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Does anyone know why ukfree.tv is apparently not available.

Same for streetmap.co.uk although I hear a whisper that it has been off
since early this month - may be something to do with licencing charges
for use of OS Maps.
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On 23/01/2026 17:06, Woody wrote:

Does anyone know why ukfree.tv is apparently not available.

Perhaps they've thrown the towel in? Woefully out of date, and
inaccurate information on there
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Woody wrote:

Does anyone know why ukfree.tv is apparently not available.

I can hear MarkC cheering from here :-)

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On 23/01/2026 17:06, Woody wrote:

Does anyone know why ukfree.tv is apparently not available.

Same for streetmap.co.uk although I hear a whisper that it has been off since early this month - may be something to do with licencing charges
for use of OS Maps.

Streetmap has been offline (presumed "pushing up daisies") for a couple
of weeks.

If anyone wants OS map substitute sites, these seem good:

https://www.sysmaps.co.uk/sysmaps_os.html
https://maps.the-hug.net/
https://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm

The last one has side by side OS map and aerial photo.
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On 24/01/2026 16:15, NY wrote:

If anyone wants OS map substitute sites, these seem good:

What is the advantage over OS maps?

They do everything I need.



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On 25/01/2026 08:46, JMB99 wrote:

On 24/01/2026 16:15, NY wrote:

If anyone wants OS map substitute sites, these seem good:

What is the advantage over OS maps?

They do everything I need.

You sound like the bloke from IBM, who said in the 1960s, 'why would the
world require more than 6 or 7 computers in total'?
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On 24/01/2026 16:15, NY wrote:

On 23/01/2026 17:06, Woody wrote:

Does anyone know why ukfree.tv is apparently not available.

Same for streetmap.co.uk although I hear a whisper that it has been
off since early this month - may be something to do with licencing
charges for use of OS Maps.

Streetmap has been offline (presumed "pushing up daisies") for a couple
of weeks.

If anyone wants OS map substitute sites, these seem good:

https://www.sysmaps.co.uk/sysmaps_os.html
https://maps.the-hug.net/
https://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm

The last one has side by side OS map and aerial photo.

The last one is rather good
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On Sun 25/01/2026 10:17, Mark Carver wrote:

On 25/01/2026 08:46, JMB99 wrote:

On 24/01/2026 16:15, NY wrote:

If anyone wants OS map substitute sites, these seem good:

What is the advantage over OS maps?

They do everything I need.

You sound like the bloke from IBM, who said in the 1960s, 'why would the world require more than 6 or 7 computers in total'?

Or some bloke called Gates said in 1981 of memory that "640K should be
enough for anyone."

Allegedly he has since denied ever saying it but......
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On Sun 25/01/2026 10:17, Mark Carver wrote:

On 25/01/2026 08:46, JMB99 wrote:

On 24/01/2026 16:15, NY wrote:

If anyone wants OS map substitute sites, these seem good:

What is the advantage over OS maps?

They do everything I need.

You sound like the bloke from IBM, who said in the 1960s, 'why would the world require more than 6 or 7 computers in total'?

Or some bloke called Gates said in 1981 of memory that "640K should be
enough for anyone."

Allegedly he has since denied ever saying it but......
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On 25/01/2026 10:20, Mark Carver wrote:

The last one is rather good

My requirements for a (UK) mapping site is the ability to go a NGR
location and also to read off the NGR of a location.

I get annoyed on some sites when people go to great lengths to say where somewhere is located but never give the NGR.

I find UK Grid Reference Finder does most things I want including
covering Ireland though I was struggling at the weekend define grid
references in Channel Island, usually I can convert National Grid to
Channel Island but it no longer gives a grid reference to convert but
not found any decent maps of the Channel Islands.


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