Janine - I just ordered some from Amazon.com.UK. See the message below from Bill Teschek Linda "The best contemporary maps to work with are in the Landranger series. Go here to buy them online: 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 > > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > > Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 > > High Point, > > 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk > > Isleworth, > > Middlesex, > > TW7 5DY, > > UK. > > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > >