Tim Watson
Western Thunderer
Many of you will be familiar with the NLS site
Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland
which has many historical maps on line with the modern Bing map and satellite view for comparison.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/p707/strq0672/EC4A89F3-8F55-4F5E-9FE6-7CFAB181BCED.png
I have recently discovered that the LiDAR DTM (Light detection and ranging, digital terrain mapping) which is on the drop down menu is possibly even more useful.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/p707/strq0672/EA0C1323-C04C-4090-B172-AD650610F2DE.png
The overlying foliage & buildings are removed in this iteration giving a very good impression of ground contours. Ideal for layout planning.
Tim
Side by side georeferenced maps viewer - Map images - National Library of Scotland
which has many historical maps on line with the modern Bing map and satellite view for comparison.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/p707/strq0672/EC4A89F3-8F55-4F5E-9FE6-7CFAB181BCED.png
I have recently discovered that the LiDAR DTM (Light detection and ranging, digital terrain mapping) which is on the drop down menu is possibly even more useful.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/p707/strq0672/EA0C1323-C04C-4090-B172-AD650610F2DE.png
The overlying foliage & buildings are removed in this iteration giving a very good impression of ground contours. Ideal for layout planning.
Tim