Map Downloads

[Dean Lofthouse]

I'm just doing a planning application and use Centremaps Live, but it peeves me that you can't see what you are buying.

 

I have, three times now bought maps that are unsuitable and the really close up ones are going on £50 or more.

 

Obviously I need a map of the property and neighbouring properties fairly close up.

 

Do any of you use a different site at reasonable cost for maps.

[benedmonds]

Try your council website, derbyshire is all covered, as is Nottingham city, they even have TPO'd trees on already. I just "print screen" paste into paint and edit out the bits I don't need. I've included the links for an example.

 

http://derbyshiremaps.derbyshire.gov.uk/launch_portal.asp?

 

http://webgis.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/website/nomad/index.asp?service=public_statistics&layers=statistics

 

The land register is online but you have to pay..

 

http://www.landregisteronline.gov.uk/lro/servlet/TitleSearchServlet

 

Forestry commision is also OK but not to the same detail as the previous.

 

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-5zsrct

 

I'm not sure/don't bother about any copyright issues...

[Andy Collins]

In my area, I use the Mid-Suffolk DC mapping facility. No probs with that so far.

[Paul Smith]

The local council have there own web page with a search engine. It shows all planning restrictions including TPO and conservation areas. Its very good!

 

For a recent 1 App i used a couple of air photos from multimap and google earth/ live earth.

 

Worked for me!

[Dean Lofthouse]

My LA have got a map page but it's far too small when printed out. I've used google earth before but have just traced this one off my comutor screen.

[Charlieh]

try http://www.magic.gov.uk sorry you will have to cut and paste the link as im on a pda. (magic is the governments multi agency geographical information)

 

its a bit fiddley to start with but you can get 1:10000 maps and use it for calculating areas and length the maps aren't huge but normally good enough for most things. also you can select and query diferent info so eg you can put on a layer that shows landbased schemes which will show woodland grant schemes etc. also you can search by grid ref, post code, land registery field numbers etc,

 

hope this is of some use, when I can be bothered I may try and produce a quick tutorial guide for it.

[Tony]

Check out

 

GoView

[Paul Barton]

Is GoView your website by any chance Tony?! Welcome to arbtalk by the way!

[Ian C]

Just done one to Bradford council dean for some TPO's i called them up and asked them for some maps of the property and the area around it and they posted them out, i drew on the tree sites and sent it back with the app, job done.

[Tony]

I do work for GoView

(well spotted) and we already supply a lot of maps to Tree Surgeons for TPO's - We are in the process of designing an advert to put on arbtalk and hope the maps we provide prove useful.