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10/ The City of London - traditionally marked by dragon boundary posts - is run by a corporation, though there is no surviving record of a charter first establishing the Corporation as a legal body.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_

Of course the Corporation does not have general authority over the Middle Temple and the Inner Temple, two of the four "Inns of Court"

It is odd historical exceptions ALL the way down.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_b

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Te

#geoweirdness

Map of the City of London
Dragon boundary post of the City of London
Map of the Inner and Middle Temples
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OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

11/ London is sometimes still referred to as "The Big Smoke", a reference to the terrible pollution of the past, but these days the city is quite green
Indeed, it is classified as a forest.

50% of London is covered in green space, and an incredible 8 million trees are dotted across the capital.

In 2019, it was officially declared a National Park City.
nationalparkcity.london

#geoweirdness

Map showing London green space
OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

12/ In August 2004, Steve Coast, then a student at University College London (UCL - site of last week's Geomob London) started ... OpenStreetMap!

The project has come a looooong way since then (see screenshot), and is the basis for OpenCage and many, many other geospatial services around the world.

Last summer for OSM's 19th birthday @freyfogle spoke with @gravitystorm@co.uk on the Geomob podcast about the early days of OSM: thegeomob.com/podcast/episode-

Well worth a follow: @OSMLondon

#OpenStreetMap

12/ In August 2004, Steve Coast, then a student at University College London (UCL - site of last week's Geomob London) started ... OpenStreetMap!

The project has come a looooong way since then (see screenshot), and is the basis for OpenCage and many, many other geospatial services around the world.

Last summer for OSM's 19th birthday @freyfogle spoke with @gravitystorm@co.uk on the Geomob podcast about the early days of OSM: thegeomob.com/podcast/episode-

Early screenshot of OpenStreetMap showing Regent's Park in London
Early post (11 Dec 2004) on the OpenStreetMap blog by Steven Coast announcing the entry of the first street

https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2004/12/11/a-lot-happened/
OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

13/ ok, this thread of London geographical curiosities could go on for a long while, we will wrap it there for this week.

We have links to many more geothreads about border disputes, exclaves, #geoweirdness of individual territories, reverse geocoding, etc listed on our blog: blog.opencagedata.com/geothrea

If you like 🇬🇧 British geographic oddities you may enjoy our threads about

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 en.osm.town/@opencage/11213291

or

British Overseas Territories 🇬🇧 en.osm.town/@opencage/11028803

13/ ok, this thread of London geographical curiosities could go on for a long while, we will wrap it there for this week.

We have links to many more geothreads about border disputes, exclaves, #geoweirdness of individual territories, reverse geocoding, etc listed on our blog: blog.opencagedata.com/geothrea

Screenshot of OpenCage blog page listing all of our geothreads
OpenCage 👉🌍 replied to OpenCage

16/ Ahh wait if you want to learn more about Geomob London (or other cities) please follow @geomob

The next London event will be on July 3rd as part of London Data Week.
thegeomob.com/post/july-3rd-20

Here's the summary thread of this week's event:
mapstodon.space/@geomob/112291

#geomobLON

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