[OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request

[Stephen Roulston]

Thanks Dafo. 

Are there any maps of parishes available, do you know?

Stephen

> On 24 Jan 2015, at 19:52, Dave Foley <dafo43 at outlook.ie> wrote:
> 
> According to Wikipedia: The civil parishes were originally subdivisions of baronies, each in turn a collection of townlands.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barony_(Ireland)
> 
> It also says the boundaries haven't changed much since 1898 so the townlands that have been mapped should be accurate for making up the boundaries. 
> 
> Based on what I read I will assume changes to the county boundaries such as Wicklow being extended into Dublin did not also change the barony boundary.
> 
> Dafo
> 
>> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 17:52:17 +0100
>> From: rory at technomancy.org
>> To: talk-ie at openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request
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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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