[OSM-talk-ie] Talk-ie Digest, Vol 67, Issue 7

[Colm Moore]

Hi all, 

Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:01:27 +0100
From: Rory McCann 
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Coastal Rocks and Boundaries

> NB: county councils are changing soon, so this might change, 
> I dunno. You can see admin_level's on this map: http://layers.openstreetmap.fr/

1. In the Republic, councils have already changed on June 2014. http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/LocalGovernmentReform/ 
* Tipperary North and Tipperary South councils merged as Tipperary County Council. Tipperary North and Tipperary South merged as Tipperary County. 
* Limerick City and Limerick County councils formed Limerick City and County Council. The city and county however remain.
* Waterford City and Waterford County councils formed Waterford City and County Council. The city and county however remain.
* All town and borough councils were abolished. Kilkenny still gets to call itself a city.
* There is a new layer of local government in municipal districts, which will carry out city / county functions on a local basis.  

How does this affect OSM? More than one might think. It might be useful to re-examine all the levels in use to  facilitate both historic (still used for land ownership and addresses) and current uses (local government)

2. In Northern Ireland, the district councils were due for replacement with larger council areas, but I don't know where that currently stands.

3. The Fermanagh and Ulster boundaries are still broken. :(

Colm

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