[OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request

[Rory McCann]

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Hi Stephen,

Yes as far as I know, baronies are totally made up of townlands.

Rory

On 23/01/15 02:00, Stephen Roulston wrote:
> Thanks for the info on the Barony maps Rory. I will certainly have
> a go at the Antrim one. Do Barony boundaries coincide with townland
> boundaries?
> 
> Stephen
> 
>> On 20 Jan 2015, at 20:34, Rory McCann <rory at technomancy.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>> On 20/01/15 20:35, Dave Foley wrote: A few more questions if
>>>> nobody minds:
> 
>>>> 1. Why do townlands have ARP written underneath them?
> 
> ARP = Acres, Roods and Perches, an imperial unit of measurement
> that's not used anymore. Those numbers tell you the area of the
> townland. townlands.ie shows the area of townlands in many units,
> including "ARP".
> 
> I find the area helpful when mapping, you can tell if it's a big 
> townland or small one, which can help you find the border.
> 
>>>> 2. How are people mapping EDs currently? I can see some ED 
>>>> boundaries but I find it hard enough even to see townland 
>>>> boundaries without trying to work out EDs. I don't see any
>>>> names either. 3. I've seen some low-res maps for baronies,
>>>> are there any other maps for this? 4. Are there maps for
>>>> Civil Parishes?
> 
> One way (which I haven't tried much) is to use indexes and match it
> up by townlands. So if you know that ED X is made up of townland A,
> B and C, you can map it that way.
> 
> There are some barony maps available here: 
> http://mapwarper.net/maps/tag/barony
> 
> Rory
> 
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