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Subject: FW: Oliver Concise Guide - web or paper
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 13:21:57 +0100
From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
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Knowing that there are 'historic' Ordnance Survey maps (and their
associated materials) in North America and Australasia is the reason I
forward this [British Isles-based] 'Lis-maps' posting. Please note, at
the end, Dr Oliver's request to respond to him 'off-list'.

Francis Herbert (founder member, Charles Close Society for the Study of
Ordnance Survey Maps) [www.charlesclosesociety.org]
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Oliver, Richard
Sent: 09 October 2012 12:52
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Subject: Oliver Concise Guide - web or paper

The usual apologies for cross-posting, and for repeating what I said at
the CCS AGM:

The stocks of the 2nd (2005) edition of my 'Ordnance Survey maps: a
concise guide for historians' are running down, and I am giving thought
to whether the replacement is to be a conventional hard-copy book, or
only available via the CCS website. Whichever version was decided on,
there would be modest addition and updating of material, particularly
the bibliography.

I would be extremely glad to hear from users and potential users, (a)
whether they would be likely to find a web or a hard-copy version more
convenient, and (b) if it was only available in one form or the other,
whether they would feel seriously disadvantaged.

To inform a decision: at present printers' prices a hard-copy third
edition, printed-paper-case as for the 2nd edition, might be expected to
sell for about £20. A web version would be 'free at point of use', but
would probably cost several poiunds in paper and (particularly) ink to
print out. A web version would presumably enable some sort of
word-search facility, but it would of necessity involve internet access
and the associated hardware.

Could any replies be off-list, please? - To [log in to unmask]

Thank you,
Richard Oliver