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As work on my latest book project enters its editing stage it has become apparent that the best way to fact check some of the final details is to refer to a map, a map that does not yet seem to have been published. And so, this has created an excuse for this blog to dive off into some cartography, to create a map of Dartmoor Rivers and streams. This post is the first airing of the initial version of that map.
Explore the Dartmoor Rivers and Streams Map
The main rivers have been named but to discover all other names of rivers and streams cluck on the blue lines. This will not only bring up the name, but also a link to Google Earth that will take you to that part of Dartmoor to enable virtual exploring of the rivers.
Clicking on the red lines will give a link that will plonk you down in Google Street view on a bridge.
Background to the map
Why was this map made?
The original objective of this map was quite simple-to ensure that a list of Dartmoor Rivers and their tributaries in my latest book is in the correct order and in a layout that make geographical sense. Unfortunately, reference to OS maps did no meet this need as many of the smaller streams are not shown.And so, I had to create a map that pulled in information many sources and then display them in a way I could easily use.
On what information is the Dartmoor Rivers map based?
Underlying it is the thunderfoot topological map, on top of which the names have been added from the Ordnance Survey, William Crossing ‘s work and the excellent set of maps contained in Eric Hemery’s ‘High Dartmoor’.
How was the map created?
It was built on Maphub, a nice simple tool.to use. My main concern is its long term.survivability, a concern that one day the platform will disappear taking my work with it. Not a too pessimistic view as my original South Caradon Website disappeared when Geocities collapsed many years ago, and I have only just finished resurrecting its material.
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