Learning to read maps

[Outnabout]

I used the view/print maps link on this site

Are you in 1:25k scale? Depending on the route, I think the Walkhighland maps will choose the zoom automatically rather than choose the actual scale. If so, to get the right scale, and have the contours spaced to be visible, might take a bit of trial and error, and need a few sheets of A4 to cover it. What route are you trying to print?

It was my wife who printed it at work, what she gave me is hopeless. The route I was trying to get is the Merrick via loch troll.

[Mal Grey]

I see. Yes, that's defaulting to the open source mapping and, as its a north to south route, shrinking the map to fit the whole route on it, thus reducing the scale and putting the contours really close together and their already faint on open source.

I'm not sure if there's an easy way to print this out in OS 1:25k, as zooming in to get that scale leaves with only a small part of the route, but zoomed in too closely. I've never printed from this site directly, so I'm afraid I'm a bit stuck mate. I can make it work on OS Maps, but not on WH.

[Outnabout]

I see. Yes, that's defaulting to the open source mapping and, as its a north to south route, shrinking the map to fit the whole route on it, thus reducing the scale and putting the contours really close together and their already faint on open source.

I'm not sure if there's an easy way to print this out in OS 1:25k, as zooming in to get that scale leaves with only a small part of the route, but zoomed in too closely. I've never printed from this site directly, so I'm afraid I'm a bit stuck mate. I can make it work on OS Maps, but not on WH.

If you don't mind mate how would you make it work on OS Maps?

[Mal Grey]

Pretty much the way I badly explained a few posts back.

I'll drop you a PM in a sec.

[Moray Mountaineer]

I learned to use a map and compass from these short videos on Youtube from Ordnance Survey. I thought they were really great and I even taught my friends how to use the map and compass.