Thanks Dafo. I rectified the Antrim Baronies map this evening but am still scratching my head as to how to get it into JOSM. I thought I had it but it comes up as red with the word ERROR across it. Do you have to wait for a while after rectifying?
I also tried downloading, but was not able to work out what to do with that either. Stephen > On 25 Jan 2015, at 22:39, Dave Foley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not that I know of anyway. The website is currently down but I think > http://www.histpop.org/ lists the parish alongside the townlands. Obviously a > map would be easier to work with though. > > Good work on finishing Antrim! > > dafo > >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:11:11 +0000 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] FW: Sheet request >> >> Thanks Dafo. >> >> Are there any maps of parishes available, do you know? >> >> Stephen >> >>> On 24 Jan 2015, at 19:52, Dave Foley <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> 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 <[email protected]> >>>>>> 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 [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing >>>>> list [email protected] >>>>> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-ie mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ie mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
