Talk:History of the Orkney Islands

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[edit] Map

I'd be willing to produce a coastline map of Orkney, much like the one I'm currently working on for Shetland (see right). From that, I can add stuff that people send to me (coloured in various ways, dots for villages and towns, arrows for population movements etc.). Just let me know what you need, and I'll see what I can do. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 18:14, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

Wow, that's an excellent map, much better than any of the CIA ones floating around! -- Joolz 18:22, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

The place to ask is probably on Orkney Islands itself - but that style of map does seem to be of higher quality than the ones currently on that article. Secretlondon 18:38, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, I was particularly asking if a map would be of use to the history article, during the CotF. If so, I'll change my priorities and produce the basic Orkney map ASAP. If not, its priority will stay below that of several other maps (which are at various stages of completion), and so probably won't appear for months. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 18:52, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

The first version of my Orkney map is on the right. If someone can send me sources or locations, I can produce maps based on this. Stuff this might include could be:

• maps of archeological sites (my reference only has Skara Brae, but there' surely lots of stuff
• maps of viking and christian stuff
• WW1 stuff (I think I'll make a map showing the locations of the scuttled German ships) - fortifications, bases, etc.
• WW2 stuff (churchill barriers, more fortifications etc).

Or anything else anyone would like. If I don't hear from anyone, I'll probably just produce updated versions of the Orkney maps and leave it at that. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 18:02, August 24, 2005 (UTC)