dgplacenames (now in Orkney)
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Progress
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Progress
Turns out the OS has some js that will convert lat/lon to grid refs so can cut out that step in QGIS altogether:
github.com/OrdnanceSurv...
github.com/OrdnanceSurv...
GitHub - OrdnanceSurvey/os-transform: A set of JavaScript helper functions for transforming between the OSGB36/British National Grid (EPSG:27700) and WGS84 (EPSG:4326) coordinate systems; as well as p...
A set of JavaScript helper functions for transforming between the OSGB36/British National Grid (EPSG:27700) and WGS84 (EPSG:4326) coordinate systems; as well as providing support for OS Grid Refere...
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Turns out the OS has some js that will convert lat/lon to grid refs so can cut out that step in QGIS altogether:
github.com/OrdnanceSurv...
github.com/OrdnanceSurv...
Also, looks like I need to reproject to EPSG:4326 from EPSG:27700 (the Ordnance Survey CRS I've been using to get grid refs) rather than just exporting to 4326. Will attend to that after some more painting
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Also, looks like I need to reproject to EPSG:4326 from EPSG:27700 (the Ordnance Survey CRS I've been using to get grid refs) rather than just exporting to 4326. Will attend to that after some more painting
Mobile view still needs some work. Best to switch to desktop view if your browser allows it
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Mobile view still needs some work. Best to switch to desktop view if your browser allows it
@rhunedhel.bsky.social to top this video off, the description is a line of alliterative verse
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
@rhunedhel.bsky.social to top this video off, the description is a line of alliterative verse
I'll add it to the list!
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'll add it to the list!
Sounds like a good contact!
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Sounds like a good contact!
While I have you, have you come across Warth at the south west end of Cava before, or any reference to a beacon there?
maps.cmackenzie.net/viewer.html#...
maps.cmackenzie.net/viewer.html#...
Map Viewer
maps.cmackenzie.net
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
While I have you, have you come across Warth at the south west end of Cava before, or any reference to a beacon there?
maps.cmackenzie.net/viewer.html#...
maps.cmackenzie.net/viewer.html#...
Cheers! Hoping it will be extra useful once I get some transcriptions done.
The main skillset for this has been the patience to argue with AI
The main skillset for this has been the patience to argue with AI
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Cheers! Hoping it will be extra useful once I get some transcriptions done.
The main skillset for this has been the patience to argue with AI
The main skillset for this has been the patience to argue with AI
Spotted!
November 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Spotted!
Reposted by dgplacenames (now in Orkney)
Also in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained: four poems by @dgplacenames.bsky.social. The fourth one, "Hail in St. Mary's", is in modern Scots. It is an example of the Norse form, kviðuháttr .
alliteration.net/poetry/hail-in-st-marys/ #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity
alliteration.net/poetry/hail-in-st-marys/ #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity
Hail in St Mary’s, a poem in alliterative verse by Colin Mackenzy
The goose-gate’s / gairies loudly / skailt their scree, / scarrach-snell an / cranreuch bricht.
alliteration.net
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained: four poems by @dgplacenames.bsky.social. The fourth one, "Hail in St. Mary's", is in modern Scots. It is an example of the Norse form, kviðuháttr .
alliteration.net/poetry/hail-in-st-marys/ #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity
alliteration.net/poetry/hail-in-st-marys/ #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity
