[OSM-talk-ie] Talk-ie Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1
Dave Foley
davefoley at hotmail.com
Sun Jan 10 13:08:28 UTC 2016
I'd be in favour of scanning and rectifying as much as possible. It may take some time to do but it would be a great resource to have for the future.
Dafo
> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 11:15:15 +0000
> From: brian at hollinshead.net
> To: talk-ie at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Talk-ie Digest, Vol 80, Issue 1
>
> 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.
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> > Brian
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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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Donal
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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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