Good news! Just in time for Christmas, the full 19th Century UK series of Ordnance Survey 1:10560 maps has been completed.
This took /3 months/ to complete as this needed assembling tiled images and transcoding to tiff and jpeg versions on my simple desktop and then uploading via my (standard speed) home broadband connection.* The TIFF maps were between 55MB to 220MB each, and in the end this meant uploading more than an eye-watering 1 terabyte of data, which I think is the largest single batch upload I have done to date by total file size. All the maps can be found in sub-directories by county from Cornwall to Orkney at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:10560. * I've been pondering whether paying to upgrade my broadband speed for similar projects might be worth it, or even to cover one-off costs of better/faster graphics processing kit, anyone with feedback on whether this would be reasonable use of a small WMF personal grant is welcome to comment. Thanks, Fae -- [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae On 27 September 2017 at 22:37, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23 September 2017 at 13:01, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 23 September 2017 at 12:03, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> In addition to the first series of 1:10,560 maps, the Ordnance Survey >>> 1:2500 first series is being uploaded >> >> Thanks, Fæ, for this superb contribution. >> >> The maps are full of rich data, and so a time-sink for anyone, like >> me, interested in local history - you have been warned! >> >>> Andy has suggested using >>> navigation templates at the map level, so you can click in each >>> compass direction to jump around the map, see on example image page >>> for Birmingham >> >> I'd also suggest adding categories to individual tiles, for major >> settlements and significant features. >> >> -- >> Andy Mabbett >> @pigsonthewing >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > Good news everyone! The 1:2500 OS maps series have finished uploading. > We can confirm that cities these cover are: > Birmingham, Cardiff, Chester, Chichester, Colchester, Coventry, > Durham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lichfield, Liverpool, City of London, > Manchester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Oxford, Portsmouth, Salisbury, > Southampton, Winchester, Worcester and York. > > You can find all the categories at > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:2500. > This week I used the 19th C. Newcastle map to track down a Jewish > cemetery ( "Jews Old Burial Ground") that now is virtually impossible > to find due to being built over in the 1910s, as well as a surprise > find of a "Fever" hospital and a glass factory up against the medieval > city walls, where there is now no indication that there was ever > anything there but virgin grassland. > > If you want to try creating a gallery of the maps for your favorite > city, then it's best to have a look at the way the London gallery > works: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:2500,_Map_of_City_of_London_and_its_Environs > > P.S. The complete 1:10,560 series has got as far as "Cheshire" in the > alphabet, so expect a couple more weeks before it's ready for serious > use. > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ordnance_Survey_1st_series_1:10560 > > Thanks, > Fae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
