[Talk-GB] Traditional/Historic Counties

[Adam Snape]

Hello,

Apologies for asking two questions in quick succession.

It has occurred to me that the traditional/historic UK counties aren't
mapped in OSM and I wondered if it would be acceptable to add relations
for these with the boundary=historic tag.

I know that we have Historical OSM  for long vanished historical features,
and I would have no desire to see osm filled with antiquities,. but I think
that the traditional counties are still relevant to people. People still
identify with and talk of themselves as being from "Yorkshire". People
might well wish to search a map for "Sussex" etc.

We have good sources for the pre-1974 county boundaries in the form of out
of copyright OS maps. The boundaries almost entirely follow current
administrative boundaries, so wouldn't result in lots of extra clutter on
the map.

Obviously it would be a big task and not one I'm volunteering to do in its
entirety (if I get round to it at all),  but does anybody find the
principle of adding of traditional counties objectionable?

Kind regards,

Adam
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