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Townland Heat Map

Published by OSM Ireland on 27-Jan-201627-Jan-2016

Rory has added a nice heatmap to the townlands.ie website ( http://www.townlands.ie/page/maps/ ) which changes colour based on when the townland was added to the database. The image below shows the state of play on the 27th January 2016.

Townland Heat Map

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