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This map shows all the cities, towns and villages, rivers and becks, and most of the hamlets and some of the single houses in the Yorkshire of the 1820s. Wherever possible the new towns and villages have been added. There are currently no contours shown, but the current extent of all the larger places are shown.
Owing to the size of this map image, you may encounter problems downloading and displaying it, particularly if you are using a computer that is more than about 4 years old, or hasn't recently had the browser software upgraded. If the "easy" method of downloading doesn't work, then use the second way of doing it (more complicated, but works every time) .
Simply download the map, and then save it (right click on the map, and then select "Save picture as"). If you have a good graphics program, then you should be able to zoom in and out when displaying the image. Please do not save it to a jpeg file as this will give a file several times larger than a .png or .gif file, and will result in a poorer image too. (If you want to know why, see my pages about dealing with image files for the web). Please continue reading at "Printing the map".
Due to problems with Netscape when downloading large .gif files for immediate display, I have been forced to make this map available in Windows BMP format, as this seems to be the only format which 99% of people can cope with. Unfortunately, this format generates a large (12,575,000 bytes) file.
In order to save both your time and mine on-line, I have "zipped"
(compressed) the file. If you do not have the capability of un-zipping
a file (this is in-built into Windows XP - thanks Mike),
then you will need to obtain the relevant piece of software for
your machine/operating system such as WINZIP
(for Windows) to enable you to extract the .bmp file. If you are
using a Mac computer then you will need Stuffit Expander
which is a free program and can be downloaded free from Aladdin
Systems site to unstuff (unzip) the file.
If you are using Netscape to retrieve the map, shift click (hold the shift key down and click) on the highlighted word "map" and you will be asked for a directory to download the file to - make sure you remember where you put it!
If you are using Internet Explorer, then you will be automatically asked for a directory to place the map file in - make sure you remember where you put it!
You then need to run whichever unzip program you downloaded, and extract the YKSnew.bmp file - make sure you remember where you extract it to!
Having unzipped the file, you will then need a graphics program to display the file. I would recommend that you use Paint Shop Pro or similar program with a zoom in and out capability (I used Paint Shop Pro to generate the map). However (and this is the reason for using a BMP format file) you can use "Paint" if you are using a PC with MS Windows '95 or '98. To get to this is "Start", "Accessories", "Paint", and once in Paint, use "File" "Open" and then open the file which you remembered where you put when you unzipped it. Please note that "Paint" only allows you to zoom in which may give you a problem with navigation around the large map.
If you are running a more sophisticated graphics program, then I would recommend that you save the file in either .png or .gif format as this reduces the file size to around 900K bytes, do not save it to a jpeg file as this will give a file several times larger than a .png or .gif file. (If you want to know why, see my pages about dealing with image files for the web).
Printing the map:
If you use Paint Shop Pro to print the map, you will have to split it into pages of A4/Letter size and print them individually. Bill Potts has investigated printing the map and recommends using a program called Poster. He has kindly allowed me to reproduce his comments and instructions for the use of "Poster".
If you still have problems downloading, then drop me a line via my Error reporting page, explaining the problem, but make sure you give system details:
Please remember this is a large file (around 950Kbytes) and therefore it will take some time to download.
