> >> A discovery map is a map developed from the Ordnance Surveys done of >> Ireland, England, etc. >> The last ones available seem to have been done from the 1988 survey. >> You can get them in various levels covering say all of Ireland, or >> just the portion of the county you are interested in. >> They are quite detailed, showing roads, communities, lakes, rivers, >> topography, etc. The ordanance survey maps I personally have used >> have been extremely helpful in understanding an area and finding the >> locations down to the townland and in some cases even the houses in >> that particular area. The ones I have used lack a coordinate system >> indexed so that you can find a particular place name and that >> requires going to other sources such as Parish maps and from that >> townland maps and also regular indexed road type maps. >> I highly recommend using them for genealogy work! >> Here is what Amazon.com has to offer, maybe that will help better >> than my words. >> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books-uk&field-author=Ordnance%20Survey/026-8091310-2675656 >> >> Norm >> >> nortonpj@pacbell.net wrote: >> >>> Would someone out there please tell me what a "Discovery" map is and >>> where I might locate them. I see these numbered maps being >>> mentioned on >>> the Cork site and have no idea what the author is referring to. They >>> sound like something I could really use. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> J. Norton >>> >>> >>> ==== IRL-CORK Mailing List ==== >>> RootsWeb, a user-supported enterprise http://www.rootsweb.com >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>> records, go to: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >> >> > >