http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Britain from above en Mon, 18 May 2026 11:42:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12130#post-141422 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:18:21 +0000 cb 141422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At the Museum of Edinburgh (Canongate):</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/Venues/Museum-of-Edinburgh/Exhibitions/2013-14/Edinburgh-from-Above">http://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/Venues/Museum-of-Edinburgh/Exhibitions/2013-14/Edinburgh-from-Above</a></p> <p>Opens tomorrow.</p> <p>"This exhibition explores material from the RCAHMS archive. Zoom in on a series of compelling aerial photographs which capture dramatic changes to the Edinburgh cityscape over the twentieth century." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12130#post-141412 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:37:55 +0000 EddieD 141412@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah - I see.</p> <p>I did find it humourous that even though we host it we have to subscribe to it :)</p> <p>It's still one heck a perk though (and costs me more productive work time than almost anything else) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12130#post-141408 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:27:13 +0000 Roibeard 141408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@EddieD - CIC? The Uni hasn't subscribed to that option, although occasionally it's offered free to tempt people into recognising its value. The charts are Admiralty rather than Ordnance Survey, so licensed separately.</p> <p>Oddly enough the service is provided from the Uni to the UK academic community, even though we have to subscribe like any other institution!</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12130#post-141402 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:04:48 +0000 EddieD 141402@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One of the perks of my job is that I get access to (almost*) the complete Ordnance Survey collection - right down to 1:2000 maps, and the historic archive, back to 1850 or so (although there are gaps in this archive). It's fascinating to see how towns and cities have developed.</p> <p>Last year Edinburgh had the Britain from above exhibition round the town, and I had a blast cycling from location to location.</p> <p>*I can't get access to the sea resources maps, I suspect that they're CIC </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12130#post-141387 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:24:35 +0000 kaputnik 141387@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've spent (some might incorrectly say, "wasted") many a happy hour poring over Britain From Above and tagging old factories and ships with the correct names.</p> <p>The NLS Maps sites are great, although navigation can get a bit confusing between the georeferenced and non-georeferenced sections. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12130#post-141378 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:01:24 +0000 wee folding bike 141378@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Then you'll love this. It lets you overlay old maps or photos on current Google maps.</p> <p><a href="http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/" rel="nofollow">http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12130#post-141374 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 01:36:19 +0000 Snowy 141374@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just discovered <a href="http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/asearch?x=325568&amp;y=672527&amp;extent=1000">this website</a> on which much time has been wasted this evening. May be of interest to those of a history/photography/cartography bent. </p>