On 15 Dec 2008, at 21:00, Chris Hill wrote: > Peter Miller wrote: >> On 15 Dec 2008, at 18:20, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:14:53PM +0000, Peter Miller wrote: >>> >>>> This list is called 'talk-GB' but in the description it is >>>> described >>>> as "General discussion for UK users" >>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo >>>> >>>> I think GB is probably right for this list (ie england, scotland >>>> and >>>> wales) so can someone change the description? Northern Ireland is >>>> geographically part of Ireland so should be covered in the >>>> Ireland list. >>>> >>> "Talk-GB General discussion for users in Great Britain" >>> >>> Better? >>> >>> >> >> >> Much better :) >> >> >> Peter >> > Except that the ISO code for the UK is GB, so Talk-GB is for the UK.
It is true that the ISO code for the UK is GB but it also appears to be incorrect! Here is a long article on wikipedia about england, wales, scotland, GB, UK, Ireland, Eire and ISO codes! "GB is the ISO 3166 code for the United Kingdom." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_(terminology) Regards, Peter > > > Cheers, > Chris _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
