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The Isle of Man (Mannin) is a British Crown dependency in Europe at latitude 54°12′02.52″ North, longitude 4°34′05.16″ West.
This page contains information relating to mapping activity on the Isle of Man, and the free map (and map data) of the Isle of Man being built up by the contributors.
Usage of official data
In 2007, the Isle of Man Government offered the use of their 1:100,000 small scale map of the Isle of Man to allow us to derive information from, for inclusion in OpenStreetMap. This allowed us to gather place name information, rivers, town and plantation boundaries, etc. all of which are of great value to the project. The following year, Cloudmade mapped the Island and donated the data to the project, adding a much greater level of detail to the data.
Isle of Man 2001 aerial imagery
Thanks to the further support of the Isle of Man Government, in 2009 we were offered the use of both the 1:25,000 scale tourist map of the Island from 2007, and the 2001 high resolution aerial imagery from which to derive data.
The aerial imagery is available as a Tile Map Service:
- For the south of the Island (Calf of Man to Douglas):
- For middle of the Island (Peel to Ramsey):
- For north of the Island (Ramsey to Point of Ayre):
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Please remember that it's nearly 20 years old now, so some things have changed since the shots were taken. Please add a source=Isle of Man Government aerial imagery (2001) tag (or similar) to any objects derived from the aerial imagery.
Isle of Man 2007 1:25,000 map
The 1:25,000 map can be used through the following tile sets:
- North East:
- South East:
- South West:
- North West:
Please add a source=Isle of Man Government 1:25000 map tag (or similar) to any objects derived from the map.
Using the tiles
To use the imagery, simply click one of the direct links above. A source tag will automatically be added to your changeset.
To use the imagery in JOSM, add a custom source to the slippymap plugin, levels 9 to 18 (or 9 to 16 for the 1:25,000 map).
Mapped features
| Category | Name | Data |
|---|---|---|
| Places | ||
| Douglas | 38652636 38652636 | |
| Castletown | 25986135 25986135 | |
| Port Erin | 25989717 25989717 | |
| Ramsey | 25985917 25985917 | |
| Peel | 25987836 25987836 | |
| Port St Mary | 25988845 25988845 | |
| Ballasalla | 38256631 38256631 | |
| Onchan | 25987815 25987815 | |
| Kirk Michael | 283505157 283505157 | |
| Colby | 283489994 283489994 | |
| Ballabeg | 283519563 283519563 | |
| Glen Vine | 38336588 38336588 | |
| Union Mills | 283493479 283493479 | |
| Crosby | 38336596 38336596 | |
| St Johns | 283504450 283504450 | |
| Foxdale | 283481432 283481432 | |
| Jurby | 283501062 283501062 | |
| Bride | 283510000 283510000 | |
| Islands | ||
| Isle of Man | 6041206 6041206 | |
| Calf of Man | 25987471 25987471 | |
| Sheadings | ||
| Ayre | 1061144 1061144 | |
| Garff | 1061145 1061145 | |
| Glenfaba | 1061147 1061147 | |
| Middle | 1061146 1061146 | |
| Michael | 1028022 1028022 | |
| Rushen | 1061135 1061135 | |
| Road circuits | ||
| Snaefell Mountain Course (Isle of Man TT circuit) | 188240 188240 | |
| Southern 100 Course | 188641 188641 | |
| Railways | ||
| Steam Railway | 148241 148241 | |
| Manx Electric Railway | 25986379 25986379 | |
| Snaefell Mountain Railway | 25989689 25989689 | |
| Groudle Glen Railway | 27036461 27036461 | |
| Douglas Horse Trams | 59285960 59285960 | |
| Orchid Line, Wildlife Park | 231795 231795 | |
| Long Distance Footpaths | ||
| Millennium Way | ||
| Raad ny Foillan | 231798 231798 | |
| Cycle routes | ||
| 1 (Douglas) | 192623 192623 | |
| 2 (Castletown) | 192635 192635 | |
| 2a | 192846 192846 | |
| 2b | 192847 192847 | |
| 3 (Port Erin, Port St Mary, Ballabeg and Colby) | 192856 192856 | |
| 3a | 192859 192859 | |
| 3b | 192858 192858 | |
| 3c | 192857 192857 | |
| 4 (Peel) | 192889 192889 | |
| 4a | 192890 192890 | |
| 5 (Ramsey) | 192912 192912 | |
| 6 (Laxey) | 192630 192630 | |
| Bus routes (work in progress) | ||
| 3 | 198595 198595 | |
| 5 (Douglas to Ramsey, via Peel) | 176527 176527 | |
| 8 (Port Erin to Peel) | 174760 174760 | |
Helping out
Anybody can help out with mapping the Isle of Man for the Openstreetmap project - you just need to create an account and start editing.
For more information on how you can help the project out, see the Getting Involved section.
Mapping names in Manx and English
Many streets on the Isle of Man show their name in both English and Manx Gaelic, and each of the settlements also has a Manx name. Wherever we know it, we are storing both the English and Manx versions of a name, and using the English as the default version to show on the map.
To map names in English, simply use name tag, but if you can add the Manx name as well, please add that as name:gv and also duplicate the English name in a name:en tag.
Contributors
- Cloudmade
- Dan Karran
- cclark
- mentor
- LDS
- Shaun McDonald
- Rob Mercer
- Nick Black
(please add your name to the map if you're working on improving the map data for the Isle of Man)
Changes
Changes made to Isle of Man data can be monitored through the Changeset browser or using the equivalent RSS feed. Note that this list also includes changesets which span the Island (e.g. global changes to items in both Canada and Europe) but don't change anything within the Island itself.
Using the data
There are a number of ways you can use the free geodata for the Isle of Man. The downloads listed below are map extracts covering just the Isle of Man, updated weekly with the latest data.
- Shapefile: Cloudmade Geofabrik
- Garmin map files: Cloudmade
- GPX (points of interest): Cloudmade
- .osm format: Cloudmade Geofabrik
- Other formats: Cloudmade
Sites using the Isle of Man mapping data:
Mapping Parties
The first Isle of Man mapping party was held in 2007, and the map has come on immensely since then, especially with the help of a thorough mapping by a group from CloudMade (SteveC, NickB & Blackadder) in 2008. With the majority of the Island's roads now on the map, along with rivers, plantations and other geographic features, it's time to start adding finer detail to the map. On 1st August 2009 the second Isle of Man Mapping Party was held in Douglas to gather additional information to add to the map. A third mapping day was held in 2010 to add more detail to the map of Douglas.
OpenStreetMap Isle of Man in the news
- Volunteers for street mapping project - Manx Radio / isleofman.com, 30 July 2007
- Isle of Man Mapping Party - isleofman.com, 21 July 2009
- The Isle of Man is mapped out and available online - BBC, 27 October 2010