Links to online Webmapping sites

Below is a fairly brief rundown of sites that might be of use to visitors and contributors alike:
note that many of these sites are linked to directly from every photo on the site - just follow the 'More Links for...' link to be taken to resources focused on the right area.

Great Britain

Bing maps

• Includes "Birds eye" aerial views taken at an oblique angle, and OS 1:25K maps.

streetmap.co.uk

• Includes 1:25K OS mapping

ordnancesurvey.co.uk/

• the place for OS mapping (widely in use on the Geograph website)

magic.gov.uk

• high resolution mapping for England, Scotland and Wales, including good aerial photos

wtp2.appspot.com (Where's the path?)

• Displays "OS and Google Mapping side by side"

maps.google.co.uk

maps.live.com (now redirects to Bing)

geograph.org.uk/mapper

• Interactive draggable map showing Geograph coverage overlaid in OS maps

historicengland.org.uk

• The public body that looks after England's historic environment

Historic England map search

• On zooming in to a place, displays detailed OS mapping

rowmaps.com

• OpenData information about Rights of Way

local-history.co.uk

• Local history news, links and societies.

nationalachives.gov.uk

• Official British government national archives

Isle of Man

www.gov.im/maps

• Isle of Man Government - Maps

Ireland

... We also have a dedicated article: Locating photos - Republic of Ireland - which has more up-to-date information.

osni.gov.uk

• registration needed, but decent mapping available once signed up

osi.ie

• no registration needed - beware uses ITM coordinates on display - best to work visually with gridlines.
• See also Locating photos - Republic of Ireland Article

worldwide

openstreetmap

• user contributed free (as in speech) wiki map of the world

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See also Tools for using Grid References with other mapping sites

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