[OSM-legal-talk] UK Public Rights of Way

2009-09-17 Thread antonys
I'm aware that there have been several postings on this kind of question, but I would appreciate some advice/guidance if possible. I'm engaged in a discussion with my local authority, from whom I am trying to get a digital version of the Public Rights of Way map (PROW) for use on OSM. They have

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK Public Rights of Way

2009-09-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
antonys wrote: I'm engaged in a discussion with my local authority, from whom I am trying to get a digital version of the Public Rights of Way map (PROW) for use on OSM. It'll almost certainly be OS-derived and therefore not suitable for OSM, I'm afraid. Even if they wanted to release it,

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK Public Rights of Way

2009-09-17 Thread Antony Scott
Re: OS derivation - interestingly, in the course of a long conversation and a couple of email exchanges, the officer at the council did not raise this as an issue. The understanding I have is that the data flow is the other way round - ie that the council updates the OS with incremental changes

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK Public Rights of Way

2009-09-17 Thread Tom Hughes
On 17/09/09 20:46, Antony Scott wrote: Re: OS derivation - interestingly, in the course of a long conversation and a couple of email exchanges, the officer at the council did not raise this as an issue. The understanding I have is that the data flow is the other way round - ie that the

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] UK Public Rights of Way

2009-09-17 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009, Tom Hughes wrote: Yes, the council will be sending the data they create describing the routes of paths to the OS but they will also be using OS data when creating that description - if a path goes from the junction of two roads to the corner of a field then they will