Where has the OSI Mapviewer gone?

Guramoogah · 10-09-2018 7:37pm #1

Where has the OSI Mapviewer gone?

I was an occasional user of the Ordnance Survey Ireland free-to-view public Mapviewer ( http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer ) but the service appears to have been withdrawn. The link redirects to https://shop.osi.ie/shop/MapViewer.aspx which points me to the GeoHive service. When I click on the GeoHive link marked "Make Your Map", there's nothing there but a dead link: https://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html. So, what happened? Will this valuable public service return or is it gone forever?

tabbey · 10-09-2018 9:55pm

Guramoogah wrote: »

Where has the OSI Mapviewer gone?

I was an occasional user of the Ordnance Survey Ireland free-to-view public Mapviewer ( http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer ) but the service appears to have been withdrawn. The link redirects to https://shop.osi.ie/shop/MapViewer.aspx which points me to the GeoHive service. When I click on the GeoHive link marked "Make Your Map", there's nothing there but a dead link: https://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html. So, what happened? Will this valuable public service return or is it gone forever?

On Geohive you can access the mapviewer with historic layers by clicking on one of the options on the left.

The old system worked superbly, why they changed it is beyond me,perhaps to make us more appreciative, absence makes the heart grow fonder, as they say.

Guramoogah · 10-09-2018 10:56pm

tabbey wrote: »

On Geohive you can access the mapviewer with historic layers by clicking on one of the options on the left.

Sorry, but there are no options on the left in GeoHive in my browser (Firefox 61 on Ubuntu 18.04). Nice graphics, zero functionality

tabbey · 10-09-2018 11:30pm

map.geohive.ie/mapviewer

There should be a menu on the left. One choice is Base Information and Mapping,when clicked it brings upthe different modern and historical maps and aerial photos that we had before, but also the Cassini map.

topnotch · 10-09-2018 11:45pm

Yep they have wrecked a once great resource and replaced it with this awkward mucky doggy doo :mad:
Why they couldn’t have left the old site running concurrently with geohive is beyond me.
Make sure you adjust the little settings wheel for the transparency from 30 to 0 if you’re using the 25 inch map otherwise it’s hard to see!

Guramoogah · 11-09-2018 8:08am

So, does this GeoHive site only function with smart-phones? I've tried it on a couple of PCs and there's definitely no menu on the left.

slowburner · 11-09-2018 8:22am

Guramoogah wrote: »

So, does this GeoHive site only function with smart-phones? I've tried it on a couple of PCs and there's definitely no menu on the left.

I fail to see any reason why you can't see the dropdown menu on your PC.

Yes, the OSI map viewer will be missed for its simplicity but all of the options are there with Geohive, and more. The transparency feature can be very useful and the range of data sets is impressive, but I miss not being able to zoom in using the mouse wheel.

Guramoogah · 11-09-2018 9:20am

I've downloaded the Adobe Flash plugin, re-started my browser and verified that the plugin is working. GeoHive still looks pretty but is absolutely useless. Is funding for this crap coming from the public purse?

GetWithIt · 11-09-2018 9:20pm

Can you post a screenshot? The page doesn't use flash.

Alun · 11-09-2018 9:23pm

slowburner wrote: »

I fail to see any reason why you can't see the dropdown menu on your PC.

Yes, the OSI map viewer will be missed for its simplicity but all of the options are there with Geohive, and more. The transparency feature can be very useful and the range of data sets is impressive, but I miss not being able to zoom in using the mouse wheel.

Still works here.

listermint · 11-09-2018 9:25pm

Use Chrome browser.

Don't use internet explorer.

If you don't have chrome go download it.

Trasna1 · 11-09-2018 9:29pm

listermint wrote: »

Use Chrome browser.

Don't use internet explorer.

If you don't have chrome go download it.

Can you get internet explorer for Ubuntu?

Alun · 11-09-2018 9:29pm

It's actually more useful in some ways than the old site. You can now overlay the historic maps on top of modern aerial imagery from Digital Globe for example. You can even have multiple layers of maps, historic, modern and aerial as well as all the other datasets and adjust the transparency of each one independently. What's not to like?

Guramoogah · 11-09-2018 11:24pm

GetWithIt wrote: »

Can you post a screenshot? The page doesn't use flash.

GeoHive main screen + "Make Your Map" screen. No menus on left. AdBlockers turned off.

slowburner · 12-09-2018 8:25am

Guramoogah wrote: »

GeoHive main screen + "Make Your Map" screen. No menus on left. AdBlockers turned off.

Try this:[URL=]http://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html[/URL]

Alun · 12-09-2018 9:24am

slowburner wrote: »

Try this:http://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html

Yes, lose the https: at the front or replace with http:.

That seems to take you into a different version of the GeoHive system where you can make your own maps, but have to register as a user and log in first.

topnotch · 01-11-2018 2:15pm

Came across this map viewer yesterday might be easier to use for some.
http://webgis.buildingsofireland.ie/HistoricEnvironment/
Just hit layer list to turn off all the red and blue dots!

whisky_galore · 04-10-2019 6:44pm

Thanks for link. Geohive is worse than useless.
Takes an eternity on a slow connection.

stopthevoting · 31-01-2022 11:16pm

Previously on the Ordnance Survey GeoHive MapViewer it was possible to overlay various modern or historic maps over each other, and adjust sliders so that each one could be faded in or out to easily compare old and new buildings and roads etc. Now the various old and new maps and aerial images are still there but they can only be seen one at a time. Is that feature gone now, or am I just using it wrong? Is this what the comments in this thread are referring to?

slowburner · 08-02-2022 10:21am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118562656#Comment_118562656

It seems to be gone, unfortunately. Being able to overlay maps was so useful. Still searching for an alternative...

looksee · 31-07-2022 3:39pm

I was well used to using the historical maps and other information, but despite all promises I cannot find historical maps at all, nor any of the other information. It is asking me to sign into arc gis, but I have no way of doing that, and I am not clear that it will give me access to historical maps if I do.

slowburner · 31-07-2022 3:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119411987#Comment_119411987

This is the replacement for the older OSI online mapping. No need to sign in: you just need to accept the terms and conditions. It has all the historic layers you expect and the updated aerial photography is a vast improvement on the earlier imagery.

https://webapps.geohive.ie/mapviewer/index.html

looksee · 31-07-2022 5:43pm

Ah thanks, thicko me was there but clicked on every icon except the one I needed.

Where has the OSI Mapviewer gone?

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