[Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Dave, You can read about the formation of OSM UK at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/OSMUK I believe the main regional discussion was started on the 2015-12-17 meeting. It continued through the process of drafting our articles of association and as part of

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Thread Dave F via Talk-GB
On 13/11/2019 15:42, Jez Nicholson wrote: Hi Dave, There was a long and detailed discussion about where is covered by OSMUK. Hi Where/when was this discussion held? DaveF ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
Thanks all. As noted the wiki page is not run by OSM-UK (the company) although company members and directors are free to update it, along with everyone else. I personally have done some edits recently (more to come) and found it odd that the page has that text at the top about what the UK is and

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 at 16:35, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > This message seems to complain > about something, but it is unclear > what is the problem. Having looked at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom I assume the problem was that in the opening sentence under the map, the page

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
Can you explain what you  want to achieve? This message seems to complain about something, but it is unclear  what is the problem. 13 Nov 2019, 16:08 by talk-gb@openstreetmap.org: > Someone involved with OSM-UK may wish to check the definition of The British > Isles: >

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Thread Brian Prangle
Bit of a misunderstanding here Dave - this is the wiki page of the UK mapping community not the UK OSM chapter. Everone is free to contribute to improve the wiki page, so if you find poor information there - just edit it to improve its content. Regards Brian On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 at 15:19, Dave

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Thread Jez Nicholson
Hi Dave, There was a long and detailed discussion about where is covered by OSMUK. The result was United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland + British Crown Dependencies, which includes the Isle of Man. I believe that this is also what many people in the OSM community tend to mean when

Re: [Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Thread Dave F via Talk-GB
Here's OSM-UK's page https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom#Guidelines On 13/11/2019 15:08, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote: Hi Someone involved with OSM-UK may wish to check the definition of The British Isles: https://www.britannica.com/place/British-Isles They may also wish to have

[Talk-GB] OSM-UK misunderstands the British Isles

2019-11-13 Thread Dave F via Talk-GB
Hi Someone involved with OSM-UK may wish to check the definition of The British Isles: https://www.britannica.com/place/British-Isles They may also wish to have a read of this: https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/departments/cabinet-office/external-relations/constitution/ What is the