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24-02-12, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir Trev

This.

24-02-12, 12:27 PM

Are you addicted to internet cartography?

Sid Squid · 24-02-12, 02:29 PM

Yes, and the print variety too.

Paul - you're not alone, I love maps, I have maps, lots of them, I even have books about maps and map making.

This is in no way sad and anorak-ey at all, oh no, not me, uh uh.

24-02-12, 02:49 PM

Openstreetmap...

Biker Biggles · 24-02-12, 06:38 PM

I like real maps and charts,but have no interest in the web versions.
Mind you I still use paper maps to find my way around too so Im just a dinosaur.

24-02-12, 08:29 PM

Yep, love maps & researching routes, both on and off road. Have several mapping applications on my smartphone.

Sir Trev · 26-02-12, 06:14 PM

Have now got about 20% of the UK on nice folding OS maps. We buy them whenever we go places on holiday and as Lady Poppy hates flying (hurts her sinus really badly) we tend to explore bits of the UK we've not been to before. Love poring over them making lists of insteresting looking places to go on day trips from our holiday base. Much easier to look at in my opinion than a screen or satnav.

Bri w · 26-02-12, 06:45 PM

Love maps. I spend hours looking at maps, and have done since I was a kid. Even read up on ye olde map makers like Mercator, who created Mercator's projection, i.e. how to 'roll out' a ball on a flat piece of paper... yep, I'm an anorak with maps...

tigersaw · 26-02-12, 07:00 PM

Me too. I Invented sat navs back in the early 70's. Except they didn't use satellites, just a paper map with a light bulb behind and an etch o sketch drive type mechanism.
Now I've got radars to play with too, which are similar but someone else moves the dots.

SIII · 28-02-12, 11:32 AM

Have just found the 3D> button on google maps! Brilliant!

Typed in my route for this weekend and accidently clicked the little magic button, best 5 minutes of my day watching the wee cursor fly around my route with me following in the air! Love it. 3D ariel view is excellent.

I'm off to do Skye bridge to Durness

from my desk.

24-02-12, 12:27 PM	#12
Sudoxe Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Any other map perverts on here? Are you addicted to internet cartography?

24-02-12, 02:29 PM	#13
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Any other map perverts on here? Yes, and the print variety too. Paul - you're not alone, I love maps, I have maps, lots of them, I even have books about maps and map making. This is in no way sad and anorak-ey at all, oh no, not me, uh uh. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst" Last edited by Sid Squid; 24-02-12 at 02:30 PM.

24-02-12, 02:49 PM	#14
MattCollins Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Any other map perverts on here? Openstreetmap...

24-02-12, 06:38 PM	#15
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	Re: Any other map perverts on here? I like real maps and charts,but have no interest in the web versions. Mind you I still use paper maps to find my way around too so Im just a dinosaur. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

24-02-12, 08:29 PM	#16
-Ralph- Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Any other map perverts on here? Yep, love maps & researching routes, both on and off road. Have several mapping applications on my smartphone.

26-02-12, 06:14 PM	#17
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,479	Re: Any other map perverts on here? Have now got about 20% of the UK on nice folding OS maps. We buy them whenever we go places on holiday and as Lady Poppy hates flying (hurts her sinus really badly) we tend to explore bits of the UK we've not been to before. Love poring over them making lists of insteresting looking places to go on day trips from our holiday base. Much easier to look at in my opinion than a screen or satnav. __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP!

26-02-12, 06:45 PM	#18
Bri w Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Turre, Almeria Posts: 668	Re: Any other map perverts on here? Love maps. I spend hours looking at maps, and have done since I was a kid. Even read up on ye olde map makers like Mercator, who created Mercator's projection, i.e. how to 'roll out' a ball on a flat piece of paper... yep, I'm an anorak with maps... __________________ *"It's not the years in your life, it's the life in your years."* Currently - Fighting the urge... seen a nice Triumph America Previously - Honda CB125, Honda CB400-4 & BSA B40, Moto Guzzi 850, Yamaha RD250, Suzuki GT380, Kawasaki Z1B, Kawasaki Z650, Honda VFR, Triumph Street Triple R.

26-02-12, 07:00 PM	#19
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	Re: Any other map perverts on here? Me too. I Invented sat navs back in the early 70's. Except they didn't use satellites, just a paper map with a light bulb behind and an etch o sketch drive type mechanism. Now I've got radars to play with too, which are similar but someone else moves the dots.

28-02-12, 11:32 AM	#20
SIII Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dumfries and Galloway Posts: 1,319	Re: Any other map perverts on here? Have just found the 3D> button on google maps! Brilliant! Typed in my route for this weekend and accidently clicked the little magic button, best 5 minutes of my day watching the wee cursor fly around my route with me following in the air! Love it. 3D ariel view is excellent. I'm off to do Skye bridge to Durness from my desk. __________________ "You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called Fuk-U. It's mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they're on the ground" The Stoppy King