Announcement : British Landscape Explore 1:25,000 Scale Editions Released
Cartographic Systems Ltd
editions of their British Landscape Explorer software.
Lake District National Park Edition
Moors National Parks Edition
Northumberland National Parks Edition
Dales National Park Edition
Peak National Park Edition
Each edition retails at £65.00. Purchase online at
http://www.britishlandscapeexplorer.co.uk
Further releases covering all national parks and long distance trails will
be available soon.
British Landscape Explorer is available in 1:50,000 scale for all of Great
Britain in various configurations from as little as £40.00.
British Landscape Explorer is the most advanced Mapping program for
Windows - it allows you to navigate through the whole of Great Britain in
three dimensions on a standard specification PC using full Ordnance Survey
map information and BlueSky aerial photography in three dimensions. A
demonstration edition is available from
http://www.britishlandscapeexplorer.co.uk, please follow the demonstration
edition installation instructions to ensure correct installation of the
Microsoft .net Framework and DirectX9.0c.
Cartographic Systems Ltd
Tim Jackson
> Cartographic Systems have released the first series of 1:25,000 scale
> editions of their British Landscape Explorer software.
>
> Lake District National Park Edition
> Moors National Parks Edition
> Northumberland National Parks Edition
> Dales National Park Edition
> Peak National Park Edition
>
From the FAQ on the website:
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Q. Is there a GPS Interface
A. No. British Landscape Explorer does not at present have an interface
to a GPS device. Route information is given to the nearest metre and can
be manually entered into a GPS device.
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To me, exchanging routes and tracks with a GPS would be the main reason
for having mapping software. This product appears to be uncompetitive
when compared to Anquet, Memory Map, Tracklogs, etc.
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wonderful person Tim Jackson <ne...@winterbourne.freeserve.invalid> said
<snip>
>A. No. British Landscape Explorer does not at present have an interface
>to a GPS device.
>
<snip>
> This product appears to be uncompetitive
>when compared to Anquet, Memory Map, Tracklogs, etc.
Unless you can somehow extract the mapping data and import it into
Oziexplorer. 8>.
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Tim Jackson
> Bitstring <MPG.1d324fb62...@news.freeserve.net>, from the
> wonderful person Tim Jackson <ne...@winterbourne.freeserve.invalid> said
>
> >when compared to Anquet, Memory Map, Tracklogs, etc.
>
> Unless you can somehow extract the mapping data and import it into
> Oziexplorer. 8>.
Even then it still wouldn't be competitive.
E.g. Cost of British Landscape Explorer Lake District 1:25000 plus Ozi:
GPB 65 plus USD 83 - about GBP 111.
Cost of Anquet Lake District 1:25000 : GBP 100, and no messing around
transferring the mapping data.
Andy Crawford
Scotland? They just happen to be part of B R I T A I N as well.
Surely they should be titled 'English Landscape Explorer'
:-))
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"Tim Jackson" <ne...@winterbourne.freeserve.invalid> wrote in message
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The Reids
>Surely they should be titled 'English Landscape Explorer'
Perhaps with a Scot doing well at Wimbledon we are preparing to
include Scotland in England for when "England wins at Wimbledon"
in a few years?
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druidh
First of all - take your spam elsewhere.
Secondly - get your facts right. You *cannot* "navigate through the
whole of Great Britain in three dimensions. . . using. . .BlueSky
aerial photography".
druidh
Simon Stewart
Ireland part of B R I T A I N?
I don't think it's like that in your atlas.
in Ireland, or at least in the Republic, even the term "British Isles" isn't
used much either officially or colloquially.
Confusing geography with sovereignty.
Incidentally talking of Landscape Explorer type products I gather that the
OSI (Ordnance Survey of Ireland) are intending to bring out a product for an
east coast area ( Wicklow and further south in Leinster) some time later
this year.
Simon.
www.simonstewart.ie
"Andy Crawford" <an...@mybootschiadfhear.co.uk> wrote in message
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The Reids
>in Ireland, or at least in the Republic, even the term "British Isles" isn't
>used much either officially or colloquially.
