maps / aerial photos / weather forecast and all sorts

blowin · maps / aerial photos / weather forecast and all sorts

Anyone who hasn't taken a look at Google Earth really should do so !!
Almost being able to read number-plates is scarey enough but try zooming down on a highly restricted area ( anything very sensitive eg nuclear plant , military compound ) and see what happens !
Don't overlook the "tilt" feature , which enables you to fly along your own valley .

http://earth.google.com/

I have only just found this one . It looks similar but appears to have quite a few additional & useful features .

http://www.multimap.com/static/sitemap.htm

quarryman

You either have just got broadband or are very patient.

blowin

wayland

I am sure it would be great to get a look at this. Eircom broardband!! Whats that then?

blowin

The one saving grace is that our local library have a bank of about a doz sceens ON BROADBAND !!! and usage is unlimited and free !!
For this area you go into the council website and find the maps from there . It is a bit of a fiddle because the most obvious way in seems to require special authorisation if you are using a private pc but there is a public access if you can find it .

As an aside I wonder how many organisations are independently trying to map this country and why they don't put their resources into just the one system . Maybe they do but so far I have come across at least 3 variations , which is confusing to say the least .
There's this one -- which looks as if the original Ord Surveys have been stuck together and scanned into a database with a form of indexing which few can navigate easily ( based on old parish and townland names ) . Apparently there is a master map where you can simply point to the place you want to look at and can go from there but that hasn't been digitised yet so you have to find the hard copy somewhere in Sligo .
Then there are the REPS maps , which have recently been digitised and are the basis of their payments , if you are lucky enough to enjoy same .
But the REPS maps aren't acceptable to the section(s) of DAF who are responsible for Area Aid / SFP / SFS ( ???? ) , and REPS can't issue payment until DAF have done their thing .
And if the REPS mapping doesn't correspond exactly with the DAF mapping then the claimant will get a statory penalty for providing false info ( whether over or under ) .
But since both bodies appear to use the same source material ( Certified copies of the Land Registry maps which support the Deeds to your property ) , would it be too much to expect that .................. Question

Nah , that would be too easy !
Anyway , I have now sent 3 complete sets of Land Reg maps together with copies of Title Deeds , all my personal details inc copy Birth Cert & passport , academic qualifications and everything else . If anyone happens to find either of the two sets which have been "lost in the system " I would quite like them back , what with identity theft being such a topical issue .

Maybe I am being even thicker than usual and have brought this upon myself because I couldn't figure out which of the multiple-choices I should have ticked on the original application form . If so I apologise to all those helpful officials who have been writing to and telephoning me for the past 18 months . I am sure we will get there eventually !
Rant over !
Sorry about that !

chook

For those in Clare:
Clare CoCo Planning Section gives access to fairly recent colur aerial photographs.
http://www.clare.ie/ePlanCCC/Inte...quiry/rpt_QueryBySurForRecLoc.asp
Just search for any ol' planning application in your townland and go to the map, enlarge as much as possible and you get to the aerial photo. Then navigate til you find your own place or whatever place you want to look at. They are not terribly high resolution but better than Google Earth for Clare at present. Using PrintScreen and a photo editing programme you can paste together a wee map of your holding.

As to REPS etc.. I work as a REPS planner and could sing a song about trying to match title deeds, REPS maps, Area Aid maps etc. But the whole thing has become more streamlined and there is now an eREPS system (only accessible to planners and DAF though) that has the OS maps for the whole country as a base layer and extra layers with the LPIS for Area Aid/SPS purposes, SACs/NHAs, Sites & Monuments. Quite nifty, really.

chook

blowin

Aha , that makes a bit more sense .
I did in fact ask one of the other departments why they couldn't use the info which had already been digitised by REPS but they seemed to find that very funny for some reason . But as you suggest , this must be a logistical nightmare but the end result will be worthwhile .
Would you happen to know where I could obtain a map which shows the individually numbered plots on a turf bog ? This in the context of trying to pin down the actual , physical location of Turbary rights which are specified in the Deeds to the house . Many thanks .

chook

Hi blowin,
Can't help you with the turbary rights, sorry. No idea.
The digitization and allocation of LPIS numbers is done by the Area Aid Unit (now SPS) and then used by the REPS section and others. I guess that's why they thought it was funny. For REPS purposes the digitized area is now decisive, not the map area which would total to what it says in the deeds. In earlier years the deeds had the last word. Every farmer I have dealt with has thus "lost" or "gained" a bit of land here and there over the years. Laughing

chook

blowin

Oh, I seeeeeee !!!
So --- my REPS planner had jumped the gun by digitising his map before the other guys had done their bit Rolling Eyes

and he would have done that " for illustration only " , to go with the new contract I entered in March . All is clear to me now . Thanks for that . Very Happy

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Can I have my money now please because I have already spent it on all that new fencing Laughing

chook

Your planner may have only digitised individual parcels. Often enough a whole farm carries only one LPIS number and digitized area, e.g.
LPIS No. C11.......... 17.5 ha. But your planner would need the area of each plot. Of course these will need to match the total area of the LPIS unit.
The thing is: without LPIS No(s) you can't get paid, and if you have the LPIS No(s) then you also have a digitized area total. Another possibility is that he digitized your farm and submitted the SPS application at the same time, listing areas as Plot 1, Plot 2 etc., including a copy and proof of posting with your REPS plan with the intention of amending the lot once the Area Aid Unit has done their bit? That's kind of the process for new entrants where the lands have never been "in the system" before, if the entrants don't want to hang on for the Area Aid Unit doing their work, which can take many months.

chook

blowin

That is very close to it . Thanks again for the explanation Wink