[Talk-GB] A new Flickr group for old out-of-copyright OS Maps

2009-09-13 Thread Peter Miller
I was lent 65 first-edition 1:500 OS maps of Ipswich dating back to 1882 a couple of days ago which I have now photographed and uploaded to Flickr. I was surprised to find that there was no Flickr group of out-of-copyright OS maps so I created it. The rules I have created says that all

Re: [Talk-GB] A new Flickr group for old out-of-copyright OS Maps

2009-09-13 Thread Peter Miller
On 13 Sep 2009, at 22:41, Thomas Wood wrote: These maps are already rectified of course, it's usually good to convert the OS coordinates to Lat/Lons and then set the grid corners as reference points. But my photographs of the maps will have introduced some tilt and other distortions, so it

Re: [Talk-GB] A new Flickr group for old out-of-copyright OS Maps

2009-09-13 Thread Thomas Wood
2009/9/13 Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com: On 13 Sep 2009, at 22:41, Thomas Wood wrote: These maps are already rectified of course, it's usually good to convert the OS coordinates to Lat/Lons and then set the grid corners as reference points. But my photographs of the maps will have

Re: [Talk-GB] A new Flickr group for old out-of-copyright OS Maps

2009-09-13 Thread Peter Miller
On 13 Sep 2009, at 22:55, Thomas Wood wrote: 2009/9/13 Peter Miller peter.mil...@itoworld.com: On 13 Sep 2009, at 22:41, Thomas Wood wrote: These maps are already rectified of course, it's usually good to convert the OS coordinates to Lat/Lons and then set the grid corners as reference