Alex Orrow Photographer » Travel http://www.alexorrow.co.uk/blog Recent work, techniques and news Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:54:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Have you ever wanted to find a footpath with Google maps? http://www.alexorrow.co.uk/blog/2010/05/have-you-ever-wanted-to-find-a-footpath-with-google-maps/ http://www.alexorrow.co.uk/blog/2010/05/have-you-ever-wanted-to-find-a-footpath-with-google-maps/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 08:55:45 +0000 atgo http://www.alexorrow.co.uk/blog/?p=783 Continue reading →]]> ‘Where’s the path‘ helps you do that. By displaying a UK Ordnance Survey (OS) map side by side with  a google map you can scroll and zoom both in synchrony to find a location. footpath andcycle routes. There are many options for displaying different types of OS and google maps even looking at OS maps from the 1930′s. If like me you enjoy walking and don’t always have the right OS map or you want to quickly check a location this is very useful. Especially for someone that lives in Cambridge where footpaths are hard to come by. It is also a very useful photography location scouting tool.

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Screen shot 'Where's the Path'

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