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 Post subject: Geo Data - Ireland
PostPosted: 11 Jan 2011 13:07 
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Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) offers an online map viewer:

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/

Several zoom levels, down to street level. Also includes ortho imagery.

You can take screenshots but have to geo-reference them manually. Diagonal corner georeferencing will suffice. Cursor coordinates are shown in the status overlay at the lower left corner. The coordinate system is the new Irish Transverse Mercator.


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 Post subject: Re: Geo Data - Ireland
PostPosted: 12 Jan 2012 09:27 
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A while back I figured out a way of getting on to the ESRI WMS server which allowed direct importation of Irish maps per the WMS method. Unfortunately, when I tried to use it a couple of days ago the service no longer seemed to work. Visiting the ESRI site I could not find any reference or links to directly access the web maps, the whole site seems to have gone up-market and orientated toward business users. I'll keep trying and report back if I stumble on a solution. Failing that, the Irish OS as noted above is still available and Open Street Irish coverage seems better than it used to be, too.


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 Post subject: Re: Geo Data - Ireland
PostPosted: 23 Feb 2012 12:44 
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There are some maps of Ireland now at http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/. These are hosted by the National Library of Scotland (NLS) and they are compatible with Map Tile de-facto standards.

The same instructions apply as for "Historic UK":

Copy the following code section into a text editor, save as an xml file and import into TransDEM with the Map Tile Client / Settings.

There are 2 tile types configured:
"Map" for "Bartholomew - Ireland - Quarter Inch to the mile, 1940". 1:250,000. Maximum zoom level 13.
"Other 1" for "British War Office - Ireland - One Inch to the mile, 1941-43 - (G.S.G.S. 4136)". 1:63,000, Maximum zoom level 15.

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>

<TileServer version="1.0" >
  <Provider name="9 Historic Ireland" >
    <URL addr="http://geo.nls.uk" prefix="maps/ireland/bartholomew" postfix=".png" standalone="1" type="1" >
      <Matrix prefixClm="/" prefixRow="/" prefixZoom="/" minZoom="1" maxZoom="18" order="2" />
      <Mercator origLat="-90" origLon="-180" signLat="1" signLon="1" projection="4" />
    </URL>
    <URL addr="http://geo.nls.uk" prefix="maps/ireland/gsgs4136" postfix=".png" standalone="1" type="4" >
      <Matrix prefixClm="/" prefixRow="/" prefixZoom="/" minZoom="1" maxZoom="18" order="2" />
      <Mercator origLat="-90" origLon="-180" signLat="1" signLon="1" projection="4" />
    </URL>
  </Provider>
</TileServer>


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 Post subject: Re: Geo Data - Ireland
PostPosted: 25 Feb 2012 20:46 
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OK Thanks for setting that all up for me. I can display the maps in the tile server. Now I need to read the next bit of the tutorial on how to get it into Trainz :)


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 Post subject: Re: Geo Data - Ireland
PostPosted: 03 Jul 2013 13:35 
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Hello Phil.

Sorry to bump an old thread but I was hoping to start a new project based in Ireland and I've discovered that there appears to be no opensource geodata available anymore. I tried the NLS and OSI sites. The NLS had no data and the OSI is pay to use.

Are you aware of any other sources of free geodata?

Regards,
Innis


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 Post subject: Re: Geo Data - Ireland
PostPosted: 03 Jul 2013 16:05 
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Has there ever been free geo data?


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 Post subject: Re: Geo Data - Ireland
PostPosted: 03 Jul 2013 17:11 
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Not sure if there has been. I was hoping that the same types of data would be available from OSI as from OS UK. If not, it doesn't matter. Thanks.


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 Post subject: Re: Geo Data - Ireland
PostPosted: 03 Jul 2013 17:11 
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G'day geophil,

...there most certainly was, Roland...

G'day PFX72,

...you might find this site still useful...

http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,715316,828308,3,10

...although it does take a little extra work on your part, Innis, to georeference the data (and crop the maps)...

Jerker {:)}


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 Post subject: Re: Geo Data - Ireland
PostPosted: 04 Jul 2013 10:16 
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Hi Jerker.

That's most useful. I may be back asking for help! Just so I'm clear in my own mind, this will mean I can take the data from the OSI site and apply it as a texture to a flat baseboard only. There is no DEM data that goes with this?

Cheers.


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 Post subject: Re: Geo Data - Ireland
PostPosted: 04 Jul 2013 21:09 
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But that's the same data source I opened this thread with, isn't it? It's the screenshot method, though, a small bit of extra work georeferencing yourself. Not the fancy ready to use downloads you'll find for some other countries. But I think it was for those maps that I added the new Irish Transverse Mercator grid to TransDEM.


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