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Posts Tagged as ‘UK’
July 4, 2009
UK Heritage Bill dropped AGAIN!
In December the Architects website reported the dropping of the Heritage Bill
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3129091
Cross party condemnation as Heritage Protection Bill dropped
3 December, 2008 By Will Henley
MPs from all three main parties have criticised the government’s axing of the Heritage Protection Bill from next year’s parliamentary programme, amid claims historic buildings are being put at risk.
The dropping [...]
December 17, 2008
BAJR Federation – Draft 2
Taking into consideration the comments and suggestions made both on and off the BAJR Forum and elsewhere, the following is a revision of the membership, aims and organisation of what will become the
BAJR Federation
Membership:
Member:
The sole trader/ small company (5 or less); Freelancers; Specialists (the surveyor, ceramicist, geophysicist, finds specialist etc.); Short term contract employees; [...]
November 11, 2008
Heritage Protection Bill – problem?
“New priorities have emerged with the turbulence in the financial markets,” Burnham said. “But I can make sure that we maintain the momentum behind the reform whether or not the bill is part of the legislative programme in the next session of parliament.”
This is part of a longer post from here:
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=725&storycode=3126700&c=2
BAJR has been openly discussing [...]
February 22, 2008
OS mapping system – Online API
Ordnance Survey’s OpenSpace – their slippy mapping API has launched! The API is OpenLayers based, with additional goodies such as gazetteer search and a “momentum” drag-and-let-go effect on the map.
However, the gazetteer doesn’t do postcodes! Also, it is in OSGB coordinates, so there is also some helper functions for translating to and from lat lon. [...]
