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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: stanmapstone on Friday 18 May 12 13:44 BST (UK)
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Just to let anyone who has used old-maps or is intending to use it, that they have permanently removed the enhanced zoom facility.
Stan
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Thanks Stan :)
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Oh, that's a shame - I use enhanced zoom all the time. Any thoughts on why they removed it?
I just had a quick look at a random map on 'old maps.' Wasn't there a 'hand' inside the map so you could easily move the map around? Now there are just the scroll bars top and side. On the map I selected, I only had one step of zoom (+) to zoom in - so the map was in two stages "zoomed in a bit" or "zoomed out a bit". Virtually useless on the particular map I looked at. No plus or minus zoom funtion bar on the left as there used to be. :(
Most disappointing. >:(
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It could be they thought they were loosing customers for their pdf and printed maps.
Stan
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It could be they thought they were loosing customers for their pdf and printed maps.
Stan
I wondered if that may have been the case ...
I would rather they left the maps as they were but charged a small ( ;)) annual subscription fee to view them. :-\
I had a quick look on their home page but couldn't see any mention of reduced access to maps.
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Worth someone contacting them and asking. I work in the IT industry and it's worth saying that just because a feature in software or on a website has disappeared does not mean it is intentional!! They may have upgraded their website and lost this feature without realising it.
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Worth someone contacting them and asking. I work in the IT industry and it's worth saying that just because a feature in software or on a website has disappeared does not mean it is intentional!! They may have upgraded their website and lost this feature without realising it.
I wondered about this possibility, but Stan said it has been removed permanently.
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If you look at http://www.aditnow.co.uk/community/viewtopic.aspx?t=6897&pid=1#msg98085 some one rang them up and was told they have taken it off, apparently it was a permanent thing. I agree with Ruskie that it would be acceptable to pay a reasonable subscription to view them.
Stan
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If you look at http://www.aditnow.co.uk/community/viewtopic.aspx?t=6897&pid=1#msg98085 some one rang them up and was told they have taken it off, apparently it was a permanent thing. I agree with Ruskie that it would be acceptable to pay a reasonable subscription to view them.
Stan
That discussion just about explains it all. :-\ Don't know what I will do now. I never used to get along very well with old-maps, but adding the enhanced zoom made it so much easier, and I've now become a regular user. I have no need to purchase any of their maps to keep as a permanent record.
Disappointing.
I agree with the poster who recommended the NLS maps - they are excellent, and the overlay feature is a boon.
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Hi, has anyone used the Old Map's site lately. I tried to use it and found the enhanced zoom function wasn't available. Does anyone know if the function has been taken off permanently or is it just a temporary fault with the site?
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See this thread -
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,598408.0.html
Sue
Topics merged
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[That discussion just about explains it all. :-\I agree with the poster who recommended the NLS maps - they are excellent, and the overlay feature is a boon.
I should have looked here first ::) but where is the post on NLS maps, and where do I find those.
I can only find links to Scotland.
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They are only Scottish Maps See http://maps.nls.uk/
Stan
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I have found this site useful http://www.british-history.ac.uk/map.aspx
Stan
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Yes thanks., I was just going to post that one, but I find it rather difficult to work my way around it . ???
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Also try http://www.oldmapsonline.org
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Geoff-E, I've just had a look at that site but when I click 'View this map' there's just a black screen in most cases. Are there any detailed instructions on the site?
Regards,
Carol
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I find it very difficult to work with. I got View this map, but then it took me to a British Library Online Collection. Then another one took me to Vision of Britain.
I think I`ll pass on this one, thank you. ;)
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I emailed old-maps.co.uk and asked if their recent changes were temporary or permanent. I received no reply.
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Genmaps was always a better site and seeks to sell you nothing:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/
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Genmaps was always a better site and seeks to sell you nothing:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/
Yes, Genmaps is good, but for detail and ability to compare the old with the new, I liked old-maps.
I do miss it. :(