Try Google Earth! On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Geralyn Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > Marie, if you are also interested in viewing the area in greater detail > possible than on the paper Discovery map, the Ordnance Survey of Ireland > (OSI) website is very useful. Here is a link centered on Castletown: > > http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,544682,630631,4,10 > > Toggle the different map series at the right to see different types of > maps. The historic 6", ortho (aerial views - 2000 and 2005 are best) and > street map are all useful for genealogy purposes. > > Pan and zoom with the controls at the upper right. Also look at the > "Legend", which tells you what kinds of boundaries are represented by what > lines on the map (for the historic 6"). As you zoom in, the maps change, and > there are more townland names included. > > You can see the townland boundaries on the historic 6" maps (unlike on the > Discovery Series) - very useful for genelaogy. I use these all the time. > > Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon > > On 2/22/2011 11:48 AM, Marie Goforth-Allen wrote: > > I want a Discovery Map that covers the area in and around Castletown > (Corcomohide). I ordered #72 and it was the wrong map. > > Please advise me. > > > > Marie > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >