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Friday, 4 April 2014

Data for Cub Scout Hike from Larch Hill to Hellfire and back via Cruagh wood.

Some data for the Larch Hill to Hellfire route . . .

SUMMARY route options:

1. Larch Hill to Hellfire 4.5km (and back 4.5km) (total 4km on road and 5km on paths)

2. Larch Hill to Hellfire 5.8km (and back 4.5km)

3. Larch Hill to Hellfire 4.5km and back via Cruagh wood and Tibradden 8km

(total 4km on road - quieter road on way back but watch for cars/bikes)

The route via Cruagh wood follows a nice forest/river walk in Massey wood up to Cruagh.

1. and 2. breakdown.

Larch Hill to Hellfire 4.5km (or 5.8km on less steep path up Montpelier)

Road 2.7km, 1km through Massey wood, 0.8km up the hill to Hellfire (or 2.1km wind up the less steep paths)

On the way back simply reverse that route.

Road:

* Down the Larch Hill road and out main entrance,

* Continue straight down hill (all the way down Mutton Lane).

Careful! Narrow roads with traffic!

* Continue straight up to hairpin bend. Total: 1.6km

* Take left at hairpin up Cruagh road.

* Take 2nd right (after 0.5km towards fruit farm) up Cruagh lane.

Road should be less busy now but watch for traffic/farm.

* Take first right (after 0.3km) up Lamberts lane.

* Near end of lane (after 0.3km) find entrance to Massey woods.

Massey wood:

* Go 1km West(ish) uphill direction on Military Road in Massey wood up to entrance near Hellfire.

* Travel 200m SW up road and turn right into Hellfire car park

(WATCH out for traffic - the road and car park can be vbery busy)

* EITHER follow the forest tracks up the hill and around back of hill up to peak

* OR turn left immediately after entering car park.

Follow path directly towards peak.

When this path crosses forest track you can decide to continue up steeper section or at that point join forest track.

3. Larch Hill to Hellfire 4.5km and back to Larch Hill via Cruagh/Tibradden 8km (total:12.5km)

Go through Massey woods following river walk all way South.

Cross road to Cruagh woods.

Go East through Cruagh wood and cross road to Tibradden wood (at car park entrance).

At Tibradden follow Pine forest track across to Tibradden Lane road,

Follow road downhill (North) and around to Larch hill main entrance.

Distances:

Down Hellfire to Massey wood river walk 1.5km

Path through in Massey woods follow river path S to Cruagh 1.7km

E across Cruagh woods 1.7km

Back through Tibradden and on road to Larch hill (route we have done a few times previously) 3.1km

Pace/time:

On the last hike up 3 rock I did a rough pace calc and allowed a bit extra for small legs . . .

We blew that out of the water & had plenty extra time at the top! :-)

The Three Rock hike loop from Balally Scout Den was 11km total. 10am to 2:30pm

The Three rock route we did total distance of 11km: 4.4km up and down and a few km around the top

We did a steady pace at start and didn't slack off despite steep section on Three Rock.

We should allow contingency but Naismiths rule unadjusted seems to be correct for cub hike speed.

Naismith 1hr/5k+1hr/600m

The 12.5km route works out at 3hours. (no lunch/play time included)

Going direct up steep hill at Hellfire I think could be good as it will keep the interest even though it is a bit difficult.

Provided any old knees can handle it! :)

We should set a steady but slow pace on that section.

We can see on the day how the going is under foot and what time we are making.

I'm familiar with all the paths except the roads to back entrance of Massey wood and the top bit at South of Massey woods to Cruagh so I'm going to scout them out of an evening or on Sat . . .

lovely mappy number things follow . . .

James.

