Overview OpenStreetMap Ireland identified a need for a map of Ireland showing place names in the Irish language (Gaeilge) and to encourage more Irish language additions to OpenStreetMap (OSM). Some other mapping services show only town names in Irish when Irish is set as the preferred language in the web Read more…
Mapper b-unicycling has had an article published about her discoveries in the Anglo Celt: An “armchair archaeologist” has literally put ancient Cavan crannógs on the map. Anne-Karoline Distel has discovered three previously unrecorded crannógs, which have been confirmed by the National Monuments Service. The historic structures are located in Parisee Read more…
For some fun this Christmas we would like to tag as many public Christmas trees as possible. Add the trees in your local area using the tags: In JOSM that might look like: The trees can be visualised on Overpass Turbo Instruction video for adding Christmas Trees using the OSMAnd Read more…
Prolific mapper b-unicycling has recently been acknowledged in the Kilkenny People for her discoveries of previously unrecorded crannogs. Anne-Karoline Distel discovered the crannogs while mapping the County Cavan task, reporting them to the National Monuments Service. This discovery adds to her previous finds of enclosures in County Tipperary in May Read more…
For November 2022 our ‘Map & Chat’ will focus on a few unmapped patches in Manorcunningham and around Galliagh in Derry. When these areas are completed we should have 100% building coverage for County Donegal and Derry City. Newcomers are always welcome to our ‘Map & Chat’ online events as Read more…
OpenStreetMap Ireland hold monthly online meetups to chat and map various places. For October we plan on doing a small project of mapping the seaside village of Ballywalter in County Down. The aim is to demonstrate how to get started contributing to OpenStreetMap so newcomers are welcome. The online meetup Read more…
OpenStreetMap Ireland are happy to be working with OSMUK board who have set their quarterly target to map buildings in the north. A new mission/task has been created on the OSM Ireland Task Server to keep mapping coordinated. The City of Derry/Londonderry sits on the river Foyle, only a few Read more…