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OS maps - whole of UK to best scale

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Would anyone be interested in this ? OS maps down to closest scale covering the whole of the UK ?

Found it quite by chance.
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Quite a few websites offering this at various scales/usability/cost. Which particular one are you thinking of?
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it was a hill walking site and was discovered by accident - its free and can be screen shot and pasted. etc.
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sample of the closest scale

you can zoom in and out all over the Gt Britain and IOM doesn't cover Ireland though
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A link would be good.
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Provided the OP is sharing a link to a legitimate site that isn't unlawfully sharing OS crown copyright data......
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Bryn666 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 16:01 Provided the OP is sharing a link to a legitimate site that isn't unlawfully sharing OS crown copyright data......
Yes, that lot is definitely in copyright, so legal advice might be a good idea as the OS take a dim view of such things.

Sharing that link on here has the potential for leaving SABRE in very hot water with an organisation we need to keep on the correct side of, and as such should be dealt with appropriately if it happens. Besides, it's not exactly difficult for people to spin up perfectly legal test servers for their own use with OS map tiles on as long as they sign up and agree to the OS's terms and conditions.
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The OP is showing 1:25000 scale mapping which has been freely available on streetmap.co.uk for a number of years.
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Truvelo wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 16:06 The OP is showing 1:25000 scale mapping which has been freely available on streetmap.co.uk for a number of years.
And Streetmap pay the OS a lot of money for that in line with commercial agreements.

If it was that easy and free, SABRE Maps would be all over it. The fact that it isn't should tell everyone all they need to know.
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I don't understand what the intentions of the OP are. A simple link is legitimate enough but pressing the PrtSc button and saving the image to post elsewhere on the net is taboo.
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OK this is now locked pending resolution of a post report regarding the copyright position
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