Having looked at some of the entries I would just like to point out that the data seems to be stored by local authority rather than postal geography - which is possibly why one of the sites I previously looked at was riddled with errors.
WSC On 13 July 2011 12:06, Charles Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13/07/2011 11:39, [email protected] wrote: >> Sorry I seem to have put a cat amongst the pigeons with my query about the >> UK not being included in Wiki Loves Monuments. > The discussion is certainly worth having. >> Following these discussions I took at look at the EH Spatial Data page ( >> http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/archives-and-collections/nmr/spatial-data/ >> ). >> >> I presume the database format which is causing problems is ESRI? >> After a bit more digging I found the technical instructions for this >> format at http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf but >> it is way beyond my database abilities. Would someone at Village pump >> (technical) be able to convert it into anything useful or easy to use? > > Yes, that looks like progress. Technical matters tend to be the long > suit among Wikimedians. > > Charles > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
