ACW Large Scale Maps
 Warning - New and
Experimental! Needs checking and
evolving
Ever wanted a large scale map of ACW 40-mile route, or of the 21
Circular Walks, showing (nearly) every tree and most blades of grass
- as well as the latest route?
We've now created one.
See http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&encType=1&cid=A75296DF1634A1B2!747
for overview. This opens in another window, with the map on
right (or newer version) and an
index to the left of the map).
You may like to make this window "Full Screen" and remove
favourites/bookmarks bar while it downloads.
You can then do lots of things. For example try:
- Select Aerial view
- Go to item 30 ("Meriden Village Hall") and click on it
- Then click (in the call-out box on the map) "Zoom"
- Zoom in further - as far as you like (you can go to 25
yds/inch - you'll almost see people checking in at the Challenge
Control Desk, except the roof is not transparent!)
- ... then set off round the 40.50 mile current Challenge Route
(let me know if you find any errors of my route ...)
- ... then try a Circular Walk
See also a spreadsheet showing
how I got that mileage figure.
Notes on the Bing Maps
ACW Path Colour Scheme
The paths I have added are coloured as follows:
| Path
Type |
Odd
Numbered
|
Even
Numbered |
Notes |
| ACW 40-Mile route |
Blue |
Green |
Dash Dash Dash Dash lines |
| ACW 21 Circular Walks |
Orange |
Magenta |
Dash Dot Dash Dot lines or
Dash Dot Dot Dash
lines (if two same colour paths get next to each
other - e.g. 16 & 18 or
01 & 21) |
| ACW 21 Circular Walks Route A |
Orange |
Magenta |
Dot Dot Dot Dot lines, and one step narrower |
| ACW 21 Circular Walks "shared paths" |
Cyan
NB : All above when
selected show as Red |
Usually shared between one odd and one even numbered
Walk |
| Others ?? |
|
|
As seemed fit for now! Usually a lot narrower.
NB : I only evolved above as I
was adding paths, and hope I have edited all to comply - if
not, please let me
know. |
Standard Bing Options
The base map can be any of the following:
| View |
How to get |
Notes |
| Bing Road Map |
Road >
Road Map |
Available at all zoom levels, but with appropriate
details |
| OS Road Map |
Road >
OS Map |
Only available at Street level or above (or 1 step
below). Can get 1:25,000 or 1:50,000 or bigger, and can
zoom between them. Note each OS scale comes at c.2 zoom
levels. |
| Bing Aerial View |
Aerial >
Aerial |
Some places excellent, others still satellite map
only. Zoomed out all give satellite map, often complete
with clouds. |
| Bing "Bird's Eye" view |
Aerial >
Bird's Eye |
Only available in (or sometimes near) Cities or Big
Towns |
| Labels (or not) |
Aerial >
click box
"See labels" |
Clicking box toggles between showing labels (box with
tick) or not (blank box). Labels are road and place
names, and include the road path as shown in Bing Map
view. Showing labels helps locate where you are,
removing them lets you see more detail of Aerial or Bird's Eye
view. |
| Others? |
|
Try experimenting! |
Coming Soon
All of the 21 Walks have now been added to "complete" the present
phase. Corrections and refinements now being sought to
existing path. Updates will be added as reported or
reviewed.
Note : some paths were initially only edited at
a slightly zoomed out view, but by 5-Dec-2009 all had been adjusted
as better match by updating when fully zoomed in.
A fuller user guide, giving hints on many other features Bing
offers (you will probably find most yourself, but a hint or two more
may help? [NB - Bing is very new, and called a Beta version, but
based on the Microsoft Live site we have used for a few years - last
months problem was that they have been evolving the integration of
the MS-Live and multimap roots, so the interface is
changing a bit, and a few bugs come and go! Some bugs on the
UK version are not on the USA version - BUT the USA version does not
have OS maps!]
A discussion on the "Is it really
40 miles?" question
Thoughts on future evolution
History
| Date
|
Event |
| 05-Nov-2009 |
Used Bing to work out where sites for 4-Nov WP were, and
found the new Beta version incorporating MS-Live
and multimap roots had
replaced the familiar MS-Live based product, |
06-Nov-2009 to
09-Nov-2009 |
Over next few days used to learn the new version, and
realised that including all of 40-mile route (and maybe all 21
Circular Walks as well) now feasible, so progressively added
the 18 maps and invited an expert to check |
| 11-Nov-2009 |
Initial errors corrected; this overview page added to ACW
website. |
| 16-Nov-2009 |
Announced project in electronic newsletter, with link to
here |
| 24-Nov-2009 |
"Adequate" maps of first 15 Circular Walks drafted, and
link to this page added on website |
| 30-Nov-2009 |
Outline maps of all 21 Circular Walks drafted |
| 05-Dec-2009 |
Fully detailed maps of all 21 Circular Walks
published |
| 07-Dec-2009 |
All maps tidied up, with consistent naming, position of
"pushpin" indicators, etc. Should probably be regarded
as the first "Complete Issue" |
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