Mweelrea & Muilree
Mweelrea & Muilree I was discussing placenames with several local hill farmers last week in the Mweelrea area and was interested to hear their pronunciation of the name of this…
Cartography, Map Design & Publishing
Mweelrea & Muilree I was discussing placenames with several local hill farmers last week in the Mweelrea area and was interested to hear their pronunciation of the name of this…
Laminated v Polyart Maps Maps to be used in outdoor environments ideally need to be flexible, tough and waterproof. They are used on both fair days and in foul weather.…
VAT ~ Valued Added Tax or Sales TaxIf you’ve been keeping an eye on the news this past month, you’ll have seen or heard that the government raised the 9%…
Ben Bury & William Bald A Scottish surveyor called William Bald surveyed an important map of Co.Mayo in the years 1809-16. It’s a very impressive and completely original work, surveyed…
Mweelrea Plot For the past several months I’ve been tipping away at the detail plot for new 1:25000 mapping for the region between Killary Harbour & Clew Bay. So essentially…
Search The Blog Over the past several years we have been posting information at least weekly to our Facebook & Instagram pages. On matters concerning mapping news, map updates but…
Pool & Hummock Terrain - a cartographic challenge I'm currently preparing a map of the Nephin Beg area in Co.Mayo - this will incorporate both the Wild Nephin project and…
Mer de Glace & global warming Global warming is in the news a lot these days and one of the oft quoted pieces of 'evidence' is the retreat of the…
'A Paper Landscape - the Ordnance Survey in Nineteenth Century Ireland' by J.H. Andrews first published 1975, second edition 2001. This is the only detailed history of the Ordnance Survey…
Mediahuis Ireland & Maps There was a notable recent radio interview with Peter Vandermeersch, CEO of Mediahuis Ireland. Many journalists would have sat up and paid attention, as Mediahuis Ireland,…