Re: UK Maps 1:25000

In message <9tjvc1leillg7s5dajmh69cpovn293ob3c@xxxxxxx>, Terry Pinnell <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes 
Alan White <alan.lesley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 09:20:19 GMT, "Keith Sheppard"
<keith.sheppard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I must say that a
requirement to print at exactly the correct scale never occurred to me.

With a km grid, is it even necessary? We've never found it so. 

Following your argument, you could print a '50000:1' map so that its 1
km grids were say 5 mm apart, instead of 20 mm - when I would say that
the answer to your question above would be Yes! Even with my
increasingly dodgy eyesight, I can read the fine detail on a 50,000 or
25000 OS map, and I'm thankful for the well-established design I
assume underpins that.

Now, if you (and other respondents) really mean 'give or take 20% or
so', I wouldn't quibble.


This will get the scale I require but not the

extra info on the 1:25000 map that includes

field boundaries

George
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George
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