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Hi Brian,
I'm not 100% sure what you're asking here. Are you asking about how
the objects should be named in OSM? Or are you looking for a way to
display a map with guaranteed to have a "Barony of" prefix?
If it's the later, I could update the downlo
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Hi folks,
I don't really have too strong an opinion on this. If I were doing it
from scratch, I'd prefer to leave out the "Barony of" etc., since as
John points out, it /should/ be deducable from the object.
However, we have had "County" in county na
Having said all that, I just realised that Counties are name = "County
Kildare" and loc_name = "Kildare". So there is a precedent for the
additional text and "Barony of " seems as justifiable as "County " to
me. I'm happy to adopt whatever the consensus is.
Thanks,
- John.
PS I know some people
Brian thanks for raising this point - may I broaden it a little?
I too noticed that some mappers include "ED" and "Civil Parish" but
actually many do not and I haven't noticed any guidance on this
anywhere for the moment. So it would be good to come to a consensus on
these terms also.
Thinking ab
In County Carlow there is Rathvilly Town, and ED and Civil Parish and
Barony. Having an interest in Historical boundaries as well as their
relevance for genealogy I printed out an A1 map of County Carlow with
townlands and Civil parishes and Baronies.
Even though the barony names were in a differe
