SOMMESOLDIER Posted 16 April , 2005 Share Posted 16 April , 2005 Hi There, I need to buy the IGN maps for the Somme Battlefields. Which ones do I need to cover the whole of the 1916 Battlefield ? Also where is the best place to get them from and how much ? Cheers Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piscator Posted 16 April , 2005 Share Posted 16 April , 2005 Hi Tim, Try the following website:- http://www.elstead.co.uk/ They can supply the French ign series blue 1 to 25,000 maps. I'll give you some of the number's. 2404 E Armentieres 2405 O Bethune 2405 E Lens 2407 O Acheux-en-ameinois (Ocean Villa's & Beaumont-Hamel) 2407 E Bapaume Some other's:- 2408 O Albert 2408 E Brau-sur-somme 2408 O Perronne Hope this will get you started, mine cost £5.99 ea inc postage, just bought 2 in local bookshop cost £7.99 ea Have Fun! Len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMMESOLDIER Posted 16 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 16 April , 2005 Hi Len, Very many thanks for the reply. You're a star !! Cheers Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 16 April , 2005 Share Posted 16 April , 2005 2407O(uest) and 2407E(st) plus 2408O and 2408E cover most of the 1916 Somme British battlefront. The maps are also available on CD for PC/GPS use for around 38 euros per half a departement. Half the Somme and half the Pas de Calais cover most of the British presence in France. Cheapest place to buy is in France, of course, and main bookshops in French towns will usually have the relevant local maps. Stamfords in Long Acre London stock the full range and WFA commodities also hold a range of the battlefield areas. Beware, if you like maps they become addictive ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMMESOLDIER Posted 17 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 17 April , 2005 Hi Martin, Thanks for the information and the advice !! I'll have to be careful, I can feel myself being drawn into it !! Cheers Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 17 April , 2005 Share Posted 17 April , 2005 Hello Tim Further to Martin's advice, if you can wait till you get there, these maps are often even cheaper in supermarkets (usually in revolving IGN stands) and hypermarkets (book section). Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 18 April , 2005 Share Posted 18 April , 2005 Hello Tim Further to Martin's advice, if you can wait till you get there, these maps are often even cheaper in supermarkets (usually in revolving IGN stands) and hypermarkets (book section). Gwyn <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ah yes ..... but you feel too tempted to gather up armfuls of likely looking maps..... I seem to recall buying some from the supermarket which was built almost on top of Hill 70 at Loos (Cora, I seem to recall). Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank_East Posted 18 April , 2005 Share Posted 18 April , 2005 You can also shop on line. Maps and CDs are usually received after a few days. For IGN maps, Go to www.ign.fr For CDs, Go to www.bayo.com Once use this service and you will be kept up to date by e mail with the latest offers from IGN. Although catalogues are on line,there is a catalogue available by post entitled "Catalogue Gratuit Serie Bleue & Top 25" which I used before internet access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 18 April , 2005 Share Posted 18 April , 2005 As another member of 'Map Addicts Anonymous' I make a bi-annual pilgrimage to the IGN web site, where they happily feed my addiction in return for my euros. This year, already well stocked on everything I need, I've tried some of the 'Serie Orange' 1:50,000. They cover [obviously] a little more ground per map, and are so PRETTY - the pink trousers of IGN mapping - sample attached. The web site is at: IGN Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 18 April , 2005 Share Posted 18 April , 2005 I like the shaded contouring on "Les Oranges" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOMMESOLDIER Posted 18 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 18 April , 2005 Hi All, Great replies, they've given me plenty of ideas. Very Many Thanks. Cheers Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 18 April , 2005 Share Posted 18 April , 2005 The Orange series are pretty good in my opinion; two sheets cover the Somme. IGN stopped making them about 10 years ago, and only brought them back in 2004. The Maison de la Presse in Albert now stocks them; but you can buy them on line as Sue and others have mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted 18 April , 2005 Share Posted 18 April , 2005 The blue ones are shaded too. The ones I really like are the ones mounted on hairnets. You never know when you’re going to chill the Pol Roger, cut the cucumber sandwiches and pack the picnic basket for one of those spontaneous outings in the old Morris. The pre-war Bartholomew’s maps complete the occasion perfectly. I’ve got quite a lot of those, (I hoard them) and they came in handy for spotting a few obscure locations in Wales for a friend’s project in the autumn. My nicest maps of France are the cloth ones pre-Great War. This is the area Sue has posted above, in a 1916 map. (It's heavily compressed.) Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piscator Posted 22 April , 2005 Share Posted 22 April , 2005 Does anyone know where I can get them printed on Hankies, you never know when it may come in useful. Len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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