On 25 May 2016 at 15:06, Dave F <davefoxfa...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Some existing schools are having their URN ref updated. Is this a one off or > continuous process? What prompts the renumbering? > > If they're all going to change, it defeats the purpose of including them in > the OSM database.
I believe the most common reason for a new number being assigned is if the school changes from being under LA control to become an Academy. It should be a one-off change for each school. (I don't know if a change in an Academy Sponsor prompts a new URN though.) If you have the old URN for a school, you can look it up on Edubase, go to the "links" tab, and it will probably show you the new "School" with the new number. I guess it's annoying for us, as we see it as the same school with a different status. Whereas DfE see it as the old school closing and a new school opening. It might be useful for us though, since the change in URN may well correspond to a change in name -- in which case the prompt to check by the URN needing updating is probably useful. Robert. -- Robert Whittaker _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
