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124531342 over 2 years ago

The area will stay unnamed. It is not defined directly in law. Only parished areas are defined explicitly, and unparished areas are areas which do not fall within a civil parish. This boundary represents a "hole" in the administrative hierarchy, and the only reason a polygon exists in OS Boundary-Line is to ensure the topology of the whole country has complete coverage.
In the past there may have been some kind of council or other "thing" with a name that "owned" this polygon in some sense, but that is not currently the case.
I'm sure nobody needs reminding that any similarity of naming between government and Royal Mail is "purely coincidental."

129539004 over 2 years ago

Hi! Can you explain how removing nodes from an admin boundary is an improvement? The source is reasonably authoritative, so these nodes are not there for nothing. I am referring specifically to osm.org/way/1053157085

129359632 over 2 years ago

Do you mean points with identical coordinates? Or just close together? The effect of the DP is clearly visible... What tolerance did you use? In any case it would be bad practice to sacrifice accuracy in the database, unless a certain limit has been agreed beforehand.

129405426 over 2 years ago

Hi Baz,
your change to the parish boundary seems to be at odds with official records... How did you determine the new run of the boundary?

129359632 over 2 years ago

Hi,
Why did you simplify the coastline? The input data from Ordnance Survey is already generalised. Why remove detail? Where do you draw the line in terms of accuracy/resolution?

129037002 over 2 years ago

I am curious... Why did you remove the wikidata tag from the Glascwm relation?

127670170 almost 3 years ago

Hi Billy... I am not convinced Sealand should have any kind of admin boundary as it is not recognised by anyone except its own inhabitant(s). But it should most definitely not be at admin_level=1!!! Normal sovereign countries are at admin_level=2, and level 1 is kind of "reserved" for supranational administrations if they ever become hierarchically superior to sovereign states.

127642562 almost 3 years ago

Hi Mateusz... This change is not right. The previous wikidata link, Q23939248, reference the correct area (including the City of London), but this one is wrong as it excludes the City of London. There are about a million interpretations of "London" and it's a confusing mess, sorry about that...

127049927 almost 3 years ago

Hi! The issue is solely around the admin centre of the civil parish administrative boundary. The "rule" is that the admin centre is set to the place node (representing the place where the main council offices are located). So it's not about the geometric centre, or a good place for a label, or the exact building. In this case is should be the place node for the place of Kings Hill. The admin centre in the boundary relation was correct (and now is correct again), but you moved it to some other node.... Why did you choose that node specifically?
More info on osm.wiki/Relation:boundary#Relation_tags

127049927 almost 3 years ago

NB: your change to the admin_centre of Kings Hill parish has been reverted - please check the wiki for how this role is used

124429241 almost 3 years ago

Please don't fiddle with UK admin boundaries. If you change something, please state your source in the changeset comments.

126661247 almost 3 years ago

My bad, I think I copied one too many relations over to the new boundary way. Thanks for fixing!

124429091 almost 3 years ago

Please note the correct admin level for Greater Manchester is 5 as it is now a Combined Authority and no longer an administrative county.

125201929 almost 3 years ago

Why are you moving the admin boundary between Llannor and Pwllheli? Do you know something the Ordnance Survey don't?

124907906 almost 3 years ago

Thank you!

124950220 almost 3 years ago

Thank you!

124950220 almost 3 years ago

You tagged a Welsh Community boundary with a wikidata link to a parish (which is only an ecclesiastical concept in Wales these days). IMHO this is not correct, but I would love to hear why you think it is.

124907906 almost 3 years ago

I am not sure it is right to link a Welsh Community area in OSM to an ecclesiastical parish in Wikidata. Although many years ago they may have had a common origin they are no longer locked together by definition.

124534759 about 3 years ago

Great! I recommend you familiarize yourself with the tagging of admin areas in the UK, as documented in the wiki (osm.wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative#10_admin_level_values_for_specific_countries) and as used in practice. Be warned, the UK has quite a complex admin hierarchy. Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions!

124531342 about 3 years ago

What makes you think this boundary object represents an LEZ?