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Victorian London in detail with OpenLayers

89 pointsby msmithstubbsover 9 years ago

7 comments

darkrover 9 years ago
I thought my house was built some time between 1890 and 1900, but as I can see it on this map, I guess that puts it nearer to 1890.<p>I&#x27;d like to think of some Victorian gentleman sitting in this very same room, smoking a pipe, reading in the paper by gaslight about the newly built power station at Deptford, and about Idaho becoming the 43rd American state.
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easytigerover 9 years ago
It even shows Horse Troughs, which are still there<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.nls.uk&#x2F;geo&#x2F;explore&#x2F;#zoom=19&amp;lat=51.5230&amp;lon=-0.1060&amp;layers=163" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.nls.uk&#x2F;geo&#x2F;explore&#x2F;#zoom=19&amp;lat=51.5230&amp;lon=-0.1...</a>
andyjohnson0over 9 years ago
Some building seem to have their internal walls mapped. For example:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.nls.uk&#x2F;geo&#x2F;explore&#x2F;#zoom=20&amp;lat=51.5226&amp;lon=-0.1061&amp;layers=163" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.nls.uk&#x2F;geo&#x2F;explore&#x2F;#zoom=20&amp;lat=51.5226&amp;lon=-0.1...</a><p>Or am I reading this wrongly?
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stevep98over 9 years ago
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.nls.uk&#x2F;geo&#x2F;explore&#x2F;#zoom=21&amp;lat=51.5343&amp;lon=-0.0487&amp;layers=163" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.nls.uk&#x2F;geo&#x2F;explore&#x2F;#zoom=21&amp;lat=51.5343&amp;lon=-0.0...</a>
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th0ma5over 9 years ago
This looks a lot like the maps that came with the old Sherlock Holmes Infocom game: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sherlock:_The_Riddle_of_the_Crown_Jewels" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sherlock:_The_Riddle_of_the_Cr...</a> ... which makes sense I guess.
aardvark179over 9 years ago
Forget London, try browsing round other areas of the UK and looking at some of the historic OS 25 inch maps.
stereoover 9 years ago
Is there a page that explains all these abbreviations and symbols? P.H.? H? F.P.? That little arrow against the walls? <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.nls.uk&#x2F;townplans&#x2F;symbols.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.nls.uk&#x2F;townplans&#x2F;symbols.html</a> only has a couple.
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