Me. New landranger maps cost about 6 quid each, that's expensive if you want a load of them. 7 year old maps are still useful for cycling.
7 year old maps are mere youngsters compared with most of mine. Median age is probably around ten years, possibly older.
Most towns don't get up and move around. Things do appear (such as the M40 from Oxford which isn't on any of my Oxford maps) but in general, 7 years is still perfectly serviceable.
Well roads don't change that fast. In fact come to think of it most of my maps are that age or older and I still find they perfectly OK. So why pay the new price if someone has them on offer cheap?
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On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 21:49:52 +0100, "Paul Stevenson" <[email hidden]> uttered:
>Hi all, > >I hope I'm not violating the charter! I have some Landranger maps for >auction on ebay, The south of England and the Southwest of Wales. > >If you are interested search on my username pdsteveo or search for item >2493140455 and then "look at sellers other items" > >Later on I have a pile of Pathfinders to auction. > Who would want to buy old maps?
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7 year old maps? 20, 50 100 years old, yes.....7 years old?
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Well roads don't change that fast. In fact come to think of it most of my maps are that age or older and I still find they perfectly OK.
My twenty-year-old map of Snowdonia still seems correct. Snowdon still in the same place, Glyder Fach not moved, no new peaks between Carnedd Dafydd and Carnedd Llewellyn...
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Most towns don't get up and move around. Things do appear (such as the M40 from Oxford which isn't on any of my Oxford maps) but in general, 7 years is still perfectly serviceable.
Exactly. And you can always get out the latest motoring atlas and cross-check for new motorways blocking your path as part of your route planning.
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7 year old maps? 20, 50 100 years old, yes.....7 years old?
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Well roads don't change that fast. In fact come to think of it most of my maps are that age or older and I still find they perfectly OK.
My twenty-year-old map of Snowdonia still seems correct. Snowdon still in the same place, Glyder Fach not moved, no new peaks between Carnedd Dafydd and Carnedd Llewellyn...
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7 year old maps? 20, 50 100 years old, yes.....7 years old?
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Well roads don't change that fast. In fact come to think of it most of my maps are that age or older and I still find they perfectly OK.
My twenty-year-old map of Snowdonia still seems correct. Snowdon still in the same place, Glyder Fach not moved, no new peaks between Carnedd Dafydd and Carnedd Llewellyn...
I think if you look carefully they have all moved a few mm in the past 20 years ;-)
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Most towns don't get up and move around. Things do appear (such as the
M40
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from Oxford which isn't on any of my Oxford maps) but in general, 7 years
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still perfectly serviceable.
Exactly. And you can always get out the latest motoring atlas and cross-check for new motorways blocking your path as part of your route planning.
Not relevant to 7yo maps, which I'd agree are perfectly fine, but twice now I've had the pleasure of directing lost cyclists over the A65 Settle bypass which isn't there on their map.
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On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:23:12 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>
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7 year old maps? 20, 50 100 years old, yes.....7 years old?
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Well roads don't change that fast. In fact come to think of it most of my maps are that age or older and I still find they perfectly OK.
My twenty-year-old map of Snowdonia still seems correct. Snowdon still in the same place, Glyder Fach not moved, no new peaks between Carnedd Dafydd and Carnedd Llewellyn...
Guy
If you doing the same all walks over and over you probably don't even need a map...
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7 year old maps?
20, 50 100 years old, yes.....7 years old?
Well roads don't change that fast. In fact come to think of it most of my maps are that age or older and I still find they perfectly OK. So why pay the new price if someone has them on offer cheap?
Tony
I have a few that are 5-7 years old, thinking about it I can get my hands of quite a few maps in the region of 10-20 years old, how much will you pay for them?
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Who would want to buy old maps?
Me. New landranger maps cost about 6 quid each, that's expensive if you want a load of them. 7 year old maps are still useful for cycling.
7 year old maps are mere youngsters compared with most of mine. Median age is probably around ten years, possibly older.
Most towns don't get up and move around. Things do appear (such as the M40 from Oxford which isn't on any of my Oxford maps) but in general, 7 years is still perfectly serviceable.