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Map Lovers - this is the thread for you

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George Smiley
Ordnance Survey do online mapping shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
£34.99 year but 2 weeks free or £6.99 month.
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15 May
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OS maps are also free within Bing Maps, and covers IoM

There's also OSM on Fetch!
16 May
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Cerrertonia
Yes, if you don't need live mapping on your phone, just select the OS option on bing maps.

OSM is generally pretty good too, openstreetmap.org
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Backcountry Navigator Demo can be set to use OS maps from Bing, with full live mapping for free.
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hiiker.app and the app - £14.99 for a year includes OS maps and the great Harvey maps
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Homer
Make that £21 at the moment
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Thanks everyone, really helpful :)

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Maintained by McGoohan
Do you love maps? Is planning the journey the best bit? Yeah, course it is.

This is the thread for YOU! (Original idea: Trin)

Here are some Fetchie-sourced links:

Buying maps
Dash4it: dash4it.co.uk (Oranj)
Yellow Publications: yellowpublications.co.uk (GM)
New Zealand: data.gns.cri.nz (Jenelopy)

Links to online mapping
DEFRA online map: magic.defra.gov.uk (Cerretonia)
Where's The Path: wtp2.appspot.com (Homer)
Lightning Maps: lightningmaps.org (McG)
Ordnance Survey: osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
ViewRanger: viewranger.com (-Monty-)
Swiss Maps: map.schweizmobil.ch (Homer)
The Underground Map (London through the ages) (Dio): theundergroundmap.com

Historical maps
Archi UK Old Maps: archiuk.com (Homer)
Historical maps: maps.nls.uk (Creature of the Hill)
British Library Collection: flickr.com
ianvisits.co.uk (Chrisull)

Routes
British Pilgrimage Trust: britishpilgrimage.org (McG)
Slow ways (connecting towns): slowways.uk (Sigh/GordonG)
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