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Tag Archives: GPS basemap
Aldridge? We can see right through you…
Reader Mike Hawes requested that I do the Google Earth overlay trick with last weekend’s Aldridge Northwest 1914 map, so I’ve done just that. This was a very difficult one to align, as something seems erroneous about the drafting of … Continue reading →
Posted in Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community, Walsall Wood stuff
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Tagged Aldridge, Canal, Common, Dumblederry, Google Earth, GPS basemap, KMZ, Leighswood, Local History, Mike Hawes, mining, old map, Old maps, OS Map, overlay, scanned maps, Staffordshire
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Mapping transparency
I’ve received a few requests to do the Google Earth overlay trick with yesterday’s Pelsall North and West Brownhills map, so I’ve done just that. Please bear in mind that this was a scan of a paper map, which is … Continue reading →
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Walsall community
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Tagged 1:1250, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Canal, Common, David Evans, Gilpin Arm, Google Earth, GPS basemap, KMZ, Local History, mining, Old maps, OS Map, overlay, Pelsall, Pelsall North, scanned maps, Staffordshire
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