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c2R wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 12:28
I went into a number of new and second hand bookshops in Dublin yesterday, but came away with zero maps Where are they all hiding!
OS Ireland maps definitely haven't survived anywhere near as well as their OSGB counterparts. Each map we have on SABRE Maps is definitely a hard-won trophy.
I wonder if it's something to do with the different paper they were printed on?
It's very possible, and that I guess many are sold with paper covers rather than card covers at a slightly lower price point, so perhaps they've considered to be more disposable?
Interestingly, as an aisde, Easons did have a large selection of brand new maps, and an interesting mix of current and previous editions of many of the sheets - but no discount for the older versions (I did ask!)
c2R wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 12:28
I went into a number of new and second hand bookshops in Dublin yesterday, but came away with zero maps Where are they all hiding!
OS Ireland maps definitely haven't survived anywhere near as well as their OSGB counterparts. Each map we have on SABRE Maps is definitely a hard-won trophy.
I wonder if it's something to do with the different paper they were printed on?
It's very possible, and that I guess many are sold with paper covers rather than card covers at a slightly lower price point, so perhaps they've considered to be more disposable?
Interestingly, as an aisde, Easons did have a large selection of brand new maps, and an interesting mix of current and previous editions of many of the sheets - but no discount for the older versions (I did ask!)
....took a trip up to Belfast today and got a 1:50k First series of sheet 26, in a nice plastic pocket, which looks to come out of copyright in ten years time....
And to go along with all the OSGB sheets that have gone live today from 1949, there's a single OSNI sheet:
* Sheet 6 (East Tyrone) Revision 3284
This was a complete nightmare to scan flat - OSNI cloth sheets seem to have been printed on much thicker material than their OSGB counterparts, which is really wierd as OSGB did all the OSNI printing! Which does of course add to the mystery of why Irish OS maps (of both flavours) don't seem to have survived as well as OSGB sheets.
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In with all the GB maps uploaded today to the One Inch 1947 layer is one of the OSI Third Edition sheets from County Cork, Sheet 192 (Glengarrif).
It looks incredibly old-fashioned alongside the OSGB (and OSNI) One Inch sheet of the time, and for good reason - it's originally from the pre-independance days, with the revision code of "6.06 9.07" which indicates it's from 1907, but the publication date is from 1947, showing that probably not a lot changed in 40 years in this corner of Ireland!
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Steven wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 13:25
In with all the GB maps uploaded today to the One Inch 1947 layer is one of the OSI Third Edition sheets from County Cork, Sheet 192 (Glengarrif).
It looks incredibly old-fashioned alongside the OSGB (and OSNI) One Inch sheet of the time, and for good reason - it's originally from the pre-independance days, with the revision code of "6.06 9.07" which indicates it's from 1907, but the publication date is from 1947, showing that probably not a lot changed in 40 years in this corner of Ireland!
Oh wow, 40 years is a long time without doing a major revision to a map. Will definitely have a look at this one
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Steven wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 13:25
In with all the GB maps uploaded today to the One Inch 1947 layer is one of the OSI Third Edition sheets from County Cork, Sheet 192 (Glengarrif).
It looks incredibly old-fashioned alongside the OSGB (and OSNI) One Inch sheet of the time, and for good reason - it's originally from the pre-independance days, with the revision code of "6.06 9.07" which indicates it's from 1907, but the publication date is from 1947, showing that probably not a lot changed in 40 years in this corner of Ireland!
Oh wow, 40 years is a long time without doing a major revision to a map. Will definitely have a look at this one
While the urban areas were updated, post independence the outlying country areas were not comprehensively updated.
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bothar wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 23:46
While the urban areas were updated, post independence the outlying country areas were not comprehensively updated.
That's very true - OSI just didn't seem to be very interested in the One Inch scale; and their primary mapping series was the Half Inch - which is why there's a lot more of Ireland available at that scale! Half Inch sheets saw a lot more development in style and changes too until you get to the later One Inch District sheets.
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Where are they all hiding!
