Help with maps
At the top left of every station page (or other major feature) are two buttons which
allow you to switch between the web site’s main map and the enlarged scale local
map of the particular area. From these maps, you can select another station, or feature.
On all station pages a button marked Detail map takes you to a large scale map of
the immediate area around the station. This helps in finding the exact location of
the station. The station or halt is correctly positioned. Features such as quarries
also all have detail maps. On each detail map, a button marked with < links back
to the relevant station or feature page.
On most station pages a button takes you to an old OS map of the area. At the top
of the old OS map, further buttons allow you to go back to one of the stations or
features on the map. There is also a link to a list of old OS maps.
Two other buttons at top right of Station pages allow you to ‘travel’ to the next
station, north or south, while on Detail map pages the buttons take you to the next
detail map.
At the top right of every station or ‘feature’ page, a button labelled Google maps
takes you to the Google maps web site in a new window, and displays a present day
aerial photo view of the area surrounding the station, with the approximate location
of the station/feature marked by the symbol shown above. A red line shows the approximate
route of the railway. A map of the same area showing roads only is shown by selecting
the button marked Map at the top right of the photo. You can zoom in or out using
slider at left, and you can pan the map/photo freely by holding down the left hand
mouse button. Please note that the Detail Map on each station page will usually give
the most accurate location of the station.
If you look closely at the aerial photo, you can sometimes make out the route of
the line, shown perhaps by a farm track, the line of a hedge, or a run of houses.
On the current Ordnance Survey Explorer paper maps sheets 153 and 154, the route
of the line can be seen in places if you look carefully.
If you have problems with this feature, or have any comments, please contact me.
