Gary Gale

Husband, Father, CTO at Kamma, geotechnologist, map geek, coffee addict, Sci-fi fan, UNIX and Mac user. Also available as @[email protected]

[Gary Gale @vicchi]

And it's 2010 all over again and @gowalla is back on my phone. Location wars redux? We shall see ...

https://t.co/3RzbZeJNIK

#checkin #locationwars

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@GeoPlaceLLP In all the time I've been working with AddressBase I've *never* seen that document 🤦. Insanely useful and just what I need. Thank you!

[Gary Gale @vicchi]

@GeoPlaceLLP Is there a definitive list of BLPU classification codes available anywhere online?

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@GeoPlaceLLP Thanks! Is there anything more recent? I'm seeing BLPU codes in the latest OS AddressBase which aren't in that document, such as OR04?

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@robthomas28a @virginmedia Maybe today?

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Day 3 of the #teddington and #fulwell "signal to noise" issue with @virginmedia and ping tells me that nothing has improved so far. Who knows where the other 50% of my packets ended up?

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@virginmedia It's gone from the 5th of May to today at the very specific time of 4.00 PM. Fingers crossed

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@ONSgeography That's excellent news; thank you!

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@ONSgeography Your ArcGIS server seems to be HTTP 500-ing for the Local Authority Districts (May 2020) Boundaries UK BFC data set this morning? Could someone take a look please?

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@ONSgeography Gentle nudge ... is there an ETA for the updated CTY/UA boundaries going live?

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@ONSgeography Great stuff ... I'll keep my eye on your Twitter feed. Thanks!

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@InsurTechEd @JamesJWYork @what3words Sadly not ... that was a *long* time ago, maybe try their contact page?

[Gary Gale @vicchi]

@OpenCage Last ditch effort: Guam 🇺🇸, a US territory is, I think, in Oceania? #fridaygeotrivia

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@OpenCage And is Antarctica cheating as that's claimed by at least the UK 🇬🇧, Australia 🇦🇺, New Zealand 🇳🇿and Norway 🇳🇴 off of the top of my head? There's probably more countries with a claim in the pot.

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@OpenCage How about France 🇫🇷with a toe hold in Africa with Réunion? https://t.co/woPzcS0m6H

[OpenCage Geocoder 👉🌍 @OpenCage]

Our #fridaygeotrivia question this month: Name countries (and emjoi flag!) that have territory on multiple continents. A simple example is Russia 🇷🇺, which is in Europe and Asia.

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@gregorymarler @sotmeu @smsm1 A seesaw is always a tempting proposition. The beer garden adjacent had no impact on my see-sawing technique I promise you.

[Gary Gale @vicchi]

@cartocraftsman The Harry Beck inspired Tube map that was on the back cover of my father's battered and dog-eared London A-Z. I didn't know it then but I was hooked #maps #cartography #geoshare

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@Dragons8mycat That was the toned down and significantly less snarky version too!

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Today I wrote another article; this time about UPRNs, UK addressing "fun", the gems quietly hidden in a press release and how to make data sets hold hands together more easily ...

[Kamma @kamma_data]

This month, 51 major property organisations wrote to @RobertJenrick, calling for widespread adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs).

In this article, we fully back this recommendation and outline two of the letter's most vital clauses…

https://t.co/VNWYExGNfr