Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-30 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging
May 29, 2020, 08:29 by a...@thaw.de: >>> For example, here are a few images of "keep out" signs. Now think of >>> somebody making a package delivery. How are they supposed to determine >>> whether "implicit" permission exists in their individual case or not? Is it >>> different for some of

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Kevin Kenny
On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:03 AM Adam Franco wrote: > Adjacent to Kevin's home state of New York, here in Vermont we have a > slightly more open private-land access laws. While property owners may post > no-trespassing signs (access=private) (statute), the default when unsigned is >

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Colin Smale
On 2020-05-29 15:46, Kevin Kenny wrote: > On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 6:32 AM Colin Smale wrote: > >> In the UK (especially Scotland) land ownership is pretty absolute. Every bit >> of land is owned by someone, even if that owner is The Crown. The owner has >> an absolute right to determine who

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Adam Franco
On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 9:48 AM Kevin Kenny wrote: > We have no 'right to roam' here other than the fact that you haven't > been trespassing unless you knew or should have known that your > presence was unlawful, and are legally liable only for damage you > cause. Adjacent to Kevin's home state

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Colin Smale
On 2020-05-29 14:02, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> On 29. May 2020, at 12:57, Colin Smale wrote: >> >> Sorry, I think I had a different photo in mind. It's pretty clear that the >> footway is associated with the road, so if you have access to the road, you >> can walk on that footway. > > I

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Kevin Kenny
On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 6:32 AM Colin Smale wrote: > In the UK (especially Scotland) land ownership is pretty absolute. Every bit > of land is owned by someone, even if that owner is The Crown. The owner has > an absolute right to determine who has right of access, except for certain > cases,

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Arne Johannessen
Colin Smale wrote: > On 2020-05-29 13:27, Paul Allen wrote: >> >> I feel that access=permissive is not entirely useful for driveways. How >> do you get permission? Is it legally acceptable to walk along the driveway >> to the house to ask permission to walk along the driveway to the house in

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 29. May 2020, at 12:57, Colin Smale wrote: > > Sorry, I think I had a different photo in mind. It's pretty clear that the > footway is associated with the road, so if you have access to the road, you > can walk on that footway. I cannot see this. To me there is a

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Arne Johannessen
Colin Smale wrote: >> On 2020-05-29 08:29, Arne Johannessen wrote: > >>> >>> (9) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Big_single-family_home_2.jpg >>> >>> I expect this driveway is on private property. But I see nothing supporting >>> the use of the access=private tag here. > > [...] It's

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Colin Smale
On 2020-05-29 13:27, Paul Allen wrote: > On Fri, 29 May 2020 at 11:32, Colin Smale wrote: > [lengthy snip] > >> You refer to a specific case - "when visiting the house". It would be >> unlawful if you were just out for a stroll, without the intention of >> visiting the house.

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 29 May 2020 at 11:32, Colin Smale wrote: Since we're getting down to splitting hairs here, I'll get out my microtome. :) > > In the UK (especially Scotland) land ownership is pretty absolute. Every > bit of land is owned by someone, even if that owner is The Crown. The owner > has an

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Colin Smale
On 2020-05-29 12:38, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > Am Fr., 29. Mai 2020 um 12:32 Uhr schrieb Colin Smale > : > > On 2020-05-29 08:29, Arne Johannessen wrote: > > Here's an example for such a situation: > (9) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Big_single-family_home_2.jpg > > I expect this

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am Fr., 29. Mai 2020 um 12:32 Uhr schrieb Colin Smale : > On 2020-05-29 08:29, Arne Johannessen wrote: > > Here's an example for such a situation: > (9) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Big_single-family_home_2.jpg > > I expect this driveway is on private property. But I see nothing >

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Colin Smale
On 2020-05-29 08:29, Arne Johannessen wrote: > Colin Smale wrote: > >> [...] So it would sound reasonable to me that, if your >> letterbox is in your front door, you accept that the postman can pass >> over your land to fulfil his legal duty. > > Sure. But access=private has nothing to do with

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Arne Johannessen
Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > these examples are pretty clear, but many situations are more like this: > https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3790/10358136313_96dbe07548_b.jpg > > the fence is very low and the gate is always open. That's true. But with situations like that, even lawyers sometimes

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 29. May 2020, at 08:31, Arne Johannessen wrote: > > I expect this driveway is on private property. But I see nothing supporting > the use of the access=private tag here. these examples are pretty clear, but many situations are more like this:

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-29 Thread Arne Johannessen
Colin Smale wrote: > > [...] So it would sound reasonable to me that, if your > letterbox is in your front door, you accept that the postman can pass > over your land to fulfil his legal duty. Sure. But access=private has nothing to do with private ownership. See below. > I believe that there

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-28 Thread Colin Smale
Hi Arne, On 2020-05-28 02:36, Arne Johannessen wrote: > Colin Smale wrote: > >> In the UK simple trespass to land is not illegal, it is for the landowner to >> claim under civil law: "unjustifiable interference with land which is in the >> immediate and exclusive possession of another".

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-27 Thread Arne Johannessen
Colin Smale wrote: > > In the UK simple trespass to land is not illegal, it is for the landowner to > claim under civil law: "unjustifiable interference with land which is in the > immediate and exclusive possession of another". What constitutes > "unjustifiable" is the key here. Delivering

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-27 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 08:17:20AM +0200, Arne Johannessen wrote: > I interpreted "random person" as meaning "random traffic, not destined > for your uncle's residence". > > But perhaps you meant that the person is in fact a visitor destined > for your uncle's residence – maybe trying to sell

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-27 Thread Colin Smale
On 2020-05-27 08:17, Arne Johannessen wrote: > Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote: May 26, > 2020, 08:28 by a...@thaw.de: Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging > wrote: > Maybe it can be argued that there is implicit permission for delivery > services? > My uncle has farm, with clearly private

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-27 Thread Arne Johannessen
Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote: > May 26, 2020, 08:28 by a...@thaw.de: >> Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote: >>> >>> Maybe it can be argued that there is implicit permission for delivery >>> services? >>> My uncle has farm, with clearly private yard (it is unsigned). >>> >>> Postman or

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-26 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging
May 26, 2020, 08:28 by a...@thaw.de: > Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote: > >> May 25, 2020, 02:45 by a...@thaw.de: >> >>> >>> [access=private driveways implicitly permitting delivieries to destination?] >>> >>> Not all deliveries are actively requested, and the delivery person can't >>>

Re: [Tagging] Examples at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access

2020-05-26 Thread Arne Johannessen
Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote: > May 25, 2020, 02:45 by a...@thaw.de: >> >> [access=private driveways implicitly permitting delivieries to destination?] >> >> Not all deliveries are actively requested, and the delivery person can't >> know if you requested it or not. > > Good point.