[OSM-talk-ie] Talk-ie Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1
Caroline Lewis
carolinelewis at eircom.net
Sun Jan 10 11:51:33 UTC 2016
They all sound very useful sources of information
It would be a pity not to do something with them
btw i haven’t had time to do mapping for some months now due to work commitments/overload but I hope to get back to co cork next week :)
> On 10 Jan 2016, at 11:15, Brian Hollinshead <brian at hollinshead.net> wrote:
>
> Following a deafening non-response to last my last week's mail I badly need
> advice from as many of you as possible as to how I distribute or dispose of
> about 270 paper OS sheets of County Meath, all except 10 of these were
> published prior to 1965 and so are considered out of copyright. Ciaran had
> posted a list of c.1200 maps last july which caused no response but I
> recently received a futher donation 39 maps for Meath.
>
> *Please I really would welcome some sort of voiced consensus or even near
> consensus as long as it is voiced*.
>
> Are these a useful source of data (new data or for correcting typos
> unreadable from GSGS sheets)?
>
> Does anybody want to use them as paper sheets with Bing to add still
> existing burial places etc?
>
> There are 84 6", 193 1:2500 and 2 1:1250 and a townplan of 'Innfield'
> dating from 1943.
>
> Does anyone think we should somehow scan the townplan maps with a view to
> at some later date add them to a maps.openstreetmap.ie layer as we have the
> Barthomelew etc?
>
> Does anybody want to take some to wring them dry of data useful to add to
> OSM and then either keep the sheet personally or pass it on to their local
> studies group at their local library?.
>
> OR DO I PUT THEM ALL IN THE CAR *NEXT SATURDAY *AND HAND THEM ALL OVER TO
> MEATH COUNTY COUNCIL Local studies section?
>
> Please post your relies here whether or not you also wish to air the matter
> on facebook or Twitter?
>
> Enquires also sought re maps of 22 other counties (excluding the special
> case of Dublin for the time being.)
>
> Apologies if I sound frustrated but would rather not make a decision on my
> own. So please share your opinion now before it is too late.
>
> Thank you
>
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>> 1. Re: Talk-ie Digest, Vol 79, Issue 10 (Brian Hollinshead)
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>> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 10:52:20 +0000
>> From: Brian Hollinshead <brian at hollinshead.net>
>> To: talk-ie at openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Talk-ie Digest, Vol 79, Issue 10
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>> Out of Copyright OS map paper sheets for OSM use, see Talk-ie Digest, Vol
>> 79, Issue 10
>>
>> Thanks to JMKIE and Dafo43 the OOC maps for Kildare and Wicklow have been
>> handed over or bespoken.
>>
>> Meath, Tipperary and Westmeath are the ones I am most interested in next
>> being invited to share but will be delighted to be asked about any other
>> counties.
>>
>> As these maps are a wonderful resource for us I look forward to hearing
>> from lots of you please.
>>
>> Brian
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>> On 31 December 2015 at 12:00, <talk-ie-request at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
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>>> 1. Re: Uploaded all the remaining GSGS3906 sheets to mapwarper
>>> for rectification (Dave Corley)
>>> 2. Out of Copyright OS map paper sheets for OSM use
>>> (Brian Hollinshead)
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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:13:20 +0000
>>> From: Dave Corley <davecorley at gmail.com>
>>> To: Discussion of OpenStreetMap in Ireland <talk-ie at openstreetmap.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Uploaded all the remaining GSGS3906 sheets
>>> to mapwarper for rectification
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>>> Nice one Donal, thanks.
>>>
>>> I did a few yesterday and will do a few more today.
>>>
>>> There's 17 sheets left to do to get to 100% coverage as far as I can make
>>> out. I'll probably finish the sheets in Cork & Kerry today, leaving just
>>> those around Mayo & Sligo
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Donal Diamond <donal.diamond at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've uploaded any remaining sheets to mapwarper. Let me know if I
>> missed
>>>> any as I wont be able to upload any until the new year,
>>>>
>>>> Our layer is now showing 675 maps with 636 maps rectified (94%).
>>>>
>>>> While some of the sheets may only have 3-4 placeholder control points,
>> it
>>>> would be great if we could end 2015 with 100% map sheet coverage of
>>>> Ireland. Think we can do it?
>>>>
>>>> http://mapwarper.net/layers/101
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>>> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:37:25 +0000
>>> From: Brian Hollinshead <brian at hollinshead.net>
>>> To: talk-ie at openstreetmap.org
>>> Subject: [OSM-talk-ie] Out of Copyright OS map paper sheets for OSM
>>> use
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>>> Over recent years I have received various donations of out of copyright
>> OS
>>> sheets 6 inch, 1:2500 and 1:1250 for OSM use. Last June Ciaran posted a
>>> list here
>>>
>> https://onedrive.live.com/?id=85B8D34D71603DA%21105&cid=085B8D34D71603DA
>>>
>>> The 6 inch have much better clarity than the GSGS scans being added to
>> the
>>> JOSM background layers while the 1:2500 are even more legible for towns
>> and
>>> cities.They can be used for confirming doubtful spellings of names for
>>> crossroads, bridges etc and for adding more names as well as Burial
>> ground
>>> outlines (where the Bing imagery shows they still exist.) Wexford and
>>> Dublin now have over 170 each.
>>>
>>> The plan being that unless we could get them scanned for sharing,
>>> interested mappers in a county could get the sheets and then when they
>> had
>>> squeezed them dry of detail, they would pass them on to the Local Studies
>>> Sections in their County Library service. Who so far have been delighted
>> at
>>> the prospect of having them available for public viewing.
>>>
>>> Recently I received another donation of several hundred and am
>> embarrassed
>>> for space and so am looking for more interested mappers to please contact
>>> me forthwith at brian(at)hollinshead(dot)net. I now have some for most of
>>> the 26 counties. Wexford, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Clare and Sligo have
>>> been taken or are bespoken,
>>>
>>> I have a particular interest in passing on Meath and Wicklow but all
>>> inquiries most welcome. In the meantime I plan on sharing duplicate
>> sheets
>>> and those still in copyright directly to various libraries as best I can.
>>>
>>> Kilkenny mappers please note I have scans of about a dozen six inch
>> sheets
>>> for sharing. Would be delighted to hear from any of you with FOC access
>> to
>>> a scanner capable of a six inch sheet (100 x 70cm).
>>>
>>> My thanks to those who have already taken some of the maps and wishing
>> all
>>> you OSM mappers a happy and healthy New Year.
>>>
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