} From: Tom Chance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> } I've still not worked out a good way of finding out the ward } boundaries, the council won't give them to me because they're } all derived from OS data. Short of asking every resident } which ward they're in, or just copying them, I don't know } what to do. It seems a bit ridiculous that we'd actually } cause a problem by getting the council's data on electoral } boundaries, which happens to be drawn on OS maps!
Tom, I would have thought that it was the other way round. The boundaries would have been decided. Then they would have been written down. Where better than on a map and these days councils use a database of OS digital maps. I don't know for sure in this case. However for public rights of way; they are decided and written down in words and numbers. Such as: starting at AA 9999 9999 (BNG reference) and going in a northwest direction following the edge of the field, for 1650 feet to AAA 9999 9999, with the junction of the C567 road. The minimum width is 3 metres. Each 'leg' of the RoW would be similar. The whole of the RoW would have a number. Later the OS will add, or amend their map data. So the RoW data on an OS published map derives from elsewhere. If I were to visit the council office holding a copy of the definitive map with descriptions, I would be able to obtain that information as it is in the public domain. The fact that the definitive map is based on an OS map does not imply that the OS hold copyright. Reg. http://tinyurl.com/ypr4ag Up to 8Mb PlusNet broadband from only £9.99 a month and monthly contracts! _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb
