Recreating Ord Survey Explorer Maps w/ Open Data - xyHt

"The holy grail for many (UK) map users is the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale “Explorer” map. Not only are they easy to read due to the fantastic cartography used, but they also have information which is hard to source such as public rights of way, National Trust & Woodland Trust sites, even wind farms. To the casual rambler the map provides everything they need. To a business user, the map provides enough detail to undertake high-level scoping exercises and basic site analysis. It really is a great product; unfortunately, it is only available as a raster dataset at a cost. Around 10km² is currently around £50 at best.  So what if there were a way of recreating the Explorer map for free?With the recent release of the OS OpenMap (free) product it has become possible to get pretty close using data available in the public domain. Here is a map I created for a British Cartographic Society competition ..."

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