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Re:Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border by iso1631 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:49PM (#27041302)
In the UK, most freehold boundaries are available as a gml file. I'm looking at moving house and have one open right now in fact, here's a screenshot of it

https://imgur.com/cX2Seow.png

The white area being roads and non-registered land (mainly stuff that hasn't sold for decades and roads).

It's great, I can find a unique owner for any bit of field I have a question about, the size of the plot, etc.

The downside is that to get a copy of the actual entry in the register (to see who owns it and any covenants on the property there are), you have to pay £3. The entire process is digital and automated, IMO it should be free, but I suppose it's not a terrible price.

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Re:Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border by simpss on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @06:51PM (#27043852)
it has a small price so it becomes difficult/cost-prohibitive to use for nastier purposes.

ex, in my country forest owners get spammed and targeted by forest-management companies that want to cut it down.

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