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Digital mapping on mobile phones

Here, digital mapping specialist Craig Wareham makes the case for one of the latest developments for walkers – digital mapping on mobile phones.

Harvey Maps

Harvey Map Services have been established for 25 years. They have gained a reputation for creating high quality maps for adventurous recreation. Popular walking and climbing areas throughout the UK are covered in ranges of sheet and route maps at varying scales according to the terrain of the area covered.

Insurers look to OS maps to assess flood risk

Britain’s leading insurers were given an insight into the power of Ordnance Survey (OS) maps at a special event focusing on flood risk.
Directors, managers and specialist underwriters were among a 100...

New Stanfords map award announced

The British Cartographic Society Awards were revamped last year to encourage new cartographic products and new techniques in cartographic production and display. As part of the changes, a new award...

Stanfords helps Scoot to Africa

Stanfords is sponsoring a team of people who plan to ride from Scotland to Morocco and back on scooters to raise money for charity.
The 'Scoot to Africa’ team aim to raise £100,000 for Cancer Research...

The British Cartographic Society

Mick Ashworth, as mad as us about maps and the president of the British Cartographic Society, introduces us to the Society and its activity.
Nearly forty years ago, on the 28th September 1963, a small...

The Charlie Connelly Interview

When Charlie Connelly came to Stanfords recently to sign copies of his hugely successful Attention All Shipping just prior to the launch of his latest book, In Search of Elvis, James Innes Williams...

The Paddy Dillon Interview

Paddy Dillon is one of Britain’s most prolific outdoor writers, with over 30 guidebooks to his name. He has walked and written about every county in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and has hiked all 19 National Trails at least twice.

The Ramblers' Association

Leisure walking goes back a long time in Britain and the Ramblers' Association, founded in 1935 but with roots in the 19th century, has played a fundamental part in the fight for the freedom to roam...

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