[OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request

[Dave Foley]

Not that I know of anyway. The website is currently down but I think http://www.histpop.org/ lists the parish alongside the townlands. Obviously a map would be easier to work with though.

Good work on finishing Antrim!

dafo

> From: sroulston at me.com
> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:11:11 +0000
> To: talk-ie at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request
> 
> 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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