Have you ever wondered which are the common parts of place names and how they are distributed across the country? It is something fascinating to explore.
Type in a place name or part of a place name, like ham, ford or ton and see how that name is distributed across placenames on a map of Britain using this fascinating linguistic mapping tool released by the National Library of Scotland based on a dataset compiled by own own Geography Department, among others.
The British Cartographic Society has made membership FREE for full-time students in Higher Education. You can now sign up simply but demonstrating you have a student email address. You don’t have to be a cartographer: the society is open to anyone with a love of maps.
On a hot day towards the end of June I was excited to be able to visit Dennis Maps, the largest printer of paper map products in the United Kingdom. The company produces more than two million maps and charts …
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