Maps

Lake District Walking and a 3D Map

February 22, 2012

Today we have a new walking guide , an excellent companion to Cicerone’s earlier volume, . Then we have a new Lake District map, this time not one designed to give detailed information while out and about, such as the various types of map we discussed some weeks ago, but rather to show the contours [...]

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Lake District Maps – “Horses for Courses”

January 10, 2012

In recent weeks mountain rescue organisations have been appealing to walkers to go out better prepared into the hills. In particular they have called for people to stop over-relying on technological gadgets (phones or otherwise) with digital maps and GPS. There is nothing wrong with this type of technology. We provide an image link to [...]

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