graham

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• Oct 12, 2010

• #1

Does anyone know where IOS maps can be found online? I need them to have a grid.

 

Penguin

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• Oct 12, 2010

• #2

OSI map viewer

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

Very useful resource! 

 

graham

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• Oct 12, 2010

• #3

Thanks, that's very useful. Do you know of a gridded version? The point indicator is fine, but I need to define areas as well as points.

 

Penguin

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• Oct 12, 2010

• #4

You can get the 1:50000 scale mapping which has the Irish grid on it.  I don't think it is possible to layer it on the photography or smaller scale mapping.

 

graham

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• Oct 13, 2010

• #5

Doesn't look like it is, no. I can use this, but if you ever come across a higher resolution version, I'd be pleased to hear about it.

 

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complex

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• Oct 13, 2010

• #6

For some unknown reason, a grid magically appears on those on-line maps if you select the 'wind report' option. It also displays everything with a yellow tint, so it might not be what you are looking for. No, I don't know what the 'wind report' option is supposed to do ...

 

Penguin

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• Oct 13, 2010

• #7

I just had another look at it seems that the 1:50000 series mapping is no longer available except through the 'wind map' layer.  Which is a little annoying. 

 

graham

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• Oct 13, 2010

• #8

I don't understand the "wind" thing either, but for my purposes you can pick up a perfectly good screen grab to deal with a 3 km x 2 km area from it. It's the 1:50000 map as far as I can tell, but in a strange shade of yellow.

Still, the person whose presentation I was doing it for seemed pleased.

 

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SpeleoTrog

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• Oct 13, 2010

• #9

What scale do you need Graham?

Mapyx Quo is a free download and has free Ireland maps available as well as the option to buy specific areas at 1:50000

 

graham

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• Oct 13, 2010

• #10

1:50000 at a decent resolution is about the minimum for what I am doing. OSGB has a reasonable map as open source now at that level.

 

Duncan

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• Oct 14, 2010

• #11

complex said:

For some unknown reason, a grid magically appears on those on-line maps if you select the 'wind report' option. It also displays everything with a yellow tint, so it might not be what you are looking for. No, I don't know what the 'wind report' option is supposed to do ...

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graham said:

I don't understand the "wind" thing either, but for my purposes you can pick up a perfectly good screen grab to deal with a 3 km x 2 km area from it. It's the 1:50000 map as far as I can tell, but in a strange shade of yellow.

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Click on 'LEGEND' in the menu top right (where it says 'BUY MAP') and all is explained. The map is coloured to indicate mean wind speed, which appears to be pretty close to 8ms-1 for most of the country; pan over to the west coast and there are some red bits!