6/6/2023 0 Comments Map addict by mike parker![]() ![]() ![]() He begins with a little autobiography where he describes how, as a child he used to initially save up to buy OS Landranger maps and even steal them on occasions. However, I was wholly unprepared for the level of enthusiasm that Parker has for his subject matter. ![]() ![]() So anyway, with that aside, I thought it would be interesting to read a book by someone with the same kind of passion as me. It was only when you go down the route for about a mile that you realise why it is not a recommended route. But no, the first left turn is not a recommended route and so wasn’t on the map. So if you knew you were looking to go left at a fork in a path half a kilometre ahead, then you might well be forgiven for taking the left route when you come to a fork half a kilometre ahead. The main reason for this was that instead of putting on there all the paths that existed, the only paths that were put on the map were the recommended ones. My love is for ordnance survey (OS), and when I went on holiday in 2010 to the Alps I found the maps they provided to be substandard and was really missing an OS equivalent. I have long loved maps and could spend ages just perusing them for all their detail. I can’t remember how I came across this book, but I do recall a great desire to read it as soon as I saw it. ![]()
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