Re: [Talk-GB] Loch Lomond National Park sorry for 'Giro Bay' map

2011-03-10 Thread Phil Endecott
Ed Avis wrote: These maps will probably become collector's items: What struck me was this quote: "She also confirmed that some previously unnamed parts of the loch had been named after cartographers and rangers who had worked

Re: [Talk-GB] Loch Lomond National Park sorry for 'Giro Bay' map

2011-03-10 Thread Craig Loftus
> (Hopefully not any OSM contributors or anyone at the O.S., anyway...) Really, that doesn't seem fair? Some of us already have numerous features all over Scotland named after us. More seriously, I often wonder when it stopped being acceptable to just name places? For each place name in OS, did t

Re: [Talk-GB] Loch Lomond National Park sorry for 'Giro Bay' map

2011-03-10 Thread Jerry Clough : SK53 on OSM
On 10/03/2011 13:09, Phil Endecott wrote: Ed Avis wrote: These maps will probably become collector's items: What struck me was this quote: "She also confirmed that some previously unnamed parts of the loch had been named after

Re: [Talk-GB] Loch Lomond National Park sorry for 'Giro Bay' map

2011-03-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 10 March 2011 13:48, Jerry Clough : SK53 on OSM wrote: > Actually, it's pretty common : at least in Nature Reserves. [...] > Personally the ability to map these hyper-local toponyms is a very > attractive part of OSM. Of course, they need to be researched accurately to > ensure they are name

Re: [Talk-GB] Loch Lomond National Park sorry for 'Giro Bay' map

2011-03-10 Thread Dave F.
On 09/03/2011 13:51, Ed Avis wrote: These maps will probably become collector's items: Excuse my ignorance, but why would 'Giro Bay' be "derogatory"? Dave F. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk

Re: [Talk-GB] Loch Lomond National Park sorry for 'Giro Bay' map

2011-03-10 Thread Andy Allan
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Dave F. wrote: > On 09/03/2011 13:51, Ed Avis wrote: >> >> These maps will probably become collector's items: >> > > Excuse my ignorance, but why would 'Giro Bay' be "derogatory"? It implies the people

Re: [Talk-GB] Loch Lomond National Park sorry for 'Giro Bay' map

2011-03-10 Thread Barnett, Phillip
There are no buildings there, according to the OS, and I can't see any buildings on Google Earth photos. The bay is between some wooded islands in the middle of nowhere. It's a peculiar story. There are some boats visible - maybe there are houseboats there PHILLIP BARNETT SERVER MANAGER