http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: National Library of Scotland map site update en Sat, 16 May 2026 23:05:25 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8969#post-92000 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:00:07 +0000 minus six 92000@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>there's a problem with the zoom and pan viewer in IE10, but i hope to have it resolved this afternoon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8969#post-91943 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:27:29 +0000 EddieD 91943@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh dear...another couple of hours lost to me - I'm a total map and atlas addict...</p> <p>Thanks for the pointer, I'll try and be strong and not spend too much working time poring over these :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8969#post-91927 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:17:51 +0000 kaputnik 91927@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice. That starting map is old enough that Saughton Junction is known as "Corstorphine Station", despite the obvious distance between the two.</p> <p>Off to get lost on the site now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8969#post-91893 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:35:41 +0000 chdot 91893@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone interested in maps must have visited <a href="http://maps.nls.uk" rel="nofollow">http://maps.nls.uk</a></p> <p>It's now had a makeover and things should be easier to find.</p> <p>"<br /> About our map images</p> <p>In our 'Map images' resource you can access and view over 48,000 maps as high-resolution, colour, zoomable images. The maps date between 1560 and 1961 and relate primarily to Scotland. We also have a small selection of maps beyond Scotland, including maps of England, Ireland, Great Britain and Belgium.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://maps.nls.uk/about.html" rel="nofollow">http://maps.nls.uk/about.html</a></p> <p>One impressive thing is that many maps can have Google/Bing etc. overlays.</p> <p>For those of you working around Edinburgh Park <a href="http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&amp;lat=55.93133&amp;lon=-3.30022&amp;layers=B000000000FFFFFTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF">this is what it used to look like</a>. (Move slider to reveal the present.) </p>