Where can I buy printed maps

ihavenoname3 · 19-06-2015 3:23pm #1

Hi, I need maps of the towns and villages in Co Leitrim, anyone any idea where to buy them? os Ireland don't have them. I need the physical maps.

coylemj · 19-06-2015 4:27pm

The Discovery series (1:50,000) are the most detailed maps covering the entire country you can get off the shelf, there are more detailed maps available for selected parts of the country, including Dublin city and Killarney National Park. If you want anything more specific or at a larger scale, you'll need to talk to their digital sales division, take a look here ....

http://www.osi.ie/Products/Professional-Mapping/Large-Scale.aspx

ihavenoname3 · 19-06-2015 4:58pm

coylemj wrote: »

The Discovery series (1:50,000) are the most detailed maps covering the entire country you can get off the shelf, there are more detailed maps available for selected parts of the country, including Dublin city and Killarney National Park. If you want anything more specific or at a larger scale, you'll need to talk to their digital sales division, take a look here ....

http://www.osi.ie/Products/Professional-Mapping/Large-Scale.aspx

I was already talking to osi, they cant help me.

LXFlyer · 19-06-2015 5:30pm

ihavenoname3 wrote: »

I was already talking to osi, they cant help me.

I find that difficult to believe - they're the statutory mapping agency and have detailed maps of the entire country.

But if they don't have them I'm not sure anywhere else will.

allthedoyles · 19-06-2015 5:34pm

try your local county council

ihavenoname3 · 19-06-2015 6:14pm

lxflyer wrote: »

I find that difficult to believe - they're the statutory mapping agency and have detailed maps of the entire country.

But if they don't have them I'm not sure anywhere else will.

they don't have them, I found it very hard to believe myself.

ihavenoname3 · 19-06-2015 6:15pm

allthedoyles wrote: »

try your local county council

been there done that, no joy either, couldn't believe it either.

Alun · 19-06-2015 6:36pm

You're going to have to give more information as to what level of mapping you're looking for, i.e. what scale, what level of detail, i.e. street / house level or more of a topographic map like the 1:50k Discovery maps.

OSi have digital mapping available down to a scale of 1:5000 available for the entire country, and even down to 1:1000 for urban areas, but they obviously don't keep a stock of maps to the kind of scale in paper form for the entire country on the off chance someone might want one, that would be just impractical. They will however, sell you anything you want in digital or paper form, as long as you're prepared to pay for it as it's primarily aimed at professional users.

ihavenoname3 · 19-06-2015 6:43pm

Alun wrote: »

You're going to have to give more information as to what level of mapping you're looking for, i.e. what scale, what level of detail, i.e. street / house level or more of a topographic map like the 1:50k Discovery maps.

OSi have digital mapping available down to a scale of 1:5000 available for the entire country, and even down to 1:1000 for urban areas, but they obviously don't keep a stock of maps to the kind of scale in paper form for the entire country on the off chance someone might want one, that would be just impractical. They will however, sell you anything you want in digital or paper form, as long as you're prepared to pay for it as it's primarily aimed at professional users.

I need them for the spsv test, so will need estates, hospitals, street names, garda stations etc on them. I rang the osi and they said they used to sell them to taxi drivers but not anymore, they told me to contact the national transport authority but they couldn't help either.

Qualitymark · 19-06-2015 6:44pm

A bit of a workaround, but you could print off Google maps for villages.

ihavenoname3 · 19-06-2015 6:50pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

A bit of a workaround, but you could print off Google maps for villages.

i am not finding google maps that great, it seems like printing them is not much use.

Qualitymark · 19-06-2015 8:11pm

What about asking the department in charge of the spv… whatever the test's called; they're the ones that know how to get around this.

Another thought - might be no good, but - I went into the Tourist Information place in Galway recently and they had small street maps of several towns, free. They were prominent towns - Galway, Kilkenny, Cork - but still, it might be worth asking.

ihavenoname3 · 19-06-2015 8:36pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

What about asking the department in charge of the spv… whatever the test's called; they're the ones that know how to get around this.

Another thought - might be no good, but - I went into the Tourist Information place in Galway recently and they had small street maps of several towns, free. They were prominent towns - Galway, Kilkenny, Cork - but still, it might be worth asking.

The transport authority just said to use google maps, I tried the tourist centre and they gave me 2 or 3 maps which was a help. need a few more though.

Qualitymark · 19-06-2015 8:52pm

I know what you mean about Google Maps not being great. They don't seem to really get the idea of street names.

Qualitymark · 19-06-2015 9:00pm

Ordnance Survey Map Viewer isn't any better:

Really, it seems like it would be a good plan for an association of professional drivers to get together and share the best maps.

ihavenoname3 · 19-06-2015 9:17pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

Ordnance Survey Map Viewer isn't any better:

Really, it seems like it would be a good plan for an association of professional drivers to get together and share the best maps.

good point, I suppose its just easier for them to tell people to use google maps:)

20-06-2015 1:24pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

Ordnance Survey Map Viewer isn't any better:

Really, it seems like it would be a good plan for an association of professional drivers to get together and share the best maps.

OpenStreetMap anyone

ressem · 20-06-2015 1:25pm

How about the AA Road atlas for Ireland?

The Leitrim OSI Discovery ISBN looks like
978-1-907122-83-5
Which isn't in Easons.

There's this crowd...

http://mapshoplamination.com/index.php/
01 6204124
sales@mapshoplamination.com
12 Canal Walk, Parkwest Industrial Estate, Nangor Road, Dublin 12

who like most businesses in Ireland look like they need help finishing and tidying their (Magento) website, but claim to have these maps in stock and the capability to print them in large format.

Or
http://www.themapcentre.net/digital-mapping.html
who say they're licensed to print OSi maps.

Better than the OSI, where the shop.osi.ie site seems to have failed.
Nothing available online from Tourist offices by the looks of things.

Louche Lad · 20-06-2015 1:46pm

Can you not download and print maps from OSI (probably for a fistful of €€€€€s, but they surely haven't run out of electrons)?

Or various other mapping services, such as:

Apple Maps, if you have an Apple device (I know they got a lot of stick when they first came out, but I don't think they're worse than Google).

Bing Maps.

Open Street Map (they're crowdsourced, so you're at the mercy of however diligent their editors are).

Streetmap.co.uk

Multimap.

No idea what these services are like to print from, mind.

Qualitymark · 20-06-2015 2:00pm

Louche Lad wrote: »

No idea what these services are like to print from, mind.

Brilliant suggests - never knew there were so many maps!

What I did to make images of the maps above was a screen shot (on Mac, cmd-shft-3 or if you want a specific part of the page, cmd-shft-4).

Mrs OBumble · 22-06-2015 2:13pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

I know what you mean about Google Maps not being great. They don't seem to really get the idea of street names.

I don't think the problem lies with Google Maps.

They use street names obtained from Councils etc.

If they don't officially name streets, then Google cannot load them.

n97 mini · 24-06-2015 7:32pm

Former OSI employee here. Go into any of their agents (list on website) or the shop in the Phoenix Park and they can print off detailed maps for you. Most if not all can go as large as A0. It's not cheap though.

Qualitymark · 24-06-2015 11:30pm

n97 mini wrote: »

Former OSI employee here. Go into any of their agents (list on website) or the shop in the Phoenix Park and they can print off detailed maps for you. Most if not all can go as large as A0. It's not cheap though.

Why not? Isn't it a nationally owned resource?

coylemj · 25-06-2015 12:30am

Qualitymark wrote: »

Why not? Isn't it a nationally owned resource?

Because most of their one-off sales are to the commercial sector where they can demand premium prices. There's no doubt that for consumers their prices are prohibitive.

n97 mini · 25-06-2015 12:20pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

Why not? Isn't it a nationally owned resource?

I wouldn't dispute that it's a nationally owned resource, but it still has to be paid for. So it's either the taxpayer or those who actually need maps.

Qualitymark · 25-06-2015 5:11pm

Yeah, but other countries don't seem to do this - or so I was told by someone working in the OS when I cried out at being asked €300 for a map.

n97 mini · 27-06-2015 10:07am

Some do, some don't. But personally I'd prefer the tax payer didn't foot the entire bill (OSI already receives a subsidy). If it's too expensive maybe efficiencies can be found.

Qualitymark · 27-06-2015 11:14pm

n97 mini wrote: »

Some do, some don't. But personally I'd prefer the tax payer didn't foot the entire bill (OSI already receives a subsidy). If it's too expensive maybe efficiencies can be found.

Surely it's basically a question of pressing a button now, though? Why so dear?

n97 mini · 29-06-2015 5:06pm

As the costs stand they don't cover the running of the organisation. There is constant resurveying required, a lot of it aerial etc.

There is no doubt efficiencies could be found though. For starters there are too many offices.

ticklemetoe · 01-07-2015 11:43pm

n97 mini wrote: »

As the costs stand they don't cover the running of the organisation. There is constant resurveying required, a lot of it aerial etc.

There is no doubt efficiencies could be found though. For starters there are too many offices.

shut it down, google and others do a better job and it don't cost the tax payers a penny.

n97 mini · 02-07-2015 12:38am

ticklemetoe wrote: »

shut it down, google and others do a better job and it don't cost the tax payers a penny.

Google's data doesn't have detail levels remotely close or as up to date.

ticklemetoe · 02-07-2015 12:41am

n97 mini wrote: »

Google's data doesn't have detail levels remotely close or as up to date.

google is free, its good enough unless you are a stalker looking to track someone down.

n97 mini · 02-07-2015 12:51am

ticklemetoe wrote: »

google is free, its good enough unless you are a stalker looking to track someone down.

It's not good enough if you're looking to lay cables and you want to know how wide the footpath is. Nor does it have detail of that ring fort that's in your field which basically means you can't sell, etc etc. There is a huge amount of meta data Google doesn't carry.

Qualitymark · 02-07-2015 9:00am

Even for cycling, Google maps aren't that great - it has a nasty tendency not to name roads, often major roads, or to identify them only by those R and N road numbers, which can stretch for hundreds of miles and mean nothing to someone who's looking for a city street or suburban road.

Later edit: here's a typical example of Google being useless - I want to cycle to Eurocycles off… umm… some road called R110:

Where can I buy printed maps

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