, you will require the 'Pathfinder' series > > > (again from the Ordnance Survey), these are 2.5" to the mile (1:25,000 or > > > 4cm to 1 km), and contain all the detail you could want about farms etc. > > > although, of course you would require a street-name map of either Kirkwall > > > or Stromness, if your interests lie there. The numbers in this series run > > > from 22 (North Ronaldsay) to the 40s (I suspect) for the Southern Isles. > > > You will find that you usually need at least two to cover the larger > > > islands (or sometimes 3, e.g. the whole of Westray requires 23, 24, and a > > > tiny bit of 26). > > > > > > As a former government organization, the Ordnance Survey (based in > > > Southampton) issues its maps all over the world. > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > > > > > > George > > > > > > > > > 'Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds' > > > > > > Albert Einstein > > > > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > > > > Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 > > > High Point, > > > 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk > > > Isleworth, > > > Middlesex, > > > TW7 5DY, > > > UK. > > > > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > > > > >