Thanks Dafo. Are there any maps of parishes available, do you know?
Stephen > On 24 Jan 2015, at 19:52, Dave Foley <daf...@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: r...@technomancy.org >> To: talk-ie@openstreetmap.org >> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> 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 <r...@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 >>> >>> >>>> _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing >>>> list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie >>> >>> _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing >>> list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1 >> >> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUw829AAoJEOrWdmeZivv25xYH/1KfLS9EG5B8pGEjPV4FMLVm >> R16DMLjI+k2U3VWxwqb9YXeQKrZP9TUmPRgAAtlhFjYgbqGJEgUaOWNPIJt1t96I >> nJPxar8a5r4/mjjhYNFB7Qg+7btG3+sWjjRCQKcknBUpzqe3IxUfKiQBRAFvLrR9 >> BybJ9kfWkB5SvXzsV8EUEHsqnxNwy0eR7aMBJ4FFSTgGAiQa2B9nwfeCn3CPk1pj >> C5lKY0NiO0J2N4qyVIVs9l/dXCcOX6f/IyT94tf3wKIgoFVTLmau5ySDe43f/1Rc >> HyJuVDf8lx0tN95UIb4D2wSascVjSsDZ1ey6l7dUojra4quo40dqQZ7E8CPK98A= >> =KRQY >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ie mailing list >> Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie