Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey Public Sector Mapping Agreement

2011-03-24 Thread Tom Chance
I would try to secure a face-to-face meeting with your council's GIS team, and separately with any teams that are custodians of other data you're interested in. Ask to talk generally about OpenStreetMap and raise this in the meeting. I've got a reasonable relationship now with a few people in

[Talk-GB] Other Routes with Public Access

2011-03-24 Thread Mike Harris
PLEASE do not remove the ORPA designations - they are meaningful and important (in the UK). An ORPA is a way that is not a public right of way (i.e. public footpath, public bridleway, restricted byway or 'byway open to all traffic') but nevertheless has legal rights for at least pedestrian

Re: [Talk-GB] Other Routes with Public Access

2011-03-24 Thread Tom Hughes
On 24/03/11 09:10, Mike Harris wrote: PLEASE do not remove the ORPA designations - they are meaningful and important (in the UK). An ORPA is a way that is not a public right of way (i.e. public footpath, public bridleway, restricted byway or 'byway open to all traffic') but nevertheless has

Re: [Talk-GB] Other Routes with Public Access

2011-03-24 Thread Nick Whitelegg
What has been questioned is whether the information that a particular path has that designation has come from a legitimate unencumbered source .that we are able to use or whether it has come from sources which are subject to copyright and/or database right and which hence should not have been

[Talk-GB] Fwd: Re: Other Routes with Public Access

2011-03-24 Thread Mike Harris
Original Message Subject:Re: Other Routes with Public Access Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:10:19 + From: Mike Harris m...@delco.idps.co.uk To: Tom Hughes t...@compton.nu CC: Mike Harris mik...@googlemail.com, talk-gb@openstreetmap.org I would assume that

Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: Re: Other Routes with Public Access

2011-03-24 Thread SomeoneElse
On 24/03/2011 10:11, Mike Harris wrote: I am not insensitive to the need for OSM to remain free of any copyright or similar restrictions but I do not think absence of physical signage /ipso facto/ constitutes such a barrier to use. I don't either - but think that a source:designation would

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey Public Sector Mapping Agreement

2011-03-24 Thread Peter Miller
On 23 March 2011 19:25, TimSC mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk wrote: Hi all, Here is part of an email I sent to a few councils regarding rights of way data (footpaths, bridleways, etc): I have a big and fairly complicated request regarding the definitive map. I am interested in making data

Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: Re: Other Routes with Public Access

2011-03-24 Thread Dave F.
Hi I've had a reply from the user who admits he based the tagging on an on-line OS map has subsequently removed the specific tag. The ways still have access tags such as foot, horse etc.. On 24/03