A-Z London

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Her parents had a very tense marriage which soon dissolved. [ citation needed] Her mother remarried but died some years later in an asylum. [ citation needed] BBC Radio 4 broadcast in 2000 a dramatisation by Lucy Catherine of Phyllis Pearsall's life in 1936. [14] A biography, Mrs P’s Journey by Sarah Hartley, was published in 2001. [15] [ bettersourceneeded] The main brands of smartphone come with their own free mapping and location apps, most commonly powered by Google, Microsoft (Bing), Nokia (Here), and most recently Apple. The apps provide a global mapping database that covers the full range of scales from a world map down to the neighbourhood level. They provide location searches and multiple mapping layers, such as road mapping and aerial photography. Higher functionality can include turn-by-turn routing and public transport info. The accuracy of the mapping and the app functionality varies between the apps mentioned above, and within each app it commonly varies by country. Comparison of A-Z app and iOS A-Z London apps You can use your device’s inbuilt location services to show your current location on the map or follow your movements as you travel.

The original and best selling Geographers' A-Z London Street Atlas - a long standing cabbies favourite! What the book is not, is (just) a history of the A to Z map. Rather, it is a book about the history and geography of London, with A to Z maps used to frame the narrative. The index section lists streets, embassies, legations, commonwealth representatives and hospitals covered by this atlas. Though the London A-Z itself is a triumph of detail and practicality, its inventor’s reputation as an artist and an eccentric has persisted. Might that be because her personality chimes so well with London’s own winding and unpredictable streets?You can also use your device’s inbuilt location services to show your current location on the map or follow your movements as you travel.

We also enjoyed looking at some fairly-recent maps of London, that look very similar to the up-to-date ones, but show something that has since changed. For example, Trafalgar Square with traffic running on all four sides of it, until it was pedestrianised at the end of last century – how did we take so long to do that? This high quality map covers a massive 3743 sq km (1445 sq miles) of London down to street level, the same area as the current print version of the Master Atlas of Greater London and extends beyond the Greater London and M25 area to Hemel Hempstead, Pearsall, Phyllis (1990). A to Z Maps: The Personal Story — From Bedsitter to Household Name. Geographers' A–Z Map Co Ltd. ISBN 0-85039-243-8. Of note, the quality of reproduction of the maps is excellent. Both old and new are crisp and clear. The book’s hardcover sleeve also has a rather nice “old parchment map” texture. Small detail we know but adds to the quality feel of the publication.The book starts with some themed maps such as Theatreland and even Shopping Centres and Parking Places. She also took on the laborious task of card indexing the street names alphabetically in preparation for typesetting. In 1966, she turned her company, the Geographers' A–Z Map Co, into a trust to ensure that it was never bought out. This secured the future of her company and its employees. Through her donation of her shares to the trust, she was able to enshrine her desired standards and behaviours for the company into its statutes. [ citation needed] Mapping London’s favourite part of the book is the final section, looking at specific London locations – those which have radically changed since the first A to Z was produced. We particularly like the way the examples in this section are mapped – with an old A to Z map showing the former layout, immediately beside or above a brand new A to Z map to exactly the same scale. For example, the area around Battersea Power Station has comprehensively changed as these two maps show: