[OSM-talk] Gated Communities

[Abigail Brady]

On Nov 9, 2007 1:46 PM, tim <chippy2005 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reminds me of The Ordnance Survey Act - gives them the (little known)
> power to enter any land in the UK to map:
>
> "...enter into and upon any estate or property of any county, or of
> any body politic or corporate, ecclesiastical or civil, or into and
> upon any land, ground, or heritages of any person or persons
> whomsoever, for the purpose of making and carrying on any survey..."
> http://tinyurl.com/yp4tbj
>

Which in effect amounts to a (hidden) government subsidy for Ordnance Survey
- think how much more difficult and expensive it would be for them to
collect map data if they didn't have that right.

-- 
Abi
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