Comparing maps

I've been using a combination of the first Ordinace survey map of 1883 and Google Earth to see what is recognisable from the past into todays landscape. Some parts seem to register quite well using a combination of key points such as the field system which in places is recognisible. There fore keying in the map as a whole to what you can decipher from it. This makes landscape images interesting. Something in which I want to explore more in my photgraphy to give it more meaning and less cliche. Rather than just the shapes or tones but what the actual landscape is. Therefore how we interact with it and shape ourselves through this.