Re: Motorists demolishing British history.
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Re: Motorists demolishing British history.         

Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Boltar
Date: Aug 29, 2008 02:59

On Aug 29, 7:05 am, Doug riseup.net> wrote:
> And that is not all they are demolishing.
>
> "Internet mapping is wiping the rich geography and history of Britain
> off the map, Britain's most senior cartographer warned yesterday.
>
> Churches, cathedrals, stately homes, battlefields, ancient woodlands,
> rivers, eccentric landmarks and many more features which make up the
> tapestry of the British landscape are not being represented in online
> maps, which focus on merely providing driving directions, said Mary
> Spence, President of the British Cartographical Society..."

Really? Funny that , because streetmap.co.uk provides the ordnance
survey map of an area and last time I looked they mark pretty much
everything.

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