The UK & Ireland route planner here did a good job for the walking route: http://www.routino.org

Larch Hill to Hellfire and back via Cruagh route:

http://www.routino.org/uk-openlayers/router.html?transport=foot;lon1=-6.28399;lat1=53.25403;lon2=-6.33018;lat2=53.25147;lon3=-6.31487;lat3=53.24873;lon4=-6.30994;lat4=53.24115;lon5=-6.29481;lat5=53.24286;lon6=-6.28399;lat6=53.25403;lat=53.25414;lon=-6.30883;zoom=14

#
#Latitude Longitude Section  Section  Total    Total    Point Turn Bearing Highway
#                   Distance Duration Distance Duration Type                      
 53.254024   -6.284129  0.000 km  0.0 min   0.0 km    0 min Waypt   -4 Larch Hill
 53.252012   -6.330374  0.124 km  1.9 min   4.5 km   68 min Waypt  -3  +2 DMW(Hellfire Club on top of Montpelier Hill)

 53.248754   -6.314912  0.391 km  5.9 min   6.0 km   90 min Waypt  +4  -3 DMW(bottom of Massey woods)
 53.241202   -6.309843  0.015 km  0.2 min   7.7 km  116 min Waypt  -3  +3 track(Cruagh woods)
 53.242818   -6.294789  0.015 km  0.2 min   9.4 km  141 min Waypt  +1  +1 path(Tibradden woods car park)
 53.254024   -6.284129  0.439 km  6.6 min  12.5 km  187 min Waypt

Hellfire hill route on windy road up and steep hill down:
http://www.routino.org/uk-openlayers/router.html?transport=foot;lon1=-6.32133;lat1=53.25218;lon2=-6.32341;lat2=53.25427;lon3=-6.32632;lat3=53.25008;lon4=-6.33341;lat4=53.25139;lon5=-6.33003;lat5=53.25159;lon6=-6.32133;lat6=53.25218;lat=53.25414;lon=-6.30883;zoom=14


Three rock route from Balally scout Den: 4.4km up, +2.6=7km to around the top and heading down, +4=11km back to den

http://www.routino.org/uk-openlayers/router.html?transport=foot;lon1=-6.32133;lat1=53.25218;lon2=-6.32341;lat2=53.25427;lon3=-6.32632;lat3=53.25008;lon4=-6.33341;lat4=53.25139;lon5=-6.33003;lat5=53.25159;lon6=-6.32133;lat6=53.25218;lat=53.25414;lon=-6.30883;zoom=14

http://www.routino.org/uk-openlayers/router.html?transport=foot;lon1=-6.32133;lat1=53.25218;lon2=-6.32341;lat2=53.25427;lon3=-6.32632;lat3=53.25008;lon4=-6.33341;lat4=53.25139;lon5=-6.33003;lat5=53.25159;lon6=-6.32133;lat6=53.25218;lat=53.25414;lon=-6.30883;zoom=14

full list for the route from Larch hill:

http://www.routino.org/uk-openlayers/router.html?transport=foot;lon1=-6.28399;lat1=53.25403;lon2=-6.33018;lat2=53.25147;lon3=-6.31487;lat3=53.24873;lon4=-6.30994;lat4=53.24115;lon5=-6.29481;lat5=53.24286;lon6=-6.28399;lat6=53.25403;lat=53.25414;lon=-6.30883;zoom=14

