Hi Folks, I made the below changes to rockall. The changes i've made are 1) Changed Rockall from Island to Rock 2) Removed the Administration boundary
1) Rockall is not a island. You could debate its a rock or islet but it cant sustain human life. References: 1) Wikipedia calls it a islet 2 https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2011-03-24.365.0 Irish Government call it a rock 3)https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/97923/response/262438/attach/html/3/0109%2012.pdf.html - Uk Government call it a islet 4) The hint is in its name 🙂 2) The reason for removing the administration boundary is i wanted to remove the EEZ around rockall.( The big circle) From a visual point of view this looks off. it implies there is an island or county there. But more importantly it is incorrect Firstly even according the the UK. The EEZ wouldn't be 200nm, it would be 12 - https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/97923/response/262438/attach/html/3/0109%2012.pdf.html Secondly. No country accepts the EEZ and is considered international waters. Several countries claim it Iceland, Denmark , UK and Ireland. In the coming months this rock in the middle of nowhere could potentially turn into a larger issue with the UK exit from the EU as Iceland, Ireland and other EU country all fish here Last summer there was a standoff with the UK Navy and fishing boats. The Irish Navy have also regularly patrol the area in protection of fishery I can give a list of references to show the EEZ recognized, but i don't think that helpful I don't know the exact procedure here. I feel i didn't do it right. Happy to discuss further. Cheers Barry ________________________________ From: Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> Sent: Monday 15 June 2020 21:39 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org <talk-gb@openstreetmap.org> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Rockall I just pointed the user concerned to the signup page to this mailing list, so he should be here soon! Further to my earlier message I will not make any changes to Rockall until we have had the discussion. Colin
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