[OSM-talk] Marking a county border

[Andy Robinson]

Ben,

Head over to Rutland and see what I used for the county boundary there.
Probably boundary=county, name=Rutland or something similar although I
forget precisely.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Ben Robbins
>Sent: 22 January 2007 2:47 AM
>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-talk] Marking a county border
>
>I'm wondering if anybody has anything I can use to mark Northamptonshire
>County border, and more specifically the south-Northants district.  This is
>the area I've been mapping for some time, and unlike a town/city there is
>no
>way of knowing when I've got to the edge, so I really need to add a border
>to head for.   There are very very few country border signs, although there
>are some clear indications when you switch counties.  footpath/bridleway
>signs change and for the South of the county the border runs around the
>edge
>of the uplands, so If there is no good available data I can make an ok
>guess.
>
>I think the South-Northants district recently changed so I can't just
>reference an old map.   I would like to get it as detailed as posible
>though.  Wikipedia has a very small map of the district/county but its
>tiny,
>and I'm not clear where there data was taken from anyway.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ben
>
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