Mapping

Maps Formats Available and their Terms and Conditions

The standard Royal Observer Corp (ROC) nuclear monitoring post maps are printed on an U.K. outline map with a grid overlay. This makes it difficult to assimilate the locations of numbered spots with the physical layout of the towns and cities. When the Ordnance Survey made available a free base map, it opened up an opportunity to make a more meaningful map
Over a considerable period of time, I have plotted all the 837 mainland ROC Posts on an Ordnance Survey base map. Unfortunately the lack of a Northern Ireland base map means Belfast No.31 Group is plotted on an outline map only. I am making my efforts available free of charge, so that you may benefit too. In return, I ask that you don't sell my maps or remove the attribution box from the maps.
After plotting so many points, I can't guarantee they are without errors. If you do spot a typo, please get in touch so I may correct it. My contact details are on the Cold War Communications homepage. Use the menubar to Main Site Chapter Index then click the Home Page & Contact Me button.

Maps Available

Ordnance Survey Copyright

The OS Terms and Conditions require you agree to display certain text on their maps. I have added this text, but you have to agree not to remove it.
It may seem 'odd' but printing and using a map displaying the Copyright notice is legal, its removal is illegal.

Prepare for Downloading Maps

Please click on the [Make Document Links Ready] button to confirm you are not one of the hundreds of robots trawling the internet for various dubious reasons and wasting website's bandwidth. Right-Click the document link and pick the option to save the document to you computer. Save Link As...
The basemap used on this page is © Copyright Ordnance Survey Data, 2001. The Map is licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0 Full Licence Text OGL Licence
Creative Commons LicenceThis page and the maps on it are Copyright © RINGBELL.CO.UK, under a Creative Commons License details are explained here.

Cluster Maps

A range of maps are encapsulated within a PDF files for ease of printing. The group maps are centred on one group and usually show parts of surrounding groups too. Open the PDF directly in your browser, but its better to save a copy to disk and print it later as Adobe Acrobat offers a wider range of printing options not always found in browser's viewers.
Group Maps of R.O.C. Nuclear Monitoring Posts
Centred OnPaper
Format
Link
Aberdeen Group2 x A4 -
Ayr GroupA4 -
Bedford GroupA4 -
Belfast GroupA4 -
Bristol GroupA4 -
Carlisle GroupA4 -
Colchester GroupA4 -
Coventry GroupA4 -
Dundee GroupA4 -
Durham GroupA4 -
Edinburgh GroupA4 -
Exeter GroupA4 -
Horsham GroupA4 -
Inverness Group2 x A4 -
Lincoln GroupA4 -
Maidstone GroupA4 -
Norwich GroupA4 -
North Wales GroupA4 -
Oxford GroupA4 -
Preston GroupA4 -
Shrewsbury GroupA4 -
South Wales GroupA4 -
Winchester GroupA4 -
Yeovil GroupA4 -
York GroupA4 -

Large Area Maps

Save a copy to disk and print it later. Adobe viewer can print the large A2 poster drawings across four A4 sheets of paper, using the poster print mode. After printing these can be assembled into a large poster. It may be possible to create very large maps by playing with Tile Scale %.
The poster sized "Large Area" maps overlap to allow the creation of a very large country wide map.
Please right click the link and pick the option Save Link As...
R.O.C. Nuclear Monitoring Post
Large Area Maps
Title Paper
Size
Download Link
Southern England and Wales
Groups:
EXE YEO WIN HOR MAI SWA BRI OXF BED COL NWA SHR COV LIN NOR
A2 -
Northern England
Groups:
NWA SHR COV LIN NOR PRE YOR CAR DUR
A2 -
Whole of Scotland
Groups:
AYR EDI DUN INV ABE
A2 -
Whole of UK large map
All 25 Groups
A1 -
UKWMO / ROC Group Boundaries
Title Paper Size Link
ROC
Boundaries
A4 -
ROC
Boundaries
A2 -
UK Defence Regions Boundaries
Title Paper Size Link
Defence
Regions
A4 -
Defence
Regions
A2 -