If you can offer any other explanation to why the O/S continue to reproduce a sheet map, that hardly anyone buy's, i am sure we would all like to read it,
It costs a lot of money to update O/S mapping when its required, especially of very remote areas, that receive very few visitors.
If the O/S decided tomorrow, that certain maps, including no 440 was to be discontinued, few people would care, as its an area of the Scottish Highlands that is very remote, receives very few visitors, and so what justification is there to print and produce an expensive paper map, that sells in tiny numbers.
Just criticising someone for their opinion that you disagree with, seems a bit pointless.
As usual, everyone seems to criticise points of view they disagree with, but cannot come up with their own conclusion
Why does a costly to produce map, that few people want to buy, remain in print.
On recollection, i do not remember any statutory law saying that every area of the Uk must be covered by O/S mapping.
So why continue printing something few people want.
It does not make economic sense.