Ordnance Survey Mapping Site

infopete

Hi

I've just added postcode and address lookups to my OS map site.

The site gives full screen os maps, no adverts, just maps.

http://www.polysym.com/os/w2.htm

EightOhEight

Thanks
I love OS. would wallpaper my house with OS if i could.

infopete

I've noticed from Google Analytics that a couple of people have tried using my OS map site by adding their postcode to the end of URL instead of typing the postcode into the box on the webpage.

I currently don't support this but I could add it if you all think this is a useful option.

If you have other suggestions to enhance the site then let me know.

Pete

chrisba

Very nice. What's the point of the little O symbol that appears when you click on the map ?

I've noticed that Bing maps also have an OS option, but I like the full screen-ness of yours.

amaferanga

bikehike gives a large OS map if you toggle map sizes + you can plan routes, etc.

infopete

chrisba wrote:

Very nice. What's the point of the little O symbol that appears when you click on the map ?

I've noticed that Bing maps also have an OS option, but I like the full screen-ness of yours.

You can plot a route and print it. That's the main point of the little application.

My application is not the best around, offers hardly any functionality but it does offer you full screen os maps.

If you change the zoom level on your browser it's amazing how versatile my application can be.

Andy Andy Andy

I dont mean to say that yours is rubbish at all, it is far better than anything I could ever hope to manage but this is what I usually use at the moment it shows an old OS map as the number of tile fetches has been reached for the day (it seems quite popular). Maybe you could take ideas from that app too for yours. many options for maps including just OS (a full size OS map) and lots of GPX route based stuff available incl. height profiles.[/url]

geoff_ss

EightOhEight wrote:

Thanks
I love OS. would wallpaper my house with OS if i could.

+1

I seem to have 100s of OS maps. Much more satisfying to sit and browse than a GPS

infopete

Andy Andy Andy wrote:

I dont mean to say that yours is rubbish at all, it is far better than anything I could ever hope to manage but this is what I usually use at the moment it shows an old OS map as the number of tile fetches has been reached for the day (it seems quite popular). Maybe you could take ideas from that app too for yours. many options for maps including just OS (a full size OS map) and lots of GPX route based stuff available incl. height profiles.[/url]

I didn't think you were rubbishing my site

I think Whereisthepath is one of the best mapping sites on the net.

OS put a very low limit on the number of tiles/maps you can view in a day. I'd suggest other people sign up as developers and we could have "mirrored" sites to overcome the limit.

On the other hand, if OS printed their maps on bigger bits of paper and on both sides like you get with some michelin maps we wouldn't need to do this.

Oh and if they do a half inch scale too (1/100000 ish)

geoff_ss

infopete wrote:

On the other hand, if OS printed their maps on bigger bits of paper and on both sides like you get with some michelin maps we wouldn't need to do this.

Maps printed on both sides of the paper are a real pain IMO. The 1:25,000 OS maps for my area are like that (White Peak) and they're unmanageable when out walking, especially in a breeze or rain. Trying to navigate a footpath that migrates from one side of the map to the other is just about impossible. We have 2 copies of the map for mainly that reason.

infopete

Geoff_SS wrote:

infopete wrote:

On the other hand, if OS printed their maps on bigger bits of paper and on both sides like you get with some michelin maps we wouldn't need to do this.

Maps printed on both sides of the paper are a real pain IMO. The 1:25,000 OS maps for my area are like that (White Peak) and they're unmanageable when out walking, especially in a breeze or rain. Trying to navigate a footpath that migrates from one side of the map to the other is just about impossible. We have 2 copies of the map for mainly that reason.

Cycling across France takes a lot of maps. Having them printed on both sides tends to reduce the maps you have to carry and buy.

Each OS map covers a tiny area just count how many you need to do LeJog.