Re: Victorian Railways mapping resource

[Phil Carter <carterp@deakin.edu.au>]

I agree. It helps if you know the name of a nearby road. I used the
on-line White Pages to search for any business containing Pyramid in
Pyramid Hill - found lots.

Set the drop-down box in the top left corner to 'address'
Click 'setsearch'
In the first box enter a street name, skip the middle box and put
'Pyramid Hill' in the third box
Click the 'Go to Street' button
In the Matching Roads frame click on the name of the road. The map is
drawn.

Current location can be found in two ways.

Click on the 'i' radio button and then click on the map. The right frame
will display property/parcel details plus a map of the property.

If you click on the 'W' button and then on the map you get grid
coordinates, latitude & longitude.

Regards,
Phil Carter.


Roderick Smith wrote:
> 
> I tried this to investigate a possible easement or past siding at Pyramid
> Hill (Victoria), and found it very difficult to navigate: there were no
> clues as to which parcel to zoom into, and no clues as to current location.
> 
> --
> Regards
> Roderick Smith
> Rail News Victoria Editor
> 
> Phil Carter <carterp@deakin.edu.au> wrote in article
> <37E1CD47.C12F6893@deakin.edu.au>...
> > http://maps.ogdc.vic.gov.au/engine/sdmb/plain_sdmbc.main_page
> > This is a State Government site holding details of all land parcels &
> > properties in Victoria.
> > You can pan and zoom to any part of the state down to a scale of 1:1
> > The fascinating thing is that most railways that have ever existed in
> > Victoria can still be located on the maps. Long closed and obscure
> > railways such as Penshurst-Dunkeld, the Warranwood tramway and the
> > Northcote quarry siding can still be seen.