Linking to Griffith's Valuation maps at askaboutireland.ie
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:48 pm
This is a technical question about genealogy websites which is not specific to Clare, but of relevance to all Irish genealogy:
I would like to send someone a link to bookmark a close-up of a plot on a Griffith's Valuation map, but cannot figure out how to find the appropriate URL. Has anyone figured out how to do this?
The links to these maps are of the form
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith- ... ry=Ireland
which diverts automatically to
http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4 ... RT%20OF%29
There is no point in bookmarking these, or any other link that I can come up with, for several reasons:
(a) the mysession parameter very soon times out and needs to be edited every time one visits the page
(b) using the zoom and pan controls to find the required plot has no effect on the URL (unlike the technology at maps.osi.ie, where the pan and zoom tools automatically change the URL in the browser address bar)
(c) although the Griffith's maps are linked to Google maps, the easy to use link icon in the collapsible frame which is to the left of the standard Google map is not present at askaboutireland.ie
I think I've seen a working link to a specific plot on the Griffith's maps somewhere, but cannot figure out how to do it.
Can anyone help?
\pw
I would like to send someone a link to bookmark a close-up of a plot on a Griffith's Valuation map, but cannot figure out how to find the appropriate URL. Has anyone figured out how to do this?
The links to these maps are of the form
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith- ... ry=Ireland
which diverts automatically to
http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4 ... RT%20OF%29
There is no point in bookmarking these, or any other link that I can come up with, for several reasons:
(a) the mysession parameter very soon times out and needs to be edited every time one visits the page
(b) using the zoom and pan controls to find the required plot has no effect on the URL (unlike the technology at maps.osi.ie, where the pan and zoom tools automatically change the URL in the browser address bar)
(c) although the Griffith's maps are linked to Google maps, the easy to use link icon in the collapsible frame which is to the left of the standard Google map is not present at askaboutireland.ie
I think I've seen a working link to a specific plot on the Griffith's maps somewhere, but cannot figure out how to do it.
Can anyone help?
\pw