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 On 1 Aug 2025 20:48:43 GMT, Roger Hayter  wrote: 
  
 >On 1 Aug 2025 at 21:29:29 BST, "Mark Goodge" 
 > wrote: 
 > 
 >> The "definitive map", as published, is a snapshot in time. It is (or 
 should 
 >> be) a perfect representation of the situation on the ground at the time it 
 >> is published. However, there is no obligation to re-publish it every time 
 >> there is a modification. Provided the modifications are stored with the 
 most 
 >> recent publication of the map, the map is still definitive even though it 
 >> will become increasingly out of date. That is, the legal situation 
 comprises 
 >> the map and all associated MMOs, not the map alone. 
 >> 
 >> This situation dates back, of course, to the time when the definitive map 
 >> was on paper, rather than digital (and even older, when the definitive map 
 >> was hand-drawn lines on paper). These days, it would be possible to insist 
 >> that a digital version of the map is updated appropriately every time 
 there 
 >> is an MMO. But no such legal obligation yet exists, and councils have 
 enough 
 >> other competing demands for resources without adding one that they are not 
 >> obliged to. 
 > 
 >If amendments had to be published as digital maps according to a defined 
 >format then it would be a simple matter of programming to immediately 
 >incorporate them in the current digital definitive map. Possibly. 
  
 Yes, but the legislation currently requires the definitive map to be 
 viewable in person, offline. The current legislation predates the Internet. 
 So it would need a change of legislation to make a digital version 
 definitive in itself, rather than merely a copy of the definitive map. 
  
 Mark 
  
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