Nice one! This has been added to the videos section of the site
http://www.openstreetmap.ie/resources/videos/ Dave On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Brian Hollinshead <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Rory > > I contacted the professional archivist (part time) for Offaly COCo, Offaly > Historical and the Earl of Rosse, who asked me give the talk when I showed > OSM while delivering OS maps to the Local Studies Library in the Council. > She has replied as below, so take a bow.. Anyone in a library I have shown > T.ie to has liked it and then when they see the direct links to the census, > they REALLY like it. > > "Hi Brian > Good to hear from you. I have to say I find townlands.ie one of the most > useful websites for my line of work - I use it almost daily even if it's > just to check a list within a particular barony. Today I had to check for a > small parcel of land that the Earls of Rosse inherited in the 18th century > in north offaly (they are south offaly) and located it instantly. So you > can pass on my praise to Rory. Yes I must get some more Irish names on > the map - I might tackle that over the weekend. I haven't yet heard from > your contact who is to collect the Westmeath maps - they are still safe > with me! " > > On 20 May 2016 at 18:34, Rory McCann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi Brian, > > > > It was posted onto reddit[1][2][3] from a presume someone from Offaly > > History, and I saw it there. > > > > Rory > > > > [1] > > > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/IrishHistory/comments/4jqq98/video_community_and_historical_mapping_for_all/ > > [2] > > > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/4jqlzi/video_community_and_historical_mapping_for_all/ > > [3] > > > > > https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/4jqmmz/video_community_and_historical_mapping_for_all/ > > > > > > On 20/05/16 19:13, Brian Hollinshead wrote: > > > Hi Rory > > > > > > Curious how you happened upon this? Dave Corley kindly helped with > > > the live demo which followed. > > > > > > Best wishes > > > > > > On 19 May 2016 at 08:17, Rory McCann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Here's a video of a talk brianh gave introducing OSM to the Offaly > > > Historical & Archaeological Society called "Community and > > > Historical Mapping for All". It's an intro to OSM, but also > > > focussing on the historical things in OSM, as well as our townlands > > > mapping project. > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pxfnD4aQTg > > > > > > > > > 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 v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXP0qVAAoJEOrWdmeZivv2u7oH/3JBBYgPWnwvE4+gUnJTQif5 > > h4mtfFY6grkMc7U6ZlS6waz6DoG0nchdMnZDVw9lWx/xmdKbjK+4NaK//ON44xbN > > h5ihhhYEBupU2QFbd8l6ObpumpWeWSMpeLjL/jWSNDrh60dG15FR0FLMJWpetl/u > > qbdMu7tVgnTnC5iEDOoZVRoSvCgvP8M3zjpWaO5x6ZsGCYR+kspAs4xfonqySAxw > > AaxAPNU12tpxruDrnKJ0LCRPync4X2oleciyqGFczV0D6MJhFCf7HOLPEHwcKbSH > > g9WxVMy1YA8bkC3kM0FVDQmCxRQqbvqNJLT5OQ7AIsFyh04oOo8KPzquyWzNwy0= > > =sR8x > > -----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
