Maps for Walkers

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by Lee in Doncaster

I only wish that when I go walking I didn't have to take two OS maps covering both the Dark Peak and the White Peak. Why can't they publish a map covering the southern areas of one area and the northern area of the other, in effect places that can be easily reached from Sheffield and Manchester?

I know exactly what you mean, but I can sympathise with the Ordnance Survey on this. Everyone has their own idea of specific areas that should be covered on individual maps - which would be very hard to provide within a published series.

However, are you aware of "Ordnance Survey Select"? - You can order from the Ordnance Survey, tailor made Landranger 1:50,000 (40km x 40km) scale, or Explorer 1:25,000 (20km x 20km) scale maps centered on any specific point of your choice. So, you could ensure that the area you are interested in will always be shown on the one map.

Current cost per map, dependent on which series, is £15.99 or £16.99 plus delivery charge - which I think isn't too bad considering that you get the exact area of your choice.

See:- OsSelect-Ordnance Survey
And:- http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswe...ect/index.html

Regards,
Mike.

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Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

However, are you aware of "Ordnance Survey Select"? - You can order from the Ordnance Survey, tailor made Landranger 1:50,000 (40km x 40km) scale, or Explorer 1:25,000 (20km x 20km) scale maps centered on any specific point of your choice....
Current cost per map, dependent on which series, is £15.99 or £16.99 plus delivery charge - which I think isn't too bad considering that you get the exact area of your choice....

Sure beats creating your own custom maps manually, which is what I usually ended up doing years ago when I was in the hills every weekend. Copious amounts of sellotape and patience required to make a decent job of it!
Couldn't agree more with Tom00_uk and Deb London, though.. I use the new technology for remembering exactly where I've been (lots of great Android apps out there), but paper and compass, with the knowledge to use them, are essential as backup and unbeatable for planning where I'm going.
(ahh, my first 'proper' post)

[nigel_b]

For me, it has to be one or more paper 1:25,000 for the ground you will cover. There's simply no substitute. You just can't get the bigger picture with a screen of whatever size.

One of the first things you learn is that evidence of a path on a map doesn't mean it's still there on the ground, or anything passable. We've found so-called "bridleways" on top of mountains in Wales are no such thing on the ground, being boggy tussocks of grass over which we made dreadfully slow, and risky, progress. After about 45 minutes I decided we needed to box round the bog, and absolutely had to have a paper map to figure out a sensible work-around.

Even out this weekend I found the map we were using to be out of date to an extent, so up to date ones will save a lot of issues too.