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Os map symbol question...
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:57 pm
by welshwhit
A bit embarrassing, I've used OS maps most of my life, but I can't work out / find out what the hell this symbol is on the online 1:50000 maps from OS?!
Any ideas?
Screen Shot 2016-10-29 at 16.51.17 by
drew Whitley, on Flickr
thanks
Drew
Re: Os map symbol question...
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:20 pm
by Mike
Iv never even seen it ??
Re: Os map symbol question...
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:24 pm
by Ray Young
UFO hotspot

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Re: Os map symbol question...
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:25 pm
by Chew
"Natural Resources Wales", which im guessing just means windmills
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/l ... legend.pdf
Re: Os map symbol question...
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:33 pm
by quimarche
Re: Os map symbol question...
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:36 pm
by Ian
Note: Wales only. For woodlands it represents anything that was formally classified as Forestry Commission, but will now include all government owned non-forestry land - which might be wind farms, or restored habitat areas (dry heath, peat bog, grassland and so on)
Re: Os map symbol question...
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 7:28 pm
by stevenshand
I assumed it was a portal to a different dimension.
Re: Os map symbol question...
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 8:26 pm
by ScotRoutes
Schrodingers forest
Does the tree even fall down if there's no one there to witness it?
Re: Os map symbol question...
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:53 pm
by adjustablewench
Looks like the geocache symbol I have on my gps, so not technically on the map but more stored on the gps' memory - I think you can switch them off - ignore that Chew is right, it just looked similar . . . Should really read the thread properly!
Re: Os map symbol question...
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 11:04 pm
by welshwhit
Cheers folks, it seems the Os app shows an outdated legend!
Thanks
Drew