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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/08/2021 12:26, Colin Smale wrote:<br>
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<div class="default-style"> There cannot be more than one
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<p>Sure there can. We have lots of places in OSM (including
international borders) where authoritative sources conflict. It's
enough of a problem that the OSMF has a policy specifically for
it:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/d/d8/DisputedTerritoriesInformation.pdf">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/d/d8/DisputedTerritoriesInformation.pdf</a>
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<p>I'm aware that this is the talk-gb mailing list and there aren't
too many border conflicts around this island - Rockall is probably
the nearest we've got and <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall</a> is
I believe a good summary of the various governments' positions on
that.</p>
<p>Best Regards,</p>
<p>Andy</p>
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