Template talk:GBvoss


 * TEMPLATE NOW REDIRECTED TO DUE TO CHANGES IN OLD-MAPS.CO.UK SITE BREAKING LINKS
 * Note. This template is obsolescent. creates much better links to the same site. GBvosi generally does not require County codes but if they are needed, they are different from those used by this template.

Creates a link to the excellent maps at old-maps.co.uk.

The template name means:
 * GB:Great Britain - not UK - there is a separate OS for Northern Ireland
 * v:Victorian
 * os:Ordnance Survey
 * s:simple - bare-bones link - this template could be nested within others

Parameters

 * e, n - Eastings and Northings for the centre of the map - in metres. Leading zeroes optional. All digits are significant - a one metre change generates a different map.
 * cty - County Number from list below
 * txt - link text - may be left null or blank

The generated maps are large, with a seemingly arbitrary size of 2666 x 1786 pixels. (I have not found out yet how to generate maps that are smaller or on a smaller scale.)
 * This link www.old-maps.co.uk does what you need. See Template:Infobox England place and it's talk page  for a way of using it in a template. 80N 23:09, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)

To save the user having to scroll the map, you may care to offset the centre so that the point of interest is nearer the top left of the map - try e+750,n-450.

How to create
If your browser's status line is on, it will also show the co-ordinates as you move the mouse over the map.
 * Cruise round old-maps.co.uk to find the map you want. Some places are listed under more than one county - with different maps
 * When you have found the map you want, the main page map (not the enlarged view) shows the required parameters above the map.

The date can be included in the link or article text - but see note below regarding the reliability of the dates.

County Numbers
1 BEDFORDSHIRE                             54 ABERDEENSHIRE 2 BERKSHIRE                                55 ARGYLLSHIRE AND BUTE 3 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE                          56 AYRSHIRE 4 CAMBRIDGESHIRE &amp; ISLE OF ELY             57 BANFFSHIRE 5 CHESHIRE                                 58 BERWICKSHIRE 6 CORNWALL &amp; ISLES OF SCILLY               59  not used 7 CUMBERLAND                               60 CAITHNESS-SHIRE 8 DERBYSHIRE                               61  not used 9 DEVON                                    62 DUMBARTONSHIRE 10 DORSET                                   63 DUMFRIESSHIRE 11 DURHAM                                   64 EDINBURGHSHIRE 12 ESSEX                                    65 ELGINSHIRE 13 GLOUCESTERSHIRE                          66 FIFESHIRE 14 HAMPSHIRE &amp; ISLE OF WIGHT                67 FORFARSHIRE 15 HEREFORDSHIRE                            68 HADDINGTONSHIRE 16 HERTFORDSHIRE                            69 INVERNESSSHIRE &amp; SKYE 17 HUNTINGDONSHIRE                          70 KINCARDINESHIRE 18 KENT                                     71  not used 19 LANCASHIRE AND FURNESS                   72 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE 20 LEICESTERSHIRE                           73 LANARKSHIRE 21 LINCOLNSHIRE                             74 LINLITHGOWSHIRE 22 not used                                 75 NAIRNSHIRE 23 MIDDLESEX                                76 ORKNEY 24 NORFOLK                                  77 PEEBLESHIRE 25 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE                         78 PERTHSHIRE &amp; KINROSS 26 NORTHUMBERLAND                           79 RENFREWSHIRE 27 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE                          80 ROSS &amp; CROMARTY 28 OXFORDSHIRE                              81 ROXBURGHSHIRE 29 RUTLAND                                  82 SELKIRKSHIRE 30 SHROPSHIRE                               83 STIRLINGSHIRE 31 SOMERSET                                 84 SUTHERLAND 32 STAFFORDSHIRE                            85 WIGTOWNSHIRE 33 SUFFOLK                                  86 ZETLAND (SHETLAND) 34 SURREY                                   87 OUTER HEBRIDES 35 SUSSEX                                   88 ISLE OF LEWIS 36 WARWICKSHIRE 37 WESTMORLAND 38 WILTSHIRE 39 WORCESTERSHIRE 40 YORKSHIRE 41 ANGLESEY 42 BRECKNOCKSHIRE 43 CAERNARVONSHIRE 44 CARDIGANSHIRE 45 CARMARTHENSHIRE 46 DENBIGHSHIRE 47 FLINTSHIRE 48 GLAMORGANSHIRE 49 MERIONETHSHIRE 50 MONMOUTHSHIRE 51 MONTGOMERYSHIRE 52 PEMBROKESHIRE 53 RADNORSHIRE

Dates
It looks, and is, more professional to quote a date rather than saying something like this Victorian OS map. However dates should be marked as only approximate for several reasons:

On the website, old-maps have created an audit trail back to the dates of the individual paper sheets they have used (each county needed a few dozen sheets). As you pan across the map display, you may see the date change, usually from one year to a range then back to one year. Where a range is shown, this means that the map on display is derived from two or more of the underlying sheets - the "stitch lines" between them are usually obvious at the largest scale. By judicious panning, keeping the point of interest in view, it is possible to get a single date shown which is the one to quote.

Even then the date is only the publication date as printed on the map, not the date of the survey. Before 1866, railways were sometimes added without changing the publication date. Conversely, the map may have been updated with important changes, such as railways, but other new developments are not shown.

See the old-maps help page for more details.