# Creator : Routino - http://www.routino.org/
# Source : Based on OpenStreetMap data from http://www.openstreetmap.org/
# License : http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
#
#Latitude Longitude Section  Section  Total    Total    Point Turn Bearing Highway
#                   Distance Duration Distance Duration Type                      
 53.254024   -6.284129  0.000 km  0.0 min   0.0 km    0 min Waypt   -4 Larch Hill
 53.253710   -6.284103  0.034 km  0.5 min   0.0 km    1 min Junct  +0  -4 Larch Hill
 53.253599   -6.284043  0.012 km  0.2 min   0.0 km    1 min Junct  +2  -3 Larch Hill
 53.253317   -6.284087  0.042 km  0.6 min   0.1 km    1 min Junct  +2  -3 service road
 53.252756   -6.285793  0.149 km  2.2 min   0.2 km    4 min Junct  +0  -1 Larch Hill
 53.255290   -6.289248  0.375 km  5.6 min   0.6 km    9 min Junct  +0  -1 Larch Hill
 53.256190   -6.290131  0.114 km  1.7 min   0.7 km   11 min Junct  +0  +0 Mutton Lane
 53.259530   -6.293343  0.427 km  6.4 min   1.2 km   17 min Junct  +0  -1 Mutton Lane
 53.260576   -6.296611  0.258 km  3.9 min   1.4 km   21 min Junct  +0  -2 Tibradden Road (L4027)
 53.261682   -6.297802  0.160 km  2.4 min   1.6 km   24 min Junct  -3  -4 Edmondstown Road (R116)
 53.257534   -6.300464  0.488 km  7.3 min   2.1 km   31 min Junct  +1  -3 Cruagh Lane
 53.255478   -6.303564  0.305 km  4.6 min   2.4 km   35 min Junct  +1  -2 Lamberts Lane
 53.254901   -6.308754  0.349 km  5.2 min   2.7 km   41 min Junct  +1  -2 Old Military Road
 53.251923   -6.318582  0.802 km 12.0 min   3.5 km   53 min Junct  +1  -1 path
 53.252102   -6.318992  0.033 km  0.5 min   3.5 km   53 min Junct  +0  -2 path
 53.252338   -6.320282  0.090 km  1.4 min   3.6 km   55 min Junct  +1  -1 DMW
 53.253172   -6.320981  0.103 km  1.5 min   3.7 km   56 min Junct  -2  -4 Killakee Road (R115)
 53.252107   -6.320708  0.118 km  1.8 min   3.9 km   58 min Junct  +3  -2 service road
 53.252409   -6.321334  0.059 km  0.9 min   3.9 km   59 min Junct  -1  -3 path
 53.252057   -6.321484  0.040 km  0.6 min   4.0 km   59 min Junct  +2  -2 path
 53.252050   -6.323309  0.119 km  1.8 min   4.1 km   61 min Junct  +0  -2 path
 53.252057   -6.328511  0.342 km  5.1 min   4.4 km   66 min Junct  +0  -2 DMW
 53.252012   -6.330374  0.124 km  1.9 min   4.5 km   68 min Waypt  -3  +2 DMW
 53.252057   -6.328511  0.124 km  1.9 min   4.7 km   70 min Junct  +0  +2 path
 53.252050   -6.323309  0.342 km  5.1 min   5.0 km   75 min Junct  +0  +2 path
 53.252057   -6.321484  0.119 km  1.8 min   5.1 km   77 min Junct  -1  +0 path
 53.252409   -6.321334  0.040 km  0.6 min   5.2 km   78 min Junct  +2  +3 service road
 53.252107   -6.320708  0.059 km  0.9 min   5.2 km   78 min Junct  -2  +0 Killakee Road (R115)
 53.253172   -6.320981  0.118 km  1.8 min   5.3 km   80 min Junct  +3  +3 DMW
 53.250937   -6.319037  0.279 km  4.2 min   5.6 km   84 min Junct  +0  +3 DMW (back)
 53.250895   -6.319007  0.005 km  0.1 min   5.6 km   84 min Junct  +0  +3 DMW (back)
 53.248754   -6.314912  0.391 km  5.9 min   6.0 km   90 min Waypt  +4  -3 DMW
 53.248706   -6.314994  0.007 km  0.1 min   6.0 km   90 min Junct  +0  -4 path
 53.248116   -6.314993  0.074 km  1.1 min   6.1 km   92 min Junct  +2  -3 Dublin Mountain Way - Hellfire & Massey spur
 53.247803   -6.315436  0.045 km  0.7 min   6.1 km   92 min Junct  +0  -3 Dublin Mountain Way - Hellfire & Massey spur
 53.245151   -6.315920  0.324 km  4.9 min   6.5 km   97 min Junct  +0  -4 Dublin Mountain Way - Hellfire & Massey spur
 53.242598   -6.317419  0.314 km  4.7 min   6.8 km  102 min Junct  +0  -4 Dublin Mountain Way - Hellfire & Massey spur
 53.239283   -6.314280  0.440 km  6.6 min   7.2 km  108 min Junct  +2  -4 Cruagh Road (L8124)
 53.239178   -6.314238  0.012 km  0.2 min   7.2 km  109 min Junct  +0  +3 Dublin Mountain Way
 53.238553   -6.313467  0.086 km  1.3 min   7.3 km  110 min Junct  +0  +2 Dublin Mountain Way
 53.239989   -6.311904  0.216 km  3.2 min   7.5 km  113 min Junct  +0  +1 track
 53.241114   -6.309669  0.196 km  2.9 min   7.7 km  116 min Junct  -2  -1 track
 53.241202   -6.309843  0.015 km  0.2 min   7.7 km  116 min Waypt  -3  +3 track
 53.241114   -6.309669  0.015 km  0.2 min   7.8 km  116 min Junct  +0  +3 track
 53.241053   -6.297890  0.814 km 12.2 min   8.6 km  129 min Junct  +0  +2 track
 53.242701   -6.295077  0.801 km 12.0 min   9.4 km  141 min Junct  +3  +2 Pine Forest Road (R116)
 53.242680   -6.294758  0.020 km  0.3 min   9.4 km  141 min Junct  -1  +0 track
 53.242818   -6.294789  0.015 km  0.2 min   9.4 km  141 min Waypt  +1  +1 path
 53.243227   -6.293913  0.076 km  1.1 min   9.5 km  142 min Junct  +0  +1 path
 53.243448   -6.293242  0.050 km  0.8 min   9.5 km  143 min Junct  +0  +1 DMW Tibradden Trail
 53.243782   -6.292547  0.059 km  0.9 min   9.6 km  144 min Junct  -1  -1 track
 53.247118   -6.291111  0.417 km  6.3 min  10.0 km  150 min Junct  +0  +1 track
 53.248700   -6.285514  0.471 km  7.1 min  10.5 km  157 min Junct  +0  -1 Tibradden Lane
 53.256190   -6.290131  1.041 km 15.6 min  11.5 km  173 min Junct  +2  +3 Larch Hill
 53.255290   -6.289248  0.114 km  1.7 min  11.6 km  175 min Junct  +0  +3 Larch Hill
 53.252756   -6.285793  0.375 km  5.6 min  12.0 km  180 min Junct  +0  +2 Larch Hill
 53.254024   -6.284129  0.439 km  6.6 min  12.5 km  187 min Waypt

