[OSM-talk-ie] Talk-ie Digest, Vol 66, Issue 1

[PJ Naughter]

I count that list as 29 counties. What about the other three, including Wexford?<ggg>. It's getting there. Just 2% or so left to map by myself. Plan to have it done by Christmas.

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PJ Naughter [Visual C++ MVP]

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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 03:59:34 +0000
From: Dave Corley <davecorley at gmail.com>
To: Discussion of Open Streetmap in Ireland
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Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Townland Mapping in Ireland (an update)
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Hi all,

As most of you on this list might have guessed, given the amount of townland mapping related mails floating about, the response to this project has been, in a word, fantastic!

In my original mail below you can see I mentioned that based on the progress at the time of sending, that we were on track to take 11 years to finish....in 2025. I can happily report that based on the amount of people recently pitching in with this project that the eta for completion is now down to approx....

18 months!!

This is due to the fact that with a load of people chipping in,  we are now adding just shy of 100 townlands a day to OSM. It just goes to show that the old adage of "many hands make light work" holds true. In terms of round numbers, we broke 12,000 yesterday so we are 20% of the way there.

Some other townland related news:

- Donal (IrlJidel) has set up a new map showing the current coverage of townlands for the country. This map now receives hourly updates (roughly 8 mins past the hour). It also shows the county, barony & civil parish boundaries that have been added. You can view this here - http://dev3.openstreetmap.ie/osm/slippymap.html

- Some good news on the GSI sheets, there is a possibility of a set of replacements for those in the works. Cormac (Boggedy) is in contact with a library in England that may be able to supply fresh scans that we can use to replace those GSI sheets as they are simply too difficult for most people to use due to their quality. More news on this once there's something to report.

- The FAQ has been updated with many questions which have come up here and in IRC so take a look there if you have any questions, it may already be answered for you.

- I'm planning a refresh of some of the content of the videos based on feedback and pointers I've received. Don't worry if you have already watched them, or were planning to, I will release a separate video with all the updated bits collected together so you won't need to go back and watch them again. Most of the updates relate to a bit of fine tuning or slight corrections/improvements to the instruction so overall there will be no huge changes

Finally, to give you some idea of where there is activity, below is a list of all counties broken into 3 groups, completed, in progress and not being mapped. This is purely to show that while we've had a great response, there are still a lot of areas that some attention, so if there is anybody out there thinking about joining in, don't worry, it's really not that complicated once you get going.

== Completed ==

Carlow
Longford
Fermanagh

== In Progress ==

Antrim
Cavan
Clare
Donegal
Dublin
Galway
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
Tyrone
Westmeath (this is being mapped at an extraordinary rate) Wicklow

== Not Being Mapped ==

Armagh
Cork
Derry
Down
Kerry
Kilkenny
Laois
Limerick
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
Tipperary
Waterford

Thanks,
Dave