[OSM-talk] Newmarket
I've started doing detailed mapping of Newmarket, Suffolk (nothing uploaded yet to see). As some of you may know, Newmarket is a centre of horse racing, and has some features which , though probably not unique, are unusual. One of these is that a number of roads have 'gallops' alongside them. These are a bit like cycleways but for horses - they have special surfaces, specially constructed crossings and street furniture. They are there sometimes for exercising the horses, but some of them simply provide access from the stables near the centre of the town to the exercising areas on the edge of the town. I could (probably will) put these in as bridleways, but that doesn't really capture the essence. We'd normally think of bridleways as tracks or paths across fields which are open to horses, whereas these are a specially constructed, much higher quality facility. I should have taken some photos - I'll do that next time I'm there. Has anyone else had occasion to map things like this, and have you done anything special? Any other suggestions? I do want them to be rendered as they are prominent features of the town. David ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Newmarket
Has anyone else had occasion to map things like this, and have you done anything special? Any other suggestions? I do want them to be rendered as they are prominent features of the town. I haven't had occasion to *map* them as such, but I've certainly seen them (e.g. Lambourn in Berkshire). When I've seen them they're not alongside roads, but circular horse tracks in fields. If they're like that, I don't think they should be bridleway, that would make things very confusing. highway=gallops? Nick ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Newmarket
I think there might be similar things in Central London (like along the edge Green Park by Buckingham Palace, and through Hyde Park). They are quite wide there(as in width of a 2 directional road) and the surface is what I would just call sand. I don't see why it wouldn't be public, but you probably shouldn't walk on it if theres some big event going on. You have buckingham palace wall, the pavement, grass verge, this wide sand, grass verge, (maybe a low level fence), footpath through park(shared with cycles). -- Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.livingwithdragons.com ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
