Maps will no longer be able to show Shetland in a box after a new law outlawed the practice, forcing cartographers to include an extra 125 miles of empty sea. The ...
A 1736 map of Scotland—with Shetland in a box. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center/Flickr Shetland, a cluster of more than 100 islands far north of the Scottish mainland, has long presented cartographers ...
Shetland has been unboxed after new legislation came into force barring sectioning off the islands on official maps. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...
Nobody puts Shetland in the corner. At least not now. New rules have come into force stopping public bodies from putting the islands in a box on official documents and maps. Instead, maps will now ...
The Shetland Islands must be represented accurately on official maps, rather than being boxed off to save space, after a new law came in to force. Sections of the new Islands (Scotland) Act have now ...
Tavish Scott highlighted a number of government publications which include maps where Shetland is in a box An MSP has launched a bid to ban public authorities from putting Shetland in a box on maps of ...
Government bodies in Scotland aren't allowed to put Shetland in a box on maps anymore. Tavish Scott, a Shetland member of the Scottish Parliament, brought forward the mapping requirement as a part of ...
An MSP has tried to ban maps from putting Shetland in a box because it does not "accurately and proportionately" represent its location. The Northern Isles are frequently moved to a box in the Moray ...
Tavish Scott highlighted a number of government publications which include maps where Shetland is in a box An MSP has launched a bid to ban public authorities from putting Shetland in a box on maps of ...
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