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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>OSM's (official?) motto is "your own map of the world". </FONT>I guess I didn't quite understand it until today. Thanks for putting me wise ;-)</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Cheers,</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Lucas<BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>De:</B> Tom Chance [mailto:tom@acrewoods.net]<BR><B>Enviado el:</B> jue 29/05/2008 12:16<BR><B>Para:</B> talk@openstreetmap.org<BR><B>CC:</B> Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio; Steve Chilton<BR><B>Asunto:</B> Re: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>France and Germany share the same currency, Iceland has no army, Australia and<BR>England share the same head of state, Scotland has its own Parliament with<BR>certain devolved powers that are different to Wales' elected Assembly.<BR><BR>Then there's a difference between Britain, the British Isles, the United<BR>Kingdom and the Commonwealth.<BR><BR>Let's not get carried away! Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are countries <BR>with national borders, so those should be shown the same as any other<BR>national border.<BR><BR>Tom<BR><BR>On Thursday 29 May 2008 11:12:32 Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio wrote:<BR>> Scotland and England share the same currency, army, head of state and<BR>> parliament. Sweden and Norway do not share those things. Nobody thinks that<BR>> difference should be visible in a map?<BR>><BR>> Cheers,<BR>> Lucas<BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>><BR>> De: Steve Chilton [<A href="mailto:S.L.Chilton@mdx.ac.uk">mailto:S.L.Chilton@mdx.ac.uk</A>]<BR>> Enviado el: jue 29/05/2008 11:20<BR>> Para: Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio; talk@openstreetmap.org<BR>> Asunto: RE: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Scotland and Wales are countries.<BR>><BR>> Don't think the border between N Ireland and Rep of Ireland has been<BR>> digitised yet.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Cheers<BR>><BR>> STEVE<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow<BR>> Learning and Technical Support Unit Manager<BR>> School of Health and Social Sciences<BR>> Middlesex University<BR>> phone/fax: 020 8411 5355<BR>> email: steve8@mdx.ac.uk<BR>> <A href="http://www.mdx.ac.uk/schools/hssc/staff/profiles/technical/chiltons.asp">http://www.mdx.ac.uk/schools/hssc/staff/profiles/technical/chiltons.asp</A><BR>><BR>> Chair of the Society of Cartographers: <A href="http://www.soc.org.uk/">http://www.soc.org.uk/</A><BR>><BR>> SoC conference 2008:<BR>> <A href="http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cartographers08/">http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cartographers08/</A><BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>><BR>> From: talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org<BR>> [<A href="mailto:talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org">mailto:talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org</A>] On Behalf Of Juan Lucas Dominguez<BR>> Rubio Sent: 29 May 2008 07:57<BR>> To: talk@openstreetmap.org<BR>> Subject: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> According to Mapnik, Scotland and Wales have declared independence, and<BR>> Northern Ireland is part of the Republic of Ireland. Did I miss something?<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Lucas<BR><BR><BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>