Comments on: Google Earth and Ordnance Survey (OS) Maps http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/ Random thoughts and peeks into my brain.. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:32:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gavin http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-1395 Gavin Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:50:23 +0000 http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/#comment-1395 Paul, Have a look at the Google Earth side bar (go to "View" menu -> "Sidebar" if it's not visible). In the "Places" section of the sidebar, you should see a "Gavin's Unofficial Overlay of the Ordnance Survey Maps" item. This has a check box next to it. Try unchecking it, and the overlay should be disabled. Another trick, if you have the overlay item selected in the sidebar, then you can use the "slider widget" at the bottom of the "Places" section to control the transparency of the overlay. .. Gavin Paul,

Have a look at the Google Earth side bar (go to “View” menu -> “Sidebar” if it’s not visible).

In the “Places” section of the sidebar, you should see a “Gavin’s Unofficial Overlay of the Ordnance Survey Maps” item. This has a check box next to it. Try unchecking it, and the overlay should be disabled.

Another trick, if you have the overlay item selected in the sidebar, then you can use the “slider widget” at the bottom of the “Places” section to control the transparency of the overlay.

.. Gavin

]]> By: Paul Livingston http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-1384 Paul Livingston Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:43:46 +0000 http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/#comment-1384 I have recently been using Google Earth to look at UK places and have noticed the Ordnance Survey view/overlay, which seems to appear whenever I look at UK places, whether I want it or not. While this is sometimes nice, I would like to be able to remove/disable it at times to see the traditional Google 'earth from the air' view. Do you (or might anyone you know whose email you can pass on to me) have any suggestions as to how to remove/disable the OS view/overlay? Please could you kindly email me any help. I have recently been using Google Earth to look at UK places and have noticed the Ordnance Survey view/overlay, which seems to appear whenever I look at UK places, whether I want it or not. While this is sometimes nice, I would like to be able to remove/disable it at times to see the traditional Google ‘earth from the air’ view. Do you (or might anyone you know whose email you can pass on to me) have any suggestions as to how to remove/disable the OS view/overlay? Please could you kindly email me any help.

]]> By: Allan Jones http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-618 Allan Jones Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:12:22 +0000 http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/#comment-618 Legal,Illegal, who cares? This is the most useful piece of work I have seen in ages. I'm using it & it's saving me time. Legal,Illegal, who cares? This is the most useful piece of work I have seen in ages. I’m using it & it’s saving me time.

]]> By: Gavin http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Gavin Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:07:32 +0000 http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/#comment-518 Happy New Year everyone! Version 2 is now up!! The URL is the same so there is no need to re-download. Fixed the the lat/long offsets and also put in proper convergence handling for the 'north' alignment. Should look a little better now. Happy New Year everyone!

Version 2 is now up!! The URL is the same so there is no need to re-download.

Fixed the the lat/long offsets and also put in proper convergence handling for the ‘north’ alignment.

Should look a little better now.

]]> By: Gavin http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Gavin Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:08:09 +0000 http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/#comment-516 Paul: Yes - I can believe this is wrong. I'll post back here when I get it fixed! Thanks! Paul: Yes – I can believe this is wrong. I’ll post back here when I get it fixed! Thanks!

]]> By: Paul http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Paul Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:26:51 +0000 http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/#comment-514 re. Ordnance Survey in Google Earth Wrong chart datum being used. GE uses WGS84, OS uses OSGB36. Needs converting. re. Ordnance Survey in Google Earth

Wrong chart datum being used. GE uses WGS84, OS uses OSGB36. Needs converting.

]]> By: Gavin http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Gavin Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:26:27 +0000 http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/#comment-505 <p>Looking through the OS terms of service and there does not seem to be any issues about personal, non-commercial linking to their data, which is all that is happening in this KML. The data from OS is not being copied, just linked in a KML file.</p> <p>If that was 'illegal' then so would be posting the following URL here:</p> <p>http://tinyurl.com/35kyma</p> Looking through the OS terms of service and there does not seem to be any issues about personal, non-commercial linking to their data, which is all that is happening in this KML. The data from OS is not being copied, just linked in a KML file.

If that was ‘illegal’ then so would be posting the following URL here:

http://tinyurl.com/35kyma

]]> By: Justin http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Justin Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:14:48 +0000 http://www.naquada.co.uk/2007/12/20/google-earth-and-ordnance-survey-os-maps/#comment-503 This is actually illegal under the Ordnance Survey copyright licensing terms. There is a view charge involved. Google are currently paying Ordnance Survey for the view charges for the road networks that appear in Google Earth. Maybe Google could start paying for the 1:50,000 mapping! If you want even more detail and to do this legally then you can do this through some OS Partner sites that actually have their own servers serving at all scales (even down to individual buldings at 1:500 scale) using faster technology including WMS which can also be overlaid in Google Earth. You just have to pay for it ;) This is actually illegal under the Ordnance Survey copyright licensing terms. There is a view charge involved. Google are currently paying Ordnance Survey for the view charges for the road networks that appear in Google Earth. Maybe Google could start paying for the 1:50,000 mapping!

If you want even more detail and to do this legally then you can do this through some OS Partner sites that actually have their own servers serving at all scales (even down to individual buldings at 1:500 scale) using faster technology including WMS which can also be overlaid in Google Earth. You just have to pay for it ;)

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