Last twelvemonth the Scottish Government introduced novel rules which bans populace bodies from putting Shetland inward a box on all official maps of Scotland. Because of the distance betwixt Scotland in addition to the Shetland Islands cartographers had previously tended to house the islands inward a pocket-sized inset box when making maps of Scotland. This helped cartographers avoid having to blueprint maps which are to a greater extent than oft than non sea.
The 'Islands Bill' was passed unanimously yesteryear the Scottish Parliament inward May of 2018. This twelvemonth the Scottish Government has decided to innovate a novel amendment which volition extend the Islands Bill to include the South Shetland Islands. If the novel amendment is passed yesteryear the Scottish Parliament all official maps of Scotland volition accept to include the South Shetland Islands in addition to these islands tin terminate non hold out placed within a box equally an inset map.
The Scottish Government has released a map to illustrate how official maps volition await when the novel amendment passes. The Scotland in addition to South Shetland Islands map shows how Scotland in addition to the South Shetland Islands tin terminate hold out displayed on ane map, without the necessitate for an inset box.
