[OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands

[Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio]

OSM's (official?) motto  is "your own map of the world". I guess I didn't quite understand it until today. Thanks for putting me wise ;-)
 
Cheers,
Lucas

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De: Tom Chance [mailto:tom at acrewoods.net]
Enviado el: jue 29/05/2008 12:16
Para: talk at openstreetmap.org
CC: Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio; Steve Chilton
Asunto: Re: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands



France and Germany share the same currency, Iceland has no army, Australia and
England share the same head of state, Scotland has its own Parliament with
certain devolved powers that are different to Wales' elected Assembly.

Then there's a difference between Britain, the British Isles, the United
Kingdom and the Commonwealth.

Let's not get carried away! Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are countries 
with national borders, so those should be shown the same as any other
national border.

Tom

On Thursday 29 May 2008 11:12:32 Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio wrote:
> Scotland and England share the same currency, army, head of state and
> parliament. Sweden and Norway do not share those things. Nobody thinks that
> difference should be visible in a map?
>
> Cheers,
> Lucas
>
> ________________________________
>
> De: Steve Chilton [mailto:S.L.Chilton at mdx.ac.uk]
> Enviado el: jue 29/05/2008 11:20
> Para: Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio; talk at openstreetmap.org
> Asunto: RE: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands
>
>
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> Scotland and Wales are countries.
>
> Don't think the border between N Ireland and Rep of Ireland has been
> digitised yet.
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>
> Cheers
>
> STEVE
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>
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> Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow
> Learning and Technical Support Unit Manager
> School of Health and Social Sciences
> Middlesex University
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> From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org
> [mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Juan Lucas Dominguez
> Rubio Sent: 29 May 2008 07:57
> To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [OSM-talk] National borders in the British Islands
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> According to Mapnik, Scotland and Wales have declared independence, and
> Northern Ireland is part of the Republic of Ireland. Did I miss something?
>
>
>
> Lucas




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