multimap.com – now with even more Ordnance Survey
A new release of the multimap.com website has just been made. As well as bringing some behind the scenes performance improvements, there are some cool new features.
When you search for a place or address, a box is now place on the location giving useful local context information (for example a link to the nearest railway station):
Multimap.com has always had Ordnance Survey LandRanger mapping available for the UK, but as this is not turned on by default (you have to change the map type). Therefore many people did not realise it was available. Now (where Ordnance Survey mapping is available) a special OS Map button (with logo) is displayed so you can see that it is available:
But wait, there is more! Ordnance Survey Explorer maps are now available when you zoom in further. Explorer are 1:25k scale maps which are great for walking and exploring rural areas. They even show the Open Access Areas using an orange outline. So we can see in example below where we have the right to roam:
The Ordnance Survey Explorer mapping is available in the Multimap API too.
More details are on the multimap blog.
Happy exploring!
Update
The Mapperz blog has done a great post on this.
Another good post from the walkers perspective on Live for the Outdoors.