http://www.coillteoutdoors.ie/uploads/tx_r3coillterecreationsites/hc_hellfiremasseysAll12.pdf

http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1240001#map=14/53.2515/-6.3092&layers=CN

http://www.barossalight.sa.scouts.com.au/games/compass-games.pdf

Mountain Pursuit Challenge. Hike prep and Route card
http://www.mpcteam.ie/Docs/handbook.PDF

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_card

	Route/Objective:		Balally Cubs Larch Hill to Hellfire and back (back via Cruagh wood and Tibradden probably)
	Date/Time:		Meet 10am Larch Hill

Leg	Time of Day	Distance	Duration	Turn/go	Bearing	Location/Highway	Lat	Long
1	10:20	0.0 km	0 min	START	NW	Larch Hill	53.254024	-6.284129
2		1.6 km	24 min	L	SSW	Edmondstown Road (R116) (HAIRPIN)	53.261682	-6.297802
3		2.1 km	31 min	R	SW	Cruagh Lane	53.257534	-6.300464
4		2.4 km	35 min	R	SW	Lamberts Lane	53.255478	-6.303564
5		2.7 km	41 min	R	W	Old Military Road (in Massey Woods)	53.254901	-6.308754
6	11:30	3.7 km	56 min	L/up road	S	Killakee Road (R115)	53.253172	-6.320981
7		3.9 km	58 min	R	W	service road - Hellfire car park	53.252107	-6.320708
8	11:45	4.5 km	68 min	LUNCH	LUNCH	DMW Hellfire Club	53.252012	-6.330374
9
10	12:15	4.5 km	68 min	START	E	DMW Hellfire Club
11		5.2 km	78 min	L/down rd	N	Killakee Road (R115)	53.252107	-6.320708
12		5.3 km	80 min	R	SE	DMW into Massey Wood	53.253172	-6.320981
13	13:00	7.2 km	108 min	L cross rd	S	Cruagh Road (L8124)	53.239283	-6.31428
14	13:35	9.4 km	141 min	cross road	NE	Pine Forest Road (R116)	53.242701	-6.295077
15	13:55	10.5 km	157 min	L down rd	NNW	Tibradden Lane	53.2487	-6.285514
16	14:30	12.5 km	187 min	FINISH	FINISH	Finish in Larch Hill	53.254024	-6.284129

	Time with some short breaks and time for lunch.		Total Hiking time (not incl. time for breaks)

Escapes/Alternates
7,8	Go up Hellfire on longer but less steep forest tracks.
10,11,12	Go from Hellfire back to Larch hill by the way we came (Down, Through Massey wood, on road by fruit farm Cruagh Lane, Mutton Lane to Larch Hill) 4.5k
13	Go back through Massey wood and then back by way we came

Group Traveling by			Hike/walk
Number in Party			___ leaders, ___ cubs
Emergency Contact
Phone Number of Contact
Address of Contact
Vehicles will be left at			Larch Hill
Notes

Is there one elegant way to do multiple file renames in linux?

