I am not surprised they outsource the digital printing aspect of the
operation. This is something current digital printing companies seem to
do really well, considering the boom in custom "photo album" type services.
As to changes in cartography: looking at my '90's era Landranger map and
AFAIK SplashMaps UK custom maps are now entirely based on OS data, rather
than the original products which used OS OpenData and OSM. IIRC the
original SplashMaps were 1:40k scale, but now they use Explorer maps at
1:25k.
I think OSGB have now out-sourced their entire 'leisure' map printing
A bit off topic I admit, but I just received my first two OS UK custom
maps, with my own chosen print extent. I love it!
Being custom digital print, the quality does not fully hold up with my
1990's era "Snowdon & surrounding area" offset version, but it is still
entirely acceptable, and it
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