[Talk-GB] Fw: Fowey estuary coastline problem

[Kevin Peat]

So it seems, although the OS at least manages to limit the ugliness
factor. I wonder if there is some historical reason for it? Next time
I use the ferry I'll ask the guy to make sure he stays in Devon :]

Kevin



On 30 January 2013 11:37, Steve Doerr <doerr.stephen at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's how it appears on OS maps, e.g.
> http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=286849&Y=54821&A=Y&Z=115
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 30/01/2013 10:46, Jason Woollacott wrote:
>>
>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>> Agreed, it looks wrong...  The data came from the OS Boundary Line data,
>> which I took from the gpx trace from Colin's site,
>> http://csmale.dev.openstreetmap.org/os_boundaryline/
>>
>> I wish I knew the reasoning behind it...   I can understand the boundary
>> being at the low water mark,  but it seems very odd just to draw it across
>> at Dittisham.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Peat
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 9:48 AM
>> To: Jason Woollacott
>> Cc: talk-gb
>> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Fowey estuary coastline problem
>>
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> On 30 January 2013 08:00, Jason Woollacott <woollac at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> This relates to some work I did on the Cornish county boundary a while
>>> back,
>>> the same also has happened at Newton Ferrers, just south of Plymouth.
>>>
>>
>> I had been meaning to ask you about the boundary changes you made. Is
>> it right that the county boundaries now go some way up the rivers? In
>> the case of the River Dart all the way up to Dittisham. Just seems
>> counterintuitive (+ also looks crap).
>>
>> Kevin (user:devonshire)
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