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 > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 > High Point, > 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk > Isleworth, > Middlesex, > TW7 5DY, > UK. > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > >