X marks your favourite spot with a pick-your-own map- Ordnance Survey is giving people the power to turn any spot in Britain into the centre of attention by launching a brand new online service allowing users to create site-centred Landranger maps.
Every map produced using the service, called OS Select, will be unique because people choose what it is centred on; it could be their home, office or favourite holiday spot – the possibilities are endless. People can even name their creation to create a personalised, one-off map for a host of leisure and business uses.
Printed at a scale of 1:50,000 (2 cm to 1 km or 1¼ inches to a mile), each full size OS Select-Landranger map covers an area of 40 km by 40 km (25 miles by 25 miles) and includes an integral legend or key, which can be printed in either English or Welsh.
Each map will contain the complete range of information featured on Ordnance Survey’s popular and familiar Landranger series, including every town, village, hamlet and all roads in the selected area. They will also show public rights of way, selected places of interest and leisure facilities such as camping and picnic sites.
The new service is part of the mapping agency’s commitment to responding to customer needs.
The OS Select-Landranger maps cost just £11.99 each plus £2.50 postage. They can only be ordered online at https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/leisure by typing in a postcode or simply pointing and clicking on the location upon which it is to be centred. Orders are despatched within five working days with the maps delivered rolled and packed in tubes.