Is there one elegant way to do multiple file renames in linux?
Answer: Well. Sorry. Not really. Two main techniques that should be known:
1. Discover mmv. yum install mmv; mmv \*.\* pre_\#1_post.\#2
2. Learn bash scripting. bash for loop and variable manipulation and find and sed and occasionally awk and sometimes even perl and python might be called into action. VERY flexible. But many ways to do the same thing.

Common patterns:
for f in *; do mv $f pre_${f%%.*}_post.${f#*.}; done # read bash manual on variable substitution

for f in *; do nf=$(echo $f | sed "s/^/pre_/g;s/\./_post./"); mv $f $nf; done

for f in *; do mv $f ${f/foog/moog}; done # substitution s/foog/moog/

for f in *; do mv $f ${f//foog/moog}; done # global substitution s/foog/moog/g
ls * |xargs -I {} mv {} $(something a bit more awkward than expected!)
ls * |xargs -I {} mv {} {}.bak # xargs fine for simple stuff BUT too awkward if wish to manipulate the string
find . -name "*" -exec mv {} $(echo {}|sed "s/^/pre_/g;s/\./_post./"); \; # wurghh but works
find . -name "*" |xargs -I {} mv {} STUFF # same as before for xargs

rename 's/$.*$\.$.*$$/pre_\1_post.\2/' *.JPG # rename perl flavour - maybe TODO test

rename "" pre_ *; rename . _post. *# rename linux-utils flavour, ^ doesn't work to match beginning of filename but "" does

Conclusion: learning some bash syntax is what you should do. Learn bash variable substitution and some simple sed.

rename [options] expression replacement file...

WARNING (applies to all the renaming, use echo before mv to check your command does what is expected BEFORE you run it in anger on many files). This WARNING from linux-utils rename manpage is relevant: "The renaming has no safeguards. If the user has permission to rewrite file names, the command will perform the action without any questions. For example, the result can be quite drastic when the command is run as root in the /lib directory. Always make a backup before running the command, unless you truly know what you are doing."

The GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Summary (see below) has a good summary of using mmv, rename (perl flavour) and bash scripting.

There are many different ways to do the same thing with computers.
This particularily applies to linux.
In a way this is good, it allows many kinds of different uses of the same computer hardware.
In other ways it is bad.
It is a good user experience if there is one well known way of doing something.

Mac vs Windows vs Linux. Mac more design principled also more restricted environment (for users and developers). One sw/app to do one job . . . or at least not 100 options which work 40 - 80%, very different values of working.

An example is renaming multiple files . . .

https://www.google.ie/search?q=linux+elegant+multiple+file+rename

The tool to rename files in unix/linux is mv. Nice and simple. 'mv filea fileb' will rename filea to fileb. Grand. Now sometimes I want to operate on multiple files. Can I do that? 'mv *.jpg Pictures/' will move all my jpg files in current dir to Pictures/ dir. Lovely. Now how about if I have lots of files and wish to rename them all. Can I do this: 'mv DSC00*.JPG photo_*.jpg'? NO. That doesn't work.

History
=======

The good old days . . . ? amstrad/ cp/m
DOS copy *.xxx *.yyy # principle of it just does what you want it to do . . .
# principle of not surprising user ~~ kindof ~~ depends on the user and how they came at the tool

UNIX higher principles on . Command line expansions are handled in one place and handled the same for all tools. One tool does one job well. But that means you cannot hijack wildcards in your utility. They are already expanded by shell before utility gets them.

