The National Archives
British Trench Map Atlas

These screenshots will help you get an understanding for the functionality and ease of use of the DVD-ROM.


The welcome page of the DVD showing the available options and pages available.	A view of the "understanding a trench map" page along with the other information pages available


The getting started screen for the maps showing the 3 main search methods for finding your maps.	The index map overlay screen popped up showing the various options for front lines, towns and special maps.


A close up view of the index map showing front lines, the belgium border and a highlighted map sector.	A search for a trench on the maps and the results returned. In this case we searched for "Bond Street"


A search for all maps containing Ypres in the database including one "special" map highlighted on the index.	A complete trench map for the Ypres area launched in the map viewer. One of the 700+ maps contained on the disc.


A fairly close-up view of the town of Albert showing a river and small lakes nearby.	An area of the map that contains the famous Hill 60 area.


Map showing the whole area of the town of Arras.	This is the Vimy Ridge area and you can clearly see the many craters marked on the map in red.


The Zonnebeke map which covers Passchendaele showing the edition number at the top.	A close-up view of Passchendaele clearly showing the trenches marked in blue.