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Ireland: Ordnance Survey of Ireland 50K Discovery Maps

Discovery map series from the OSI, the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, presents the country on detailed topographic maps at 1:50,000, with additional overprint highlighting campsites and caravan parks, youth hostels, etc.The maps have contours at 10m intervals, with plenty of spot heights and additional altitude colouring. Graphics indicate different types of woodlands. An overprint highlights waymarked or unmarked walking trails as well as cycle routes. National or forest parks and nature reserves are marked and a range of symbols provide tourist information: campsites, caravan parks, youth hostels (An ร“ige and independent), tourist offices, parking and picnic places, and viewpoints. Golf courses indicate the number of holes. The maps also highlight antiquities and historical sites such as megalithic tombs, standing stones, battlefields, etc. Road network grades third class roads according to their widths and includes local tracks. Railways are shown with stations and the maps include other details expected of topographic mapping at this scale. Where appropriate, place names are given in both Irish and English.Each map covers an area of 40 x 30km (25 x 19 miles approximately) and has a 1km ITM (Irish Transverse Mercator) grid, plus latitude and longitude margin ticks at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Irish and English. PLEASE NOTE: sheet numbers not listed in this series cover Northern Ireland and are shown on our website in a separate โ€œDiscovererโ€ series produced by the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.