I really should do more research before I press send. There is, of course, the townlands website which shows they have been mapped for the whole island. So the advice for it to only to apply to Ireland the country has been ignored.
On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 20:09, Tadeusz Cantwell <t4d...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think it does, Stephen, since at the very least townland names are used > in the official database of house names and are used by many councils at a > local level on signs and as part of their naming convention for roads etc, > despite no Townland Names Bill having passed the assembly. A very simple > question occurs to me, have townlands been already been mapped in N.I and > what tags were used for them? If not what tag should be used? > > On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 19:32, Stephen Roulston via Talk-ie < > talk-ie@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > >> See the motions and recommendations in 2001 and 2002 as set out in the >> 2009 research paper - does that help? >> >> http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/researchandlibrary/2009/11109.pdf >> >> Stephen >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> > On 26 Feb 2019, at 19:25, Tadeusz Cantwell <t4d...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > I reread the page, which says the tag refers to officially used >> boundaries, >> > which would not apply to N.I, since it is not the policy of OSM to have >> > historic boundaries. However, if, as Stephen says they are still used >> for >> > the official addresses of houses then they do have a use and I presume, >> > effectively haven't changed since 1921 when the ward system was brought >> in. >> > Does anyone know of any source or document which would clarify the >> matter? >> > Is there some kind of N.I government body to ask. >> > >> > Tadeusz >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Talk-ie mailing list >> > Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ie mailing list >> Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie >> > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
