best map for touring ireland

feck sake lads

not sure if this is the right place but i need to buy a detailed map of Ireland but not a wall map, i'm cycling the length of Ireland mizen to malin and need a good map showing minor roads and campsites if thats possible.any help greatly appreciated.;)

serendip

It might not be the answer you're looking for, but you could get a GPS with maps from openstreetmap. I've yet to find a campsite that this guy (http://www.archiescampings.eu/view/) doesn't have in his database.

feck sake lads

serendip wrote: »

It might not be the answer you're looking for, but you could get a GPS with maps from openstreetmap. I've yet to find a campsite that this guy (http://www.archiescampings.eu/view/) doesn't have in his database.

thanks a million for that actually i have (new) the garmin legent hcx which i have not a clue as to how to use it but i will need a really good map anyway .thanks for that link i will have a look at it now. cheers

cdaly_

serendip wrote: »

It might not be the answer you're looking for, but you could get a GPS with maps from openstreetmap. I've yet to find a campsite that this guy (http://www.archiescampings.eu/view/) doesn't have in his database.

And if you can point it at opencyclemap.org instead you'll get contours too...

serendip

feck sake lads wrote: »

thanks a million for that actually i have (new) the garmin legent hcx which i have not a clue as to how to use it but i will need a really good map anyway .thanks for that link i will have a look at it now. cheers

This chap:

- http://shop.opencyclemap.org/

sells cards with opencyclemap for various regions pre-installed. Should work with the Legend HCx. And, there should be enough space on the card to download Archie's camping database onto it too.

victorcarrera

Ordnance Survey Road atlas. Has the info you are looking for.
Photocopy the pages you need and put them in a polypocket.

Moflojo

cdaly_ wrote: »

And if you can point it at opencyclemap.org instead you'll get contours too...

+1 on contours! Very important from a touring point of view, last thing you want when you're knackered some day is for a 'shortcut' to turn into a grueling ascent!

feck sake lads

serendip wrote: »

This chap:

- http://shop.opencyclemap.org/

sells cards with opencyclemap for various regions pre-installed. Should work with the Legend HCx. And, there should be enough space on the card to download Archie's camping database onto it too.

thanks man just ordered that hopefully it will do the job;)

feck sake lads

victorcarrera wrote: »

Ordnance Survey Road atlas. Has the info you are looking for.
Photocopy the pages you need and put them in a polypocket.

thanks i will check that out sounds good any idea where i could buy it

Rhand

http://talkytoaster.info/ukmaps.htm

Haven't tested them myself, but they should suffice for what you're attempting.

feck sake lads

Rhand wrote: »

http://talkytoaster.info/ukmaps.htm

Haven't tested them myself, but they should suffice for what you're attempting.

thanks buddy but believe me when i tell you thats like going into a crazy man eating jungle for this kid :Dway to much information there for me .

Rhand

feck sake lads wrote: »

thanks buddy but believe me when i tell you thats like going into a crazy man eating jungle for this kid :Dway to much information there for me .

1) http://talkytoaster.info/111104-IE+Contours-Routable-GMAPSUPP.zip download this
2) unzip it
3) rename the .img file to gmapsupp.img
4) put it in your main Garmin folder at your GPS
5) turn on your GPS
6) go to settings
7) enable the Ireland map
8) Great Succes

feck sake lads

Rhand wrote: »

1) http://talkytoaster.info/111104-IE+Contours-Routable-GMAPSUPP.zip download this
2) unzip it
3) rename the .img file to gmapsupp.img
4) put it in your main Garmin folder at your GPS
5) turn on your GPS
6) go to settings
7) enable the Ireland map
8) Great Succes

man i'm sweating at the taught of doing that but i'll have a go.
nly thing a friend has my sat nav at the moment so when i get it back i'll give that a go ,million thanks.

feck sake lads

victorcarrera wrote: »

Ordnance Survey Road atlas. Has the info you are looking for.
Photocopy the pages you need and put them in a polypocket.

thanks man bought it this morning look's perfect.;)

rothai

a friend of mine did this just over a month ago, but he went around the west coast. Also I have lonely planet cycling guide to ireland scanned in as pdf.its not in print anymore but has some great routes in it,pm if you want it.good luck with the trip

smacl

I tend to use the OSI discovery series maps, as they give good contours and detail, albeit a bit bulky in paper format. They're available from different providers electronically here, though I'm still using the now obsolete TrailMaster versions of this mapping.

I had a look at the OpenCycleMap stuff, and it is excellent for free, but is missing a fair amount of small rural L-Roads you see on the discovery series, which are as often as not the roads I want to check out. Quo looks good for a freebie based on OSI data, but I haven't tried it yet. I'll stick up another post once I've tried it out.

Edit: Just downloaded Quo, software is free but you still have to buy the OSI data, €1.92 for a 50k tile. Not particularly impressed with the browser, might give a few of the other ones supporting OSI data a go.

cdaly_

smacl wrote: »

I had a look at the OpenCycleMap stuff, and it is excellent for free, but is missing a fair amount of small rural L-Roads you see on the discovery series, which are as often as not the roads I want to check out.

The thing about OpenStreetMap / OpenCycleMap is that they're free in all senses of the word. Free to use but also free to edit. It's down to users like you to add to the map. Take your GPS with you on an exploratory spin / drive, upload it to OSM and draw the routes. Then it will be there for others to use. I recently added this set of minor roads...

Have a read of the OSM guides to see how you can help...

Gavb

feck sake lads wrote: »

i'm cycling the length of Ireland mizen to malin and need a good map showing minor roads and campsites if thats possible.any help greatly appreciated.;)

Sounds like a great trip!
When are you doing it and how long do you think you think it will take you?

feck sake lads

Gavb wrote: »

Sounds like a great trip!
When are you doing it and how long do you think you think it will take you?

i don't have a fixed date as yet but kinda thinking late may,if i end up doing it on my own i would wait until i seen a good week of weather :D, i intend doing 50/60 miles a day , thinking now of skipping northern ireland and taking a sharp right for Dublin somewhere along the route.but i'll see how im going before i make any big decisions wing it as the man said.