Sorry, I mean to say we need a way to tag this 'name format' (official_name perhaps? Or prow_name...)
Kind regards, Adam On 3 July 2018 at 09:09, Adam Snape <adam.c.sn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Very. very few Defiunitive statements include arcane numeric references > like that. They almost always use the parish name and path number eg. > Newton Footpath 1. I think we really this 'name' format as it is something > we could consistently do nationally. > > Kind regards, > > Adam > > On 2 July 2018 at 23:44, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) < > robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 2 July 2018 at 11:17, Roger Calvert <jrogercalv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I have found a difference in the references given in Map The Paths my >> area >> > from that on the local authority maps, and I suspect it is universal. >> > >> > The paths are given with a 3 figure reference, but on the maps issued >> by the >> > Lake District National Park Authority to volunteer footpath surveyors, >> they >> > have a 6 figure reference, the first three referring to the Civil >> Parish in >> > which they lie. (The LDNPA maintains footpaths in the National Park >> under >> > contract with Cumbria County Council.) >> >> On rowmaps, there's a standardised format whereby the parish >> name/number goes in one field and the path number goes in another. The >> display then joins them back together again with a space. Different >> counties use different formats for combining the numbers, possibly >> using a slash of dash between them, or possibly including the parish >> name rather than a parish number. It's also possible that the format >> used in the GIS data is not the actual legal format used in the >> Definitive Map and Statement, i.e. the parish numbers might just be an >> internal convenience. The interpretation of the rowmaps data therefore >> needs a bit of care. >> >> In the case of Cumbria, I've just made an FOI/EIR request for a list >> of the parish names corresponding to the numbers, and asked whether >> the numbers are used in the Definitive Statement. See >> https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_rights_of_way_gis_data_5 >> >> Robert. >> >> -- >> Robert Whittaker >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > >
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