If you use www.osi.ie (or google osi.ie) and look for a certain place not only will you see the map of today but then click on historic 6 (I think) and you will see a map of the area exactly as it was in the 1840's. Slán, Kevin. My Irish ancestry research blog. http://kevsirishresearch.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: Karen W <news4kaz@gotalk.net.au> To: irl-monaghan@rootsweb.com; irl-tipperary@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 12:08:11 Subject: [IRL-TIP] Google maps I have just noticed something when searching Google maps.  Maybe this has been on there a while or someone has posted about it (apologies if you have).  When you put in a place in Ireland that is also a Townland, it gives a dotted outline of the Townland. for Co Monaghan I was searching for my ancestors place of origin: Killydreen & for Co Tipperary - Gaulross Cheers, Karen. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tipperary Queries http://pub14.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=1200795777&frmid=84&cmd=show ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-TIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here's the Link that Kevin mentioned: http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,591271,743300,0,10 Kevin Mccormack wrote: If you use www.osi.ie (or google osi.ie) and look for a certain place not only will you see the map of today but then click on historic 6 (I think) and you will see a map of the area exactly as it was in the 1840's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karen W wrote: I have just noticed something when searching Google maps. Maybe this has been on there a while or someone has posted about it (apologies if you have). When you put in a place in Ireland that is also a Townland, it gives a dotted outline of the Townland.

The townland outlines on Google maps are only roughly approximate. I would not rely on them for exact boundaries but would instead consult the Ordnance Survey maps at http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer, as Kevin recommended. The historic maps there are much more detailed and even show individual fields, lines of trees, named houses, etc. At the OSI website, the historic 6" maps are the older OSI maps, and the historic 25" are from the early 1900s. The default is the (modern) Street Map (beta), which does not show townland boundaries. You can toggle between the different map versions using the "Preview Map Series" box on the screen - just click on the box in front of an option. Each map can look quite different at different levels of magnification, so I suggest you try zooming in and out, either using the slider bar or by clicking on the zoom buttons in the "Menu" box, then on the point you want to magnify. Clicking on "Pan" then allows you to move around on the map. To search for a townland at the OSI website, click on "Search" (in the "Menu" box), which brings up a search box. I then recommend that you not type in the townland there, since you must get the spelling exactly as it appears - not an easy task! What I do is select to search "By County", choose the county from the pull-down menu, then choose a townland from the new pull-down menu for townlands. The official Ordnance Survey spelling of a townland might differ from the spelling you know, so look up and down the townland list until you find something close. Some place names are common throughout Ireland (e.g. Clonbeg, Clonmore), and you might find more than one townland with the same name even within the same county. So you will have to look through them to figure out which one you want. Hope this helps someone.... Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon, USA On 2/28/2012 5:06 AM, Kevin Mccormack wrote: > If you use www.osi.ie (or google osi.ie) and look for a certain place not only will you see the map of today but then click on historic 6 (I think) and you will see a map of the area exactly as it was in the 1840's. > > Slán, Kevin. > > My Irish ancestry research blog. > http://kevsirishresearch.blogspot.com/ > > > ________________________________ > From: Karen W<news4kaz@gotalk.net.au> > To: irl-monaghan@rootsweb.com; irl-tipperary@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 12:08:11 > Subject: [IRL-TIP] Google maps > > I have just noticed something when searching Google maps. Maybe this has > been on there a while or someone has posted about it (apologies if you > have). When you put in a place in Ireland that is also a Townland, it gives > a dotted outline of the Townland. > > > for Co Monaghan I was searching for my ancestors place of origin: > Killydreen > > & for Co Tipperary - Gaulross > > > Cheers, > > Karen. > >

Thank-you Kevin, I am sure I have looked at this site before but didn't know how go between the historic map and the modern one. How fantastic! It's similar to the one on the griffiths valuations website how you can slide between the two. It's still pretty cool that Google have added townlands to their maps. cheers, Karen. From: Kevin Mccormack [mailto:thatsgrandso@yahoo.ie] Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 11:07 PM To: irl-tipperary@rootsweb.com; news4kaz@gotalk.net.au Subject: Re: [IRL-TIP] Google maps If you use www.osi.ie (or google osi.ie) and look for a certain place not only will you see the map of today but then click on historic 6 (I think) and you will see a map of the area exactly as it was in the 1840's. Slán, Kevin. My Irish ancestry research blog. http://kevsirishresearch.blogspot.com/ From: Karen W <news4kaz@gotalk.net.au> To: irl-monaghan@rootsweb.com; irl-tipperary@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 12:08:11 Subject: [IRL-TIP] Google maps I have just noticed something when searching Google maps. Maybe this has been on there a while or someone has posted about it (apologies if you have). When you put in a place in Ireland that is also a Townland, it gives a dotted outline of the Townland. for Co Monaghan I was searching for my ancestors place of origin: Killydreen & for Co Tipperary - Gaulross Cheers, Karen. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tipperary Queries http://pub14.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=1200795777 <http://pub14.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=1200795777&frmid=84 &cmd=show> &frmid=84&cmd=show ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-TIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message