Marking Maps - OS200, Part 1

To mark the 200th anniversary of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), the Historic Environment Record of Northern Ireland (HERoNI), Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI), the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) and Queen's University of Belfast (QUB) would like to invite you to celebrate this historic milestone at a two part event at PRONI.

2-3pm - Charting Our Past: The creation of the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record (NISMR)

Join Kerrie McCarroll OSNI GI Manager and HERoNI archaeologists Rosemary McConkey and Hannah Parker for a fascinating insight into how the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record (NISMR) was created using historic maps and OS Memoirs and learn how this information continues to provide an essential resource for managing change in the landscape today.

3-3.30pm – Tea/coffee break

3.30-4.00pm – Surveying our past: Navigating the PRONI Historical Map Viewer

Stephen Scarth, Head of Public Services (PRONI) will navigate 200 years of Ordnance Survey maps through the prism of the PRONI Map Viewer.

4:00-4:20pm - Tracing our past, mapping our future

Dr Suzanne McLaughlin, Director of Mapping and Chief Survey Officer of Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI) reflects on some of the historic technical achievements of Ordnance Survey which meant that the island of Ireland was the most detailed mapped country in the world nearly 200 years ago. The talk will then discuss how that work resonates today with current and proposed future OSNI activities.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 2 Titanic Boulevard Titanic Quarter, Belfast, United Kingdom