[Talk-GB] UK administrative subdivisions

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

   I'm a guest only on this list, having subscribed for the sole
purpose of asking this question but I thought it was not really
something for talk at openstreetmap ;-)

I have extracted the following list of "second-level administrative
areas" for the UK from a data source named GADM. Each of these comes
with a bounding polygon, the license of which is a bit unclear to me
so I'd rather not import them into OSM right away, but I think it
would be ok for me to use these polygons to extract "mini planets" for
each of the areas.

My question to you is, (a) would such "mini planets" be useful to
folks in the UK (does somebody else already do it, or does somebody
want to do it if I hand him Osmosis-compatible polygon definitions for
each of the areas?), and (b) is the list of administrative areas
below halfway sensible, or is it a mix of various levels that would
only confuse people and nobody would know where to look for his area?

For bonus points, (c) does the list cover the whole of the UK?

It certainly looks confusing to *me* but then I'm from the other side
of the Channel!

It seems obvious that "Administrative Counties" and "Unitary
Authorities" are in England, "Districts" are in N.Ireland and "Unitary
Districts" as well as the island regions in Scotland.

But is it correct that London Boroughs are on the same level as these?
Is there really a difference between an "Administrative County" and a
mere "County" (as Berkshire is listed) and the three "Metropolitan
Counties" in the list, or is this some kind of data processing
artifact?

What's with Derry, listed as "London Borough (City)", I always thought
Derry was in Ireland? And why is Kingston upon Thames listed as
"London Borough (royal)"?

Bye
Frederik             
      
Administrative County      Buckinghamshire
Administrative County      Cambridgeshire
Administrative County      Cheshire
Administrative County      Cornwall
Administrative County      Cumbria
Administrative County      Devon
Administrative County      Dorset
Administrative County      Durham
Administrative County      East Sussex
Administrative County      Essex
Administrative County      Gloucestershire
Administrative County      Hampshire
Administrative County      Hertfordshire
Administrative County      Kent
Administrative County      Lancashire
Administrative County      Leicestershire
Administrative County      Norfolk
Administrative County      North Yorkshire
Administrative County      Northumberland
Administrative County      Oxfordshire
Administrative County      Shropshire
Administrative County      Somerset
Administrative County      Staffordshire
Administrative County      Surrey
Administrative County      Warwickshire
Administrative County      West Sussex
Administrative County      Wiltshire
County                     Berkshire
District                   Antrim
District                   Ards
District                   Armagh
District                   Ballymena
District                   Ballymoney
District                   Banbridge
District                   Belfast
District                   Carrickfergus
District                   Castlereagh
District                   Coleraine
District                   Cookstown
District                   Craigavon
District                   Down
District                   Dungannon
District                   Fermanagh
District                   Larne
District                   Limavady
District                   Lisburn
District                   Magherafelt
District                   Moyle
District                   Newry and Mourne
District                   Newtownabbey
District                   North Down
District                   Omagh
District                   Strabane
Island area                Eilean Siar
Island area                Orkney Islands
Island area                Shetland Islands
London Borough             Barking and Dagenham
London Borough             Brent
London Borough             Bromley
London Borough             Camden
London Borough             Croydon
London Borough             Ealing
London Borough             Enfield
London Borough             Hackney
London Borough             Haringey
London Borough             Harrow
London Borough             Havering
London Borough             Hillingdon
London Borough             Hounslow
London Borough             Islington
London Borough             Lambeth
London Borough             Lewisham
London Borough             Merton
London Borough             Newham
London Borough             Redbridge
London Borough             Richmond upon Thames
London Borough             Southwark
London Borough             Sutton
London Borough             Tower Hamlets
London Borough             Waltham Forest
London Borough             Wandsworth
London Borough (City)      Derry
London borough (royal)     Kingston upon Thames
Metropolitan county        Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan county        West Midlands
Metropolitan county        West Yorkshire
Unitary authority          Bath and North East Somerset
Unitary authority          Blackburn with Darwen
Unitary authority          Bournemouth
Unitary authority          Brighton and Hove
Unitary authority          Darlington
Unitary authority          East Riding of Yorkshire
Unitary authority          Halton
Unitary authority          Hartlepool
Unitary authority          Isle of Wight
Unitary authority          Luton
Unitary authority          Medway
Unitary authority          Middlesbrough
Unitary authority          North Lincolnshire
Unitary authority          North Somerset
Unitary authority          Peterborough
Unitary authority          Poole
Unitary authority          Redcar and Cleveland
Unitary authority          Rutland
Unitary authority          South Gloucestershire
Unitary authority          Southend-on-Sea
Unitary authority          Stockton-on-Tees
Unitary authority          Swindon
Unitary authority          Telford and Wrekin
Unitary authority          Thurrock
Unitary authority          Torbay
Unitary authority (city)   Derby
Unitary Authority (city)   Kingston upon Hull
Unitary authority (city)   Nottingham
Unitary authority (city)   Plymouth
Unitary authority (city)   Portsmouth
Unitary authority (city)   Southampton
Unitary authority (city)   Stoke-on-Trent
Unitary authority (city)   York
Unitary authority (Wales)  Anglesey
Unitary authority (Wales)  Blaenau Gwent
Unitary authority (Wales)  Bridgend
Unitary authority (Wales)  Caerphilly
Unitary authority (Wales)  Cardiff
Unitary authority (Wales)  Carmarthenshire
Unitary authority (Wales)  Conwy
Unitary authority (Wales)  Denbighshire
Unitary authority (Wales)  Flintshire
Unitary authority (Wales)  Gwynedd
Unitary authority (Wales)  Merthyr Tydfil
Unitary authority (Wales)  Monmouthshire
Unitary authority (Wales)  Neath Port Talbot
Unitary authority (Wales)  Newport
Unitary authority (Wales)  Pembrokeshire
Unitary authority (Wales)  Powys
Unitary authority (Wales)  Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Unitary authority (Wales)  Swansea
Unitary authority (Wales)  Torfaen
Unitary authority (Wales)  Wrexham
Unitary district           Aberdeenshire
Unitary district           Angus
Unitary district           Argyll and Bute
Unitary district           Clackmannanshire
Unitary district           Dumfries and Galloway
Unitary district           East Ayrshire
Unitary district           East Dunbartonshire
Unitary district           East Lothian
Unitary district           East Renfrewshire
Unitary district           Falkirk
Unitary district           Fife
Unitary district           Highland
Unitary district           Inverclyde
Unitary district           Midlothian
Unitary district           Moray
Unitary district           North Ayshire
Unitary district           North Lanarkshire
Unitary district           Perthshire and Kinross
Unitary district           Renfrewshire
Unitary district           Scottish Borders
Unitary district           South Ayrshire
Unitary district           South Lanarkshire
Unitary district           Stirling
Unitary district           West Dunbartonshire
Unitary district           West Lothian
Unitary district (city)    Aberdeen
Unitary district (city)    Dundee
Unitary district (city)    Edinburgh
Unitary district (city)    Glasgow

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