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Yes I know there are many, some good, maps on the might interweb; I even use them.
I grew up with the Ordnace Survey maps, I even have the rather large volume of 'England, The Photographic Atlas', a book of combined and properly indexed Aerial photography and OS maps.
Having just watched the BBC Timeshift progamme upon the OS, I wonder;
is there an equivalent to the OS mapping for Belgium, or even the Netherlands ?
Preferably similar to the Landranger, 1:50000 series.
Any ideas ?

Mark L-W

Sorry for mis-spelling Ordnance, a minor typo.
I am shocked that in the afore mentioned TV programme, that so many refer to the 'Ordinance Survey" !
Ordnance, as in the the military origin of survey. It was about big shooty bang bang weaponry.

Sep 11, 2015 20:39
kasseistamper

The Belgian equivalent to the OS is the NGI - National Geographical Institute.
When I last went to their place - maybe 10 years ago - they were at Abdij Ter Kameren, 13, 1050 Brussels.
No idea whether there is a Dutch equivalent.

Sep 11, 2015 22:16
anon100

They do have their own equivalent although they are sadly not as good as OS ones, but nonetheless you can buy maps for Belgium in different scales. The Netherlands will also have their own equivalent. You can visit this shop in Brussels http://www.anticyclonedesacores.be they sell a vast selection of maps in different scales for lots of countries and also AS adventure sell some but not as good a selection as that shop.

Sep 14, 2015 14:02