Old Hampshire Mapped

Distance Table

Norden's Hampshire, 1607
The distance table is derived from measurements of positions of towns on the map, using DISTTAB.exe software.
Measurements are made in pixels from the .tif archive image of the map. Note that the calculated distances are independent of translation, rotation and scaling of the image.
distance, statute miles
 		 ALT
        		 AND
        		 BSK
        		 BWM
        		 CHR
        		 FRH
        		 FDB
        		 GOS
        		 HVN
        		 KCL
        		 LMG
        		 ALR
        		 ODH
        		 PTF
        		 POR
        		 RGW
        		 ROM
        		 SOT
        		 STB
        		 WHC
        		 WIN
        		  
Alton (ALT) 0.0                                         ALT
Andover (AND) 21.7 0.0                                       AND
Basingstoke (BSK) 7.8 17.9 0.0                                     BSK
Bishops Waltham (BWM) 18.5 19.3 22.3 0.0                                   BWM
Christchurch (CHR) 48.7 37.0 50.3 30.6 0.0                                 CHR
Fareham (FRH) 23.7 26.6 28.7 7.5 29.1 0.0                               FRH
Fordingbridge (FDB) 39.0 23.7 38.9 23.3 14.1 25.4 0.0                             FDB
Gosport (GOS) 28.5 32.1 34.1 13.1 28.8 5.7 27.9 0.0                           GOS
Havant (HVN) 22.7 31.5 29.3 12.6 36.0 7.6 33.0 7.9 0.0                         HVN
Kingsclere (KCL) 15.1 13.4 7.7 24.7 49.3 32.0 36.7 37.6 34.1 0.0                       KCL
Lymington (LMG) 38.9 30.6 41.4 20.4 10.8 18.4 13.1 18.3 25.3 41.5 0.0                     LMG
New Alresford (ALR) 9.6 15.5 12.5 9.8 39.1 16.4 29.4 21.9 18.3 15.9 29.5 0.0                   ALR
Odiham (ODH) 6.3 23.0 5.3 24.2 53.6 29.8 43.0 34.8 29.0 12.7 44.2 14.7 0.0                 ODH
Petersfield (PTF) 10.5 24.9 17.5 12.1 42.4 14.7 35.3 18.7 12.3 23.4 32.0 9.3 16.7 0.0               PTF
Portsmouth (POR) 27.6 32.4 33.4 13.2 30.4 5.8 29.2 1.6 6.4 37.3 19.9 21.4 33.9 17.7 0.0             POR
Ringwood (RGW) 42.8 29.6 43.7 25.7 7.7 25.9 6.4 27.1 33.4 42.1 9.5 33.2 47.4 37.8 28.6 0.0           RGW
Romsey (ROM) 25.8 14.7 26.4 11.0 23.9 15.7 13.3 20.2 22.7 25.5 16.2 16.2 30.1 22.4 21.0 17.3 0.0         ROM
Southampton (SOT) 27.9 22.4 30.6 9.5 21.2 9.6 15.8 12.7 17.2 31.5 11.0 18.6 33.2 21.3 13.8 16.8 8.4 0.0       SOT
Stockbridge (STB) 23.1 6.7 21.4 14.8 30.7 21.5 17.9 26.7 27.4 18.8 24.0 14.6 26.0 23.2 27.2 23.4 8.0 16.1 0.0     STB
Whitchurch (WHC) 16.6 6.9 11.4 20.2 42.7 27.7 30.0 33.4 31.1 6.7 35.4 13.2 16.7 22.2 33.3 35.5 19.2 25.9 12.1 0.0   WHC
Winchester (WIN) 18.4 11.3 19.1 8.1 31.2 15.2 20.6 20.8 20.5 19.1 22.5 8.9 22.6 16.5 21.0 24.8 7.5 12.4 7.0 13.5 0.0 WIN
Figures on the diagonal are from a place to itself, thus zero.

Map Miles

Norden's Hampshire, 1607

The measured average scale is 5.93 statute miles to 1 inch. ie 1 to 375770
The range of scales is from 3.83 to 7.72 statute miles to 1 inch.

The map scale is about:-
     1 to 380000
      6 statute miles to 1 inch

From its scale line (1), the map scale is 4.78 map miles to 1 inch.
Map miles = 1.24 statute miles.


Calculated Scales

Norden's Hampshire, 1607
scales frequency diagram
3.0 *
3.5 *
4.0 **************
4.5 *******************************************************************************
5.0 ********************************************************************************
5.5 ************************
6.0 *******
6.5 ****
Average scale = 5.93,
rms deviation = 0.49 ie 8%
product moment correlation coefficient: map and known distances = 0.992

product moment correlation coefficient: map and known positions (Eings and Nings) = 0.991

beware of the 'meaning' of these figures!


DISTANCE TABLES

DISTTAB.exe
MN: 28.8.2002
version 2.24
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