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By: Bomb Damage Maps 1939-1945 | Mapping London

Bomb Damage Maps 1939-1945 | Mapping London — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:25:12 +0000

[…] years ago, we featured some striking maps from a small exhibition at the London Metropolitan Archive. Each map was a detailed plan of a small […]

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:29:59 +0000

Nice. Wasn’t this dasymetric style map published in the London Topographic Society’s now very collectable annual release several years ago (with the same-ish colours)? My father-in-law has a copy, apparently worth £250 now. Well worth the £20 subscription fee.

May be wrong. Key point is, I like this, keep up the good work.

By: Oliver O`Brien

Oliver O`Brien — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:02:17 +0000

In reply to Paul Mison. That is a real shame. If the maps themselves are out of copyright (50 year rule) and you take your own photographs of the original maps, then presumably you can do what you like with those photographs? LMA would only be able to claim copyright over their photos of the maps, not the maps themselves.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:55:38 +0000

Readers: you’ll have to move quickly to see it though since the last day for the exhibition is Thursday!

The maps themselves are actually all available individually in the adjacent room: top two drawers at the very back. You will need to bring ID and proof of address in order to get your ‘History Card’.

I’ve put in a query to the archives regarding digitisation of the bombing sites since it’s something I’m interested in using for an art project. I’m hoping they’ll me code them up and share the resulting data…

By: Paul Mison

Paul Mison — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:23:14 +0000

I wonder if the LMA has any plans to put these online? A friend uploaded scans of a huge amount of these maps to Flickr around 2008, but unfortunately the LMA issued a takedown request, and not only the images but a useful amount of notes and comments were lost. Shame.

That said, this does look like a nice little exhibition. I just wish it were more accessible to those of us unable to visit.