On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com> wrote:
> Too bad for that guy that he didn't check OpenStreetMap first, because > there was an abandoned railroad mapped in his back yard. Now that the > trail has been built, he has a fence about 5' behind his house. I > can't imagine he's happy now. > Wait, what? I understand that OSM does incorporate *some* cadastre data, such as is the case for situations where it makes more sense to map out a landuse=* parcel and give it the appropriate name and access tags. However, attempting to use OSM as a substitute for using the official cadastre from the county clerk, land office or other regional equivalent for landuse planning regarding legal encroachment would be woefully ill-advised. This is something you really want to hire a licensed surveyor to stake out your legal property lines on and not just guess. Or you're likely to build a swimming pool in the middle of an abandoned railroad that's being converted into a cycleway.
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