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Map of Ireland

  • 19-03-2014 12:22PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39


    Hello lads!
    I am trying to find a big road map of ireland to print it (1x3 metres) but I haven't find any good quality map yet. Any ideas?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭Grudaire


    Given this is the open source forum I assume you're looking for an open source map to use?

    Try http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=8/53.943/-8.723

    I'm not sure how you can format it to print A3, but it has a good level of detail, especially for bigger roads.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,929 ✭✭✭PrzemoF




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭Grudaire


    Interesting - that might come in handy :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,929 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    Grudaire wrote: »
    Interesting - that might come in handy :)

    Lads, if you make a map please share it, so I won't have to do the same thing again :-)

    Big Map (it takes a while to load all the tiles):
    http://openstreetmap.gryph.de/bigmap.cgi?xmin=963&xmax=993&ymin=643&ymax=681&zoom=11&scale=64&baseurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftile.openstreetmap.org%2F!z%2F!x%2F!y.png#


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 Spaniard14


    PrzemoF wrote: »
    Lads, if you make a map please share it, so I won't have to do the same thing again :-)

    Big Map (it takes a while to load all the tiles):
    http://openstreetmap.gryph.de/bigmap.cgi?xmin=963&xmax=993&ymin=643&ymax=681&zoom=11&scale=64&baseurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftile.openstreetmap.org%2F!z%2F!x%2F!y.png#
    Wow! Great work. Is there any way to export it to Jpg, tiff or any other compatible extension with Photoshop. I cant find it, when I try to save the image, it just saves the tile, not the whole map. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,929 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    Spaniard14 wrote: »
    Wow! Great work. Is there any way to export it to Jpg, tiff or any other compatible extension with Photoshop. I cant find it, when I try to save the image, it just saves the tile, not the whole map. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.

    I have pdf and png, but they are 30+ MB each, so I can't upload it to boards as a normal user.

    I used CutePDF and gimp to make them. CutePDF was making pdfs with white "holes" in random locations, so I used gimp to overlap 4 exports to make a complete map.

    Send me a PM if you want the files - I'll email them if your box can handle that file size or my private server with a download link.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,929 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    How to make a map:

    1. Go to: http://openstreetmap.gryph.de/bigmap.html
    2. Select interesting area
    3. Click Submit
    4. Use in/double size and out/halve size to get required level of details or image size
    5. Adjust the area to show what you want using expand/shift/shrink/
    6. Hide the control panel
    7. Print map to pdf (CutePDF)

    Steps 6 & 7 can be replaced with auto-generated perl script. Running on linux:

    6. Download the script (click "Perl" link)
    7. Add "executable" using 'chmod a+x mkmap.pl'
    8. run ./mkmap.pl > map.png (output has to go to a file otherwise it will be printed to terminal and that equals mess)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 Spaniard14


    Op! Thats not working with the mac terminal :(
    I get this message.
    downloads iker$ ./mkmap-3.pl > mappy.png
    Can't locate GD.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /Library/Perl/5.16/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Library/Perl/5.16 /Network/Library/Perl/5.16/darwin-thread-multi-2level /Network/Library/Perl/5.16 /Library/Perl/Updates/5.16.2 /System/Library/Perl/5.16/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/5.16 /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.16/darwin-thread-multi-2level /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.16 .) at ./mkmap-3.pl line 8.
    BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./mkmap-3.pl line 8.


  • Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,859 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    I had something similar on Fedora, had to "yum install perl-GD" - it'll be something similar on mac.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 Map of Ireland


    tourismirelandinfo.com have a selection of maps you can download


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