quick draft below, comments welcome. ################################################### Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to you with regard to requesting information about the borders of military lands in Ireland. I am involved in a mapping project called Open Street Map, which is in the process of building a freely distributable and editable map of the world. We have a rather complete map of much of Ireland, with urban areas and most national and regional roads covered. The projest has proven to be rather popular amongst hillwalkers, as we are including tracks and paths that may not be available on other maps. It is with this in mind that I am asking about the availability of information on the borders of military lands. Having grown up in the glen of imaal, I am rather familiar with the artiliary range there and I am aware that the border has changed on a number of occasions over the l ast number of years. We do have the range marked on our map, but unfortunately the accuracy of the border is questionable at best. The same is true of many military facilities in this country. In the interests of both the safety of hillwalkers using our map, and the completedness of our map, I am asking if the departmant of defence would be able to supply us with boundry information. We are unable to use any data from the Ordnance Survey of Ireland for copyright reasons, as our map and data are being disrtibuted freely. If you would be able to help us, it would be greatly appreciated by ourselves in Open Street Map and the many users of our maps. Yours Sincerely Larry O'Neill OSM bla bla bla ################################################### Sounds good? L _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