>Confusing geography with sovereignty.
But who is doing the confusing?
British Isles does include the whole of Ireland, however I can
understand the terms unpopularity.
I assume it relates to "the old English Brettisc
relating to the ancient Britons, from Bret Briton,
from Latin Britto, or its Celtic equivalent".
Nothing to do with being english or in UK or GB, although it
sounds that way, doesn't it?
Andy Crawford
news:4h0r4AZa...@indaal.demon.co.uk...
"Great Britain", which only covers England, Scotland and Wales ...
All this aside, it should be remembered that 'Britain' only became 'Great'
when Scotland came on board :-))
Scots wha hae ... an a' that!
Cartographic Systems
Thanks for your interest in British Landscape Explorer. The product has
versions which cover the whole of Great Britain, its only the 1:25,000
versions which do not yet cover Scotland and Wales. Ordnance Survey do not
make available digital mapping data for Northern Ireland or Eire and in this
respect the product title is accurate to the definiton of "the United
Kingdon of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", though the original post
didn't make it clear that editions covering the whole of Great Britain were
available.
Regards,
Cartographic Systems Ltd.
"Andy Crawford" <an...@mybootschiadfhear.co.uk> wrote in message
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Phil Cook
>"Malcolm" <Mal...@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:4h0r4AZa...@indaal.demon.co.uk...
>
>"Great Britain", which only covers England, Scotland and Wales ...
>
>All this aside, it should be remembered that 'Britain' only became 'Great'
>when Scotland came on board :-))
>
>Scots wha hae ... an a' that!
Twonk. We've had this British Isles, Great Britain, UK, England, Wales
Scotland and (Northern) Ireland thread before.
In general usage Great Britain is taken to mean The United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland. However in strict geographical
terms it is the main island of the British Isles.
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Cartographic Systems
> First of all - take your spam elsewhere.
Point taken - the groups charter doesn't allow advertising. No further
posting of this kind.
> Secondly - get your facts right. You *cannot* "navigate through the
> whole of Great Britain in three dimensions. . . using. . .BlueSky
> aerial photography".
The product allows navigation in 3D through the whole of Great Britain and
does use BlueSky aerial photography - although the aerial photography
doesn't cover Scotland currently. This limitation isn't hidden in any way on
the web site, and the summary wasn't intended to mislead anyone into
thinking that the aerial photography was provided for the whole of Great
Britain.
Regards,
Cartographic Systems.
Paul Rooney
<u-r-...@p-t-cook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Andy Crawford wrote:
>
>>"Malcolm" <Mal...@indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:4h0r4AZa...@indaal.demon.co.uk...
>>
>>"Great Britain", which only covers England, Scotland and Wales ...
>>
>>All this aside, it should be remembered that 'Britain' only became 'Great'
>>when Scotland came on board :-))
>>
>>Scots wha hae ... an a' that!
>
>Twonk. We've had this British Isles, Great Britain, UK, England, Wales
>Scotland and (Northern) Ireland thread before.
>
>In general usage Great Britain is taken to mean The United Kingdom of
>Great Britain and Northern Ireland. However in strict geographical
>terms it is the main island of the British Isles.
More interesting is Ulster. Not many (English) people realise it's 9
counties. The drawing of the NI boundary was a clever bit of
draughtsmanship.
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<paulr...@aol.com> writes
>More interesting is Ulster. Not many (English) people realise it's 9
>counties. The drawing of the NI boundary was a clever bit of
>draughtsmanship.
I'm not sure about 'draughtsmanship'. 'Political manoeuvring' would be
closer.
If all of Ulster had been included in 'Northern Ireland', the Unionist
majority would have been too small.
If all the parts of Ulster with a majority that wanted to join the Free
State had been allowed to, 'Northern Ireland' would have been more a
'Greater Belfast' and even then included some detached bits of the FS.
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Paul Rooney
All about to be consigned to history, I hope, now that Peter Hain is
at the helm.