Post by keithj on Jun 29, 2008 13:58:39 GMT
I visited the York Family History Fair yesterday and had a thoroughly enjoyable time. My major purchase was a DVD containing all the 1st Edition, 6in = 1 mile, OS maps for Denbigh and Flint and a large number of 25in maps of towns. The DVD cost 20 pounds.
The maps are presented in two formats:
The individual 6in maps are in black and white, as they were originally published, and are very good indeed. The scans are of an extremely high quality and can be zoomed to 300% without losing detail. All the maps are contained in one file and each map is set as a page in the document. This can make moving around the maps rather quirky as you can jump from the top or bottom of one map onto the next all too easily. It took me a while to work put what was happening! One nice touch is being able to select areas within the maps and print them off.
The hand-tinted, 25in maps would be a wonderful resource for anyone whose ancestors lived in fair sized towns. Wrexham, Hawarden, Ruthin, Llangollen and Rhyl are there as you'd expect, but so are Coedpoeth and Cefn Mawr, with two maps each.
I find the combined series less easy to use. I don't know the geography of the area so working out where I want to be is awkward because you start with the entire area of the maps on your desktop! You've no chance of reading any of the town names so all you can do is zoom in from there and getting to your destination first time can be tricky for an outsider, like me. It does mean that places on the edges of the maps become much easier to work with, of course.
I think this DVD is excellent value for money. It is published by the Digital Archives Association and their website is www.digitalarchives.co.uk
Keith
The maps are presented in two formats:
- individual maps in PDF format
- all the 6in maps combined as a continuous sheet in ER Mapping format
The individual 6in maps are in black and white, as they were originally published, and are very good indeed. The scans are of an extremely high quality and can be zoomed to 300% without losing detail. All the maps are contained in one file and each map is set as a page in the document. This can make moving around the maps rather quirky as you can jump from the top or bottom of one map onto the next all too easily. It took me a while to work put what was happening! One nice touch is being able to select areas within the maps and print them off.
The hand-tinted, 25in maps would be a wonderful resource for anyone whose ancestors lived in fair sized towns. Wrexham, Hawarden, Ruthin, Llangollen and Rhyl are there as you'd expect, but so are Coedpoeth and Cefn Mawr, with two maps each.
I find the combined series less easy to use. I don't know the geography of the area so working out where I want to be is awkward because you start with the entire area of the maps on your desktop! You've no chance of reading any of the town names so all you can do is zoom in from there and getting to your destination first time can be tricky for an outsider, like me. It does mean that places on the edges of the maps become much easier to work with, of course.
I think this DVD is excellent value for money. It is published by the Digital Archives Association and their website is www.digitalarchives.co.uk
Keith