Re: [OSM-talk-ie] New Townlands.ie feature - See who's mapping

2015-01-20 Thread Dave Corley
Fantastic addition Rory As for RSS, I do use it a LOT and have feeds for many OSM related things like notes, new members and changesets within Ireland, all coming to my phone (Feedly + Press) and to my browser (Feedly) so if its handy to do it would be a nice addition, but IMHO only if its very ea

[OSM-talk-ie] New Townlands.ie feature - See who's mapping

2015-01-20 Thread Rory McCann
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Recently I added a new feature to townlands.ie. It is now aware of *when* and *who* maps a townland. You can see it at the bottom of each page. Hence there's a new page, listing mapping activity in the last 7 days: http://www.townland

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request

2015-01-20 Thread Rory McCann
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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 a

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request

2015-01-20 Thread Dave Foley
I've been tagging the townlands with the brackets included, this is based on what others have been mapping. I usually also add a placename in the center of the townland but do not include the (ED FOOBAR) on those. A few more questions if nobody minds: 1. Why do townlands have ARP written underne

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request

2015-01-20 Thread Donal Diamond
Yes - a townland name is unique in each civil parish. The problem you'll see when you get to mapping civil parishes is that EDs started to be used more in the 1901 and 1911 censuses so the paper trail disappears. On the GSGS map you will see Townland FOO (ED BAR) and Townland FOO (ED FOOBAR) t

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request

2015-01-20 Thread Dave Foley
Thanks for that, makes a lot more sense now. I was wondering why they didn't give some name in brackets to distinguish between the 2 townlands, so I guess the map was only concerned with duplicates in the same civil parish? Dafo > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:58:24 + > From: donal.diam...@gmail

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Map sheets

2015-01-20 Thread Donal Diamond
On 19 January 2015 at 22:09, Caroline Lewis wrote: > Hi - I was going to try and start on Co Cork (plus a bit of Kerry) so > could sheet 5/5 SW and 5/3 NE be put up please > thank you > All of IRL-GSGS-3906-05-05 are now uploaded. 3 of them just have 3 temporary placeholder control points so s

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request

2015-01-20 Thread Donal Diamond
On 20 January 2015 at 09:23, Dave Foley wrote: > Thanks for that Donal, I am looking for the 29-17 sheets as well if > possible. > Regarding the townland in a separate civil parish, would it not > technically be the same townland just with internal borders? Sorry for > being pedantic and possibly

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request

2015-01-20 Thread Dave Foley
Thanks for that Donal, I am looking for the 29-17 sheets as well if possible. Regarding the townland in a separate civil parish, would it not technically be the same townland just with internal borders? Sorry for being pedantic and possibly this was already discussed but I just want to be sure.