A very interesting dataset, Just a belated comment regarding the footpaths on the c.1900 maps. We do need to be careful not to infer too much about public rights. It is only modern (1960s onwards) OS maps which have shown definitive rights of way (in OSM terms designation=public_footpath). Older OS maps made no attempt to distinguish rights, merely mapping physical features that the surveyor saw on the ground (highway=footway or highway=path). Since the late 19th Century OS Maps have always carried the disclaimer that the depiction of a path or track on the map is no evidence of a right of way.
In truth there is some evidence that public use was often considered by the OS and so depiction as a FP may provide some limited supporting evidence of highway status, So it's certainly worth investigating paths marked on old maps for potential public rights but I'd avoid simply assuming that 1900 paths marked as FP on OS maps are unrecorded public footpaths. I've been doing a lot of research into unrecorded rights of way in my area over the last few years, I'm happy to help if anybody needs any assistance with their research or DMMO application. Kind regards, Adam On 9 June 2018 at 14:06, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I received an email yesterday from Chris at National Library of Scotland / > GB1900 project. All public domain links so reposting it here: > > 1. I was curious myself to see how the distribution of footpaths > looked a century ago based on the GB1900 abbreviations so I mapped the data > I sent you at http://geo.nls.uk/maps/gb1900footpath/ > > 2. On 9 July in London there will be an official launch event of the > cleaned and edited GB1900 dataset: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ > gb1900-historical-gazetteer-a-celebration-and-launch-tickets-46224059406 > You or your colleagues would be welcome to attend, but no worries if you > can’t, and I’ll keep you posted with the revised/cleaned dataset next > month. It would be good to keep possible OSM projects involving this > dataset in mind for the future. > > > > If anyone is in London and would like to attend this (or can travel in to > attend this) please let me know. > Best regards, > *Rob* > > > On Wed, 9 May 2018 at 21:13, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nicker...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Just posted a "challenge" to Loomio for anyone who is interested. It's a >> bit beyond me so thought I'd post it here. >> >> Basically we have point data of historic footpaths (some 300k points) and >> I think it would be amazing to compare this to OSM to see if we can find >> more footpaths to map. Obviously some will be long gone due to 100 years of >> urban sprawl, but I'm hopeful we can still find some missing paths. >> >> https://www.loomio.org/d/pviAOkGR/challenge-footpaths >> >> Thanks, >> *Rob* >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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