Re: [Talk-GB] Public Rights of Way

2009-08-14 Thread Nick Whitelegg
So hopefully you can see where I'm going with this. I want to represent ways with a legitimate ?foot=yes? tag. In the absence of signposts, in practice the guide for UK walkers is the OS map, but if I walk a route which I believe follows the OS map for the purposes of a GPS trace, is this not

Re: [Talk-GB] Public Rights of Way

2009-08-14 Thread Nick Whitelegg
And just a quick reminder that the NPE edition map is available as on overlay in both JOSM and Potlatch editors David Caution is needed here though. I have an NPE map of the local area which I sometimes use to locate possible rights of way in an area with which I am unfamiliar. In about 80%

Re: [Talk-GB] Public Rights of Way

2009-08-14 Thread Jason Cunningham
Has there been any contact in the past with ramblers groups to help mapping of footpaths in the countryside? We arrange mapping parties but often that involves preaching to converted. I just had a look on the Ramblers Association website and their forum. A quick search shown no mention of

Re: [Talk-GB] Public Rights of Way

2009-08-14 Thread Chris Hill
I suggest you talk to them - it's a good idea for both parties. Cheers, Chris Jason Cunningham wrote: Has there been any contact in the past with ramblers groups to help mapping of footpaths in the countryside? We arrange mapping parties but often that involves preaching to converted. I

Re: [Talk-GB] Public Rights of Way

2009-08-14 Thread Bogus Zaba
Nick Whitelegg wrote: Hello Godfrey, Sorry I should have made another point: If it's a path which you know is a right of way via an Ordnance Survey map, but cannot verify that on the ground, again you must use foot=permissive even if that's not true. This is because you can't verify the