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January 2025

adding changeset comment for fixing townland name
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How to fix wrong townland names spotted on townlands.ie

This issue arises frequently in our Facebook group when people “report” a wrongly spelled townland name on townlands.ie which, of course, gets its data from OpenStreetMap. The error cannot be fixed on townlands.ie directly, but has to be fixed in the OSM database on openstreetmap.org. What causes the mistakes? Before Read more

By Anne-Karoline, 1 year05-Jan-2025 ago
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