[OSM-talk-ie] Civil Parish and Barony Map Sheets

[Donal Diamond]

I've also added the following OSMIE layers to  josm list:

Barony, Civil Parish, ED, Townland, Political (shows LEAs).

These are updated hourly and are the same layers you can see at
http://dev3.openstreetmap.ie/osm/slippymap.html

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On 17 February 2015 at 11:59, Donal Diamond <donal.diamond at gmail.com> wrote:

> I see people have rectified about 10 of the nuig sheets so far.
>
> I've been adding them to the JOSM imagery list as I spot them.
>
> If you can't wait, adding the sheets to josm can be done self-service on
> josm wiki:
>   https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Maps/Ireland
>
> I've also added them to the map viewer webpage at:
>   http://maps.openstreetmap.ie/civilparish_barony.html
>
>
> Donal
>
>
>
> On 11 February 2015 at 00:24, Dave Corley <davecorley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is fantastic news, nice work Brian &  Donal.
>> On 11 Feb 2015 00:30, "Donal Diamond" <donal.diamond at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Good news!
>> >
>> > I went hunting for map sheets that show Civil Parish boundaries and
>> found a
>> > new source at NUIG.
>> >
>> > Brian Hollinshead (brianh) kindly liased with the James Hardiman
>> Library,
>> > National University of Ireland, Galway and got permission for use of map
>> > sheets for OSM use.
>> >
>> > http://archives.library.nuigalway.ie/memorial/memorial-atlas.html
>> >
>> > I've uploaded some of the sheets to mapwarper here:
>> >
>> > http://mapwarper.net/maps/tag/Memorial%20Atlas%20of%20Ireland
>> >
>> > And I've started a map viewer where u can overlay townlands, civil
>> parishes
>> > and baronies at:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://maps.openstreetmap.ie/civilparish_barony.html?zoom=9&lat=52.61135&lon=-7.97937&layers=BFTTFFFF
>> >
>> > Carlow is also available in Josm imagery list.
>> >
>> > The Civil parish boundaries on the map sheets correspond to our townland
>> > boundaries quite well but I have found the odd error.  So use the
>> sheets as
>> > a starting point to identify what townlands are in what civil parish.
>> >
>> > If in doubt, refer to the 1901 townland index and 1911 supplements on
>> > histpop:
>> >  1901:  http://url.ie/y5tl              (don't forget to check errata
>> as
>> > well)
>> >  1911:  http://url.ie/y5tm
>> >
>> > You can also look at townland lists for each civil parish at:
>> >   http://www.irishancestors.ie/search/townlands/parish_index.php
>> >
>> > This database has lists from 1901  which would be preferable than using
>> the
>> > db at seanrua which is based off 1830s index.
>> >
>> > Even if you have already finished mapping baronies and civil parishes in
>> > your county, please consider warping the sheet for us. Please able to
>> > return a fully rectified set of sheets to NUIG is a fair exchange for
>> them
>> > making them available to us.
>> >
>> > Enjoy!
>> >
>> > Donal
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