Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Etrex Legend hcx - still the best in price range

2015-06-05 Thread Andy Robinson
There are some resources on the net that tell you how to refurbish an etrex when the rubber has come off. Haven't tried it myself but have a unit that will need doing soon. Basically involves a cleaner and some double sided tape. Does the unit power up ok if you push the switch behind the rubber

Re: [Talk-GB] Quick tagging question

2015-06-05 Thread phil
On Fri Jun 5 14:15:09 2015 GMT+0100, Wittle, Paul wrote: Hi, Is it ok to add a tag 'addr:county' when drawing properties, it doesn't seem to be an officially recognised tag but I can find some references to it online? Also, would you put sub-districts of a town (i.e. Wyke Regis in

Re: [Talk-GB] Quick tagging question

2015-06-05 Thread Chris Hill
On 05/06/15 14:15, Wittle, Paul wrote: Hi, Is it ok to add a tag 'addr:county' when drawing properties, it doesn't seem to be an officially recognised tag but I can find some references to it online? Also, would you put sub-districts of a town (i.e. Wyke Regis in Weymouth) under

Re: [Talk-GB] Quick tagging question

2015-06-05 Thread Colin Smale
The Royal Mail has deprecated the use of counties in addressing. The PAF (Postcode Address File) no longer contains counties. In any case, I think you are only talking about postal counties which are only a fictional concept anyway. Is Bromley in Kent? Is Uxbridge in Middlesex? Only in the

Re: [Talk-GB] Quick tagging question

2015-06-05 Thread Lester Caine
On 05/06/15 14:15, Wittle, Paul wrote: Is it ok to add a tag 'addr:county' when drawing properties, it doesn't seem to be an officially recognised tag but I can find some references to it online? I don't think it's necessary if the postcode has been added. Also, would you put sub-districts of

[Talk-GB] Quick tagging question

2015-06-05 Thread Wittle, Paul
Hi, Is it ok to add a tag 'addr:county' when drawing properties, it doesn't seem to be an officially recognised tag but I can find some references to it online? Also, would you put sub-districts of a town (i.e. Wyke Regis in Weymouth) under 'addr:place'? Best Regards, Paul Wittle GIS

Re: [Talk-GB] Quick tagging question

2015-06-05 Thread Tom Joyce
Depends what administration you are talking about; in government terms perhaps, but Bromley RFC's part of the Kent RFU and Uxbridge of Middlesex. Government admin is not the be all and end all... On 05/06/2015, Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nl wrote: The Royal Mail has deprecated the use of

[Talk-GB] Fwd: [Talk-scotland] State of the Map Scotland

2015-06-05 Thread Jo Walsh
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Re: [Talk-GB] Quick tagging question

2015-06-05 Thread SK53
All of those parts of the former parts of Middlesex within Greater London and outside postal London retained Middlesex as part of the address long after 1965, see wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_counties_of_the_United_Kingdom. These days it is not clear that the addresses are

Re: [Talk-GB] Quick tagging question

2015-06-05 Thread Lester Caine
On 05/06/15 18:44, SK53 wrote: All of those parts of the former parts of Middlesex within Greater London and outside postal London retained Middlesex as part of the address long after 1965, see wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_counties_of_the_United_Kingdom. These days it is not