[OSM-talk-ie] Import of Placename Database of Ireland

[Killyfole and District Development Association]

>From the material on their website they have some of the townlands for Co 
Fermanagh, however the locations are wrong.  Is this something we could work 
with them to try and resolve?

PlacenamesNI seem to be in the process of linking to Logainm and vice versa.  
In the what’s new section ( http://www.placenamesni.org/whatsnew.php ) they 
announce the creation of a two-way electronic link-up.  I have tried to 
contact Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín but have been unable to establish any kind 
of communication, I believe he is a very busy person.  However, a few other 
people who have worked on the Placenames Project seem to be very open to the 
idea of working with OSM, especially the ability to display the map in Irish 
language.

On Thursday 04 Jun 2015 13:27:34 Rory McCann wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> Here's a quick map of what's in Logainm: http://imgur.com/RFOP30Q
> 
> As you can see they have a little bit of data for the North, but it's
> nearly entirely "Republic only". Alas.
> 
> Maybe when we import it, we can give them a dump (in their format) of
> townlands (etc) for NI? Or if we please logain, then maybe Placenames
> NI might be encouraged to open some data?
> 
> Rory
> 
> On 04/06/15 00:04, Stephen Roulston wrote:
> > Sounds really great Rory.
> > 
> > Do you know if the Logainm database covers the North? Placenamesni
> > has a fairly comprehensive, but incomplete coverage of the Irish
> > names, but I don't know how easy it would be to access them. KDDA
> > has great contacts in Placenamesni if required.
> > 
> > Stephen