UNIX newbie gotcha #1:
'mv *.xxx *.yyy' e.g. might expand to 'mv 1.xxx 2.xxx 3.xxx 4.xxx' error: target 4.xxx is not a directory

UNIX newbie nasty tar gotcha:
'tar -jcvf backup_my_stuff.tbz vitalfiles* criticaldir veryimportantstuff' # CORRECT
'tar -cvf vitalfiles* criticaldir veryimportantstuff backup_my_stuff.tar' # GOTCHA! BAD.
The tar file name is in the wrong place in the second example. AUGH! The very first vital file (probably the most vital) is overwritten with tar file. A killer when you destroy some part of your work and IRONICALLY when you were being good and making a backup.

android studio project import could rename resources with invalid chars e.g. rename JPG jpg *.jpg #YMMV(DOYFOR!(YIJMTAU(YIAJMTAU) :-) ))

I am sooooo funny sometimes.

. . . . @ . . . . .

android studio project import could rename resources with invalid chars e.g. rename s/JPG/jpg/ *.jpg #|| rename JPG jpg *.jpg #||find . -name *.jpg -exec e.t.c. #||$(ls *.jpg|)depending on your flavour of rename :-P

GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Summary
	Chapter 7. Working with the file-system

Mass Rename/copy/link Tools

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/GNU-Linux-Tools-Summary/html/x4055.htm

mmv, rename(perl flavour) and bash scripting for f in *.xxx; do mv $f ${f##}; done

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/417916/how-to-do-a-mass-rename
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6329505/how-to-rename-all-file-in-a-folder-with-a-suffix-in-a-single-unix-command

http://search.cpan.org/~rmbarker/File-Rename-0.20/rename.PL

In Android-Studio.
Imported sdk/samples android-17/HoneycombGallery

After import build failed:
Execution failed for task ':app:mergeDebugResources'.
> /home/james/src/HoneycombGallery/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/stargazer_droid.JPG: Error: Invalid file name: must contain only lowercase letters and digits ([a-z0-9_.])

Renaming *.JPG to *.jpg solved problem easy.
Should the import tool take care of renaming resources when importing projects?

If for some reason your project does not build, and you determine that
it is due to a bug or limitation of the Eclipse to Gradle importer,
please file a bug at http://b.android.com with category
Component-Tools.

RELATED (but not the same) to this issue:
Issue 31: Resource file names generate invalid Java identifiers

Friday, 3 January 2014

Google calendar with Mothering Sunday (Mother's day for Ireland & UK)

I wanted to find a public google calendar with Mother's day. However I couldn't find one. Nowhere on the internet! There are a few calendars there with religious feasts which are good but I wanted just a couple of key dates. Very important to stock up on eggs and milk and a lemon for pancake Tuesday! :-) Also vital in Ireland to be alert on the morning of April Fools' day.

Mother's day in Ireland and UK is Mothering Sunday. The fourth Sunday in Lent. Young servants were given a day off to visit their Mother Church and family.

So this calendar called "Irish Traditional Days" is created and available for public use.

It includes just a few important days in Ireland. It excludes holidays already in Google calendar for Irish holidays. The days are mainly from Catholic tradition but do not include all the catholic days that would be found on religious calendars. Days included: Pancake Tue, Ash Wed. Mothering Sunday (4th Sun in Lent). April Fool's. Father's Day. Halloween, All Saint's day.
These are not necessarily national holidays.
The Easter/Lent days of Pancake Tue, Ash Wed and Mothering Sunday are in from 2014 to 2020.

The other days occur yearly (Father's day 3rd Sunday in June).

Calendar can be downloaded or embedded:

(Calendar ID: uek8r6f8u9u748thuvku85ilr0@group.calendar.google.com)

Embed calendar in blog: (just the "Irish Traditional Days" is a bit bare without Google Irish Holidays calendar but in actual use you would select multiple calendars)

Experiment with embedding calendar in google site here:
https://sites.google.com/site/overtherebedragons/calendar?pli=1
"Irish Traditional Days" combined with Google Irish Holidays and moon phases.

It would be nice in Google Calendar if you could base event dates off of one key event. e.g. The date of Easter Sunday would be imported from a public calendar. Then all the dates of Lent: Pancake Tue, Ash Wed, Mothering Sunday and more if desired could be based off of that date.

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Maps for cub scouts.

We are going on Hike from Scout Den to Three Rock on Sunday.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/53.2630/-6.2041&layers=C

Scouting Ireland. Orienteering for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts . . . https://my.scouts.ie/uploads/files/One%20Programme/Orienteering_v3_1.pdf

1. Orient the map. Using features, sun or compass.

orient etymology:
The Orient - The Eastern World - Where the sun rises: Asia, China, Japan(the land of the rising sun - Nihon), e.t.c. To orient oneself - "to arrange facing east," from French s'orienter "to take one's bearings," literally "to face the east". Origin latin "oriri" to rise -- latin "orient" rising or east -- french/english. During Roman and Medievial times it was common for maps to be drawn with East at the top. Orienteering as a sport was created by Swedish military around 1886 as training for navigating on land.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=orient
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orienteering
http://www.orienteering.ie/

Time-Chart of old maps:

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/AncientWebPages/TM1.htm

List/Index of old maps:

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/AncientWebPages/AncientL.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_world_maps

Babylonian clay tablet. "Imago Mundi". 600BC.

This picture is an interpretation of the original tablet.
Babylonia in the center of the map.
The Bitter River (salty sea) surrounding Babylonia.
Seven or Eight islands beyond the Bitter River.
Heavenly ocean and Animal constellations beyond the Islands.
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/AncientWebPages/103.html
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/AncientWebPages/103Amono.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_world_maps#Babylonian_Imago_Mundi_.28c._600_BCE.29

Herodotus World Map 450BC.
Herodotus was a Greek born in what is now part of Turkey which was in the Persian Empire. He is known as the father of History. He traveled and collected information about history and geography and people, he tested the material to see if it was true and he wrote down the facts. Of course he has also been called the father of lies! The description of countries, seas, rivers and mountains in Herodotus' Histories have been used to create maps.

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/AncientWebPages/109.html
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/AncientWebPages/109mono.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus

Roman Map of the world. Orbis Terrarum. 20AD.
East at the Top.
The meditteranean sea and Italy/Rome close to center of map.
Note the river Nile rising in the mountains of Africa and flowing through Egypt to the Nile Delta.

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/AncientWebPages/118mono.html

Ancient Roman Map. Tabula Peutingeriana

This ancient roman map is a small section of the famous Tabula Peutingeriana: An ancient Roman map of the Roman Empire. Rome in center of map. Roman roads (Via Appia, e.t.c.) leading from Rome. The map is distorted like a london underground map.
Ancient Roman map of the empire

This ancient roman map is a small section of the famous Tabula Peutingeriana: An ancient Roman

You have to visit wikipedia to see the full thing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Peutingeriana

http://www.mariamilani.com/rome_maps/ancient_roman_map.htm
http://www.mariamilani.com/rome_maps/Roman_Empire_Maps.htm

Ptolemy's map of the World. 100AD to 15th century
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy
Ptolemy was Greek. He lived in the city of Alexandria in the Roman province of Egypt, He was a scientist and worked on mathematics, astronomy and geography among other things. His work on geography was recorded in a work called the Geographia. The Geographia is a collection of Greco-Roman geographic knowledge of the world and a description of how to make an accurate map. Ptolemy created a mathematically accurate map projection. He assigned co-ordinates to every place and projected the features from the world globe on to the map. His maps and tables were copied until the 15th century with both errors and improvements being made by the copiers. The latest Ptolemic maps we have are from the later medieval copies.

What a real 12th century copy of a Ptolemaic map looks like:
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/AncientWebPages/119.html
Ptolemy's map of Ireland:
http://irisharchaeology.ie/2011/11/roman-contacts-with-ireland/

Mappa Mundi. Medieval European maps of the world.
Any medieval European map of the world in a circular style is called a Mappa Mundi.
Of course at this time maps originally from Roman maps, Ptolemy projection style maps and others were in books and were being copied. The Mappa Mundi were stylised circular maps. With North or East on the top. Often with religious or other mythical imagery included.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mappa_mundi
There are several distict types of mappa mundi:

Zonal maps - zones from North to South: Arctic, Europe/Asia, Africa, Antipodes and Antartica
Tripartite or "T-O" maps - with a division of Asia(the East) on Top and Europe and Africa (the North and South) below
Quadripartite maps - like T-O maps adding in the Antipodes.
Complex maps - with same layout as T-O and Quadripartite maps but with considerable more detail

Medieval Islam Map example
South is to the top of the map.
See the river Nile rising in the mountains and flowing through Egypt ot the Nile Delta.
The center of the map was the area best known to the map makers.
This one style seems quite like the complex mappa mundi.