Re: [Talk-GB] UK Postcodes

2016-09-25 Thread Killyfole and District Development Association
Has the Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland (OSNI) followed the lead regarding Open Government Licencing? Last time I checked the Royal Mail still claimed copyright over postcodes and addresses in Northern Ireland. Something I find totally disgusting. On Sunday, 25 September 2016 21:47:57 BST

Re: [Talk-GB] phone boxes used for other purposes

2016-04-18 Thread Killyfole and District Development Association
I think this would be a very worthy project for a bit of OSM'er time. I have been working on gathering information for defibs in County Fermanagh, but it really needs locals who know the area to find them and add to the map. Regarding tagging, is there a way in which we could tag a photograph

Re: [Talk-GB] Geovation - Location information innovation grants - now open for applications

2016-02-15 Thread Killyfole and District Development Association
I think you are quite right Jerry, looks like participants are expected to travel to London?!? Thats one way to keep the numbers down and limit it to the South East England area! On Monday 15 February 2016 17:23:37 SK53 wrote: > I think most folk on this list are fairly familiar with these:

Re: [Talk-GB] place=village/town/city

2016-02-12 Thread Killyfole and District Development Association
Hi all, In Northern Ireland we have a government body called the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, who work with the census data to determine the size and definition of a settlement - http://www.nisra.gov.uk/ Do you not have the same in the rest of the UK? Usually when they

Re: [Talk-GB] Admin Boundaries in Northern Ireland

2016-01-27 Thread Killyfole and District Development Association
Hi Walter, We don't actually have defined cities like in other parts of the world. In fact there are only 5 which are classed as cities. They are Armagh, Belfast, Derry/Londonderry, Lisburn and Newry. Historically, each city had its own council. But recently the councils have been merged