asked the Minister for Finance when the ultra large scale maps of Dublin city referred to by him in his reply of 17th July last will be published; and whether he will consider asking the Ordnance Survey to publish a map or maps of Dublin on a scale intermediate between the 3½ inch scale and the proposed 63 inch scale, so that for planning, business, commercial and political purposes up to date maps of convenient size showing the names of all or almost all streets, lanes, etc., will be available.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin City Maps.
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Forty-two sheets of the (1:1000) ultra-large scale map of Dublin city have already been published. Eighty-three others have been surveyed and are being processed in the office.
It is hoped to have the ground survey of Dublin city completed within two years.
The Ordnance Survey will publish 1:2500 (twenty-five inch approx.) and 1:5000 (twelve-inch approx.) scale maps both of which will be derived from the 1:1000 ultra large scale map.
On each of these maps (1:1000, 1:2500 and 1:5000) all streets and other places will be shown and named.
Could I ask the Minister when these intermediate scale maps will be available?
I could not give a definite date.
Does that mean there is no immediate prospect of any better map than the 3½ inch scale?
The ground survey will be completed within two years. All the large scale maps will be available and others will be derived from them.
Would the Minister consider asking the Ordnance Survey Office to produce a larger scale version of the existing 3½ inch map? Is the Minister aware that many private interests have to make photographic enlargements of this map—having got permission from the Ordnance Survey Office for this purpose—because of the inadequacy of the scale? Is the Minister aware that many roads are not named and can only be traced through numbers on them? This is not very satisfactory and it makes it very difficult for anybody to work from them. Would the Minister consider discussing this with the Ordnance Survey people?
Yes.