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Tag: national parks

Great Britain’s National Parks Poster

Published on 3 April 20192 April 2019 by Jonathan Crowe

To mark the 70th anniversary of the legislation creating the United Kingdom’s national parks, the Ordnance Survey has released the above poster showing each of Britain’s 15 national parks in relief. The 84 × 119 cm poster can be had for £15 via the Ordnance Survey’s shop.

Image•Categories Tourist Maps•Tags national parks, Ordnance Survey, parks, posters, relief maps

National Park Maps

Published on 16 June 2016 by Jonathan Crowe
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Grand Canyon South Rim

As U.S. government publications, national park maps are in the public domain. Since 2013, park ranger Matt Holly has been uploading them to the unofficial National Park Maps site, which now has more than a thousand maps available for download as high-resoluation images or PDFs. [CityLab]

Link•Categories Sport & Recreation•Tags National Park Service, national parks, parks

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