Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of Way Data for Warwickshire
On 14/09/2017 19:42, Philip Withnall wrote: On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 18:37 +0100, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: PS: To contrast with the good news here, East Riding of Yorkshire is being decidedly unhelpful at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_rights_of_way_gis_data_ 2 , although they'll need to drag their feet for some time to beat Warwickshire. That makes for some disappointing reading. What are the reasons councils could have for withholding a GIS file? That’s not a rhetorical question — I am actually interested in why they’re being dogged. I have made some requests of East Riding of Yorkshire council, where I live. I've asked for various datasets and some friends have also asked for stuff too. Most of our requests were not related to OSM. They diligently, consistently and stubbornly refuse to release any data under an open licence. My friend believes it stems from a piece of bad publicity about how the council failed to maintain some waterways which were implicated in the wide-spread flooding of the area around Hull in 2007. Someone released maintenance records unofficially and since then there is a blanket ban on releasing any data. I am grateful to Robert for taking on asking ERoYC for this data. I think he now has the experience and persistence to succeed and I wish him well. -- cheers Chris Hill (chillly) ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of Way Data for Warwickshire
On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 18:37 +0100, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: > PS: To contrast with the good news here, East Riding of Yorkshire is > being decidedly unhelpful at > https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_rights_of_way_gis_data_ > 2 > , although they'll need to drag their feet for some time to beat > Warwickshire. That makes for some disappointing reading. What are the reasons councils could have for withholding a GIS file? That’s not a rhetorical question — I am actually interested in why they’re being dogged. Philip signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
[Talk-GB] Rights of Way Data for Warwickshire
After over 2 years and two interventions from the Information Commissioner, Warwickshire County Council have finally backed down and agreed to release their Right of Way GIS data under the Open Government Licence -- so we'll shortly be able to use it in OSM. (Their email to https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_rights_of_way_information got blocked by WDTK's anti-spam policy to automatically lock inactive threads, but hopefully it will get there soon with some updated data too.) I'd like to get this data added to my tool at http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/prow/progress/ but their PRoW numbering scheme is a bit unusual. Rather then basing the RoW numbers on parishes, they seem to be using larger areas, which are each assigned a one or two letter code. I think these are based on the pre-1974 system of boroughs and rural districts: AE - Atherstone AL - Alcester B - Bedworth K - Kenilworth L - Leamington M - Meriden N - Nuneaton R - Rugby (rural) RB - Rugby Borough SB - Stratford Borough SD - Stratford (rural) District SM - Southam SS - Shipston on Stour T - Tamworth (rural) W - Warwick (rural) WB - Warwick Borough The RoW numbers are then things like "SB34" and "R28a". Some numbers in this format are already in OSM south-east of Southam. As far as my tool goes, I think I'll need to treat these areas as the "parishes". I don't suppose anyone has any more detailed knowledge of the RoW system in Warwickshire and would be able to comment? Robert. PS: To contrast with the good news here, East Riding of Yorkshire is being decidedly unhelpful at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_rights_of_way_gis_data_2 , although they'll need to drag their feet for some time to beat Warwickshire. -- Robert Whittaker ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
