New maps feature and OS maps from National Library of Scotland

The National Library of Scotland maps platform (https://maps.nls.uk) has a new tool that can help when consulting its georefernced maps. 

At present you can look for a map and see a counterpart map alongside it using the Georeferenced Map Viewer at https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/, which can allow you to compare changes to an area across time. 

The default for this feature has previously been that when you move one map, the other automatically moves as well in the same direction, but as of this week you can now lock, unlock, or relock the two maps - this means you can now keep one of the maps in the same place, but move the other around, offering a bit more flexibility.

For further details visit https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/help.html#unlock-sidebyside  

The site has also added 9,851 Ordnance Survey maps at scales of 1:1,250 to 1:10,560 published in 1975, and covering areas in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, with a further 2,872 more detailed maps at scales of 1:1,250, 6,281 maps at 1:2,500, and 699 less detailed maps at scales of 1:10,000/1:10,560. For more on this visit https://maps.nls.uk/additions/.

Chris 

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