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Castles and Cathedrals: 100 Amazing Views (Hardcover)

by www.getmapping.com (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Illustrated (3 Dec 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007122306
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007122301
  • Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,059,393 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Castles and Cathedrals" is a compilation of 100 vertical aerial photographs of Britain's most noteworthy religious and military edifices, taken from the Millennium Map. Tintagel Castle, legendary seat of King Arthur; Castle Drogo, a 20th century castle built by Lutyens; Alnwick Castle, the Duke of Northumberland's fortress against the Scots; Harlech Castle, whose resistance under siege inspired the song "Men of Harlech"; Glamis Castle, birthplace of the Queen Mother; Durham Castle and Cathedral, sited on a spectacular bend in the River Wear; Ely Cathedral, soaring from the Fens; and St Paul's Cathedral, with its unmistakable domea "Castles and Cathedrals" brings a surprising new angle to places such as these, and many more. Inspired by the Domesday Book, Tristram Cary and Joe Studholme of Getmapping.com commissioned four specially equipped aircraft to fly the length and breadth of the country in strips - rather like a lawnmower - each one carrying state-of-the-art camera equipment valued at #250,000, to create the "Millennium Map", from which these photographs of castles and cathedrals have been taken.

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Getmapping.com plc was established in 1998 specifically to produce the first ever complete, full-colour, digital, photographic map of the UK. The Millennium Map, as it is known, has revolutionised the market by making high-quality aerial photography widely available to both the professional user and the general public, primarily through its website, www.getmapping.com.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pictures pretty good, text- naff!, 18 Feb 2002
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I think these guys should stick to pictures! More on these particular pictures anon; the text accompanying them was disappointing- all too often merely a bald recitation of isolated facts, showing no appreciation of the importance or interest of the buildings depicted.

Furthermore, if it's an aerial picture that I'm looking at, I want the text to help me in that respect... being told that a cathedral contains a particular sculpture or painting is pretty low down my list of priorities when set alongside a picture of the exterior!

The pictures _were_ good, although I think I preferred the larger scale of the other Getmapping book I've bought ("Edinburgh- The Photographic Atlas", which was excellent). Perhaps aerial photography is better for landscape and context, rather then individual buildings.

Anyway, overall I guess I got my money-worth, but only just!

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