Donegal County Council are pleased to announce the Launch of the new PLACE Map Agency located at the Letterkenny Public Service Centre. This new MapShop is a collaboration between Donegal County Council and the Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi), where licenced OSi Mapping will be available for sale locally in the Northwest.
Pictured above left to right : Cllr Jean Crossan, Mayor Letterkenny Town Council, Kevin Bonner, Chairman of Board of OSI, Michael McLoone, County Manager, Daragh McDonough, IS Project Leader, Cllr John Boyle, Mayor of Donegal County Council, Brian Boyle, Head of Information Systems, Brian McArdle, OSI, Geraldine Ruane, CEO of OSI.
The services of this office will benefit both members of the public and the professional users of OSi data, regardless of their level of expertise. This is a national service where mapping for any location in County Donegal, and other locations in the Republic, is available for purchase locally and the system is directly linked to the OSi database in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. The PLACE map series is aimed at professionals in the Planning, Legal, Agricultural, Construction and Engineering sectors as well as related industries thus Mapping can now be supplied in Digital format that is compatible with all CAD design software. Maps are printed in formats suitable for planning applications, property registration, agricultural and forestry grants. Older historic 6” and 25” 1st and 2nd edition mapping is also available and makes a perfect gift when framed.
Donegal County Council are delighted to introduce another public service into one of its network of Public Service Centres and welcomes the continued strong association with the Ordnance Survey Ireland in our County. There is a strong link between County Donegal and Ordnance Survey Ireland. Mapping in Ireland started out on the banks of Lough Foyle in County Derry in 1824, and spread out from this baseline in a series of triangulations. The first of these triangulation points, the concrete pillars familiar to any mountain walker on top of various peaks, were constructed in Inishowen. Our height data is now related back to Mean Sea level at Malin Head after a national tidal station was established in 1957.
Pictured above left to right :Stephen Curran, OSI, Geraldine Ruane, OSI, Michael McLoone, County Manager, Cllr Jean Crossan, Mayor of Letterkenny Town Council, Cllr John Boyle, Mayor of Donegal County Council, Kevin Bonner, OSI.
The PLACE Map Agency will be launched by Cllr. John Boyle, Méara Donegal County Council and Mr. Kevin Bonner, Chairman of the OSi Board, on Friday 11th April @ 1pm at the Letterkenny Public Service Centre. The MapShop, which will officially open for business on Monday, 14th April, will be open from 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday (Lunch break from 12:30 to 1pm). Contact 074-9194245 or mapshop@donegalcoco.ie
For further information please contact: Mr. Daragh McDonough, IS Project Leader, Donegal County Council, 074-9172450. dmcdonag@donegalcoco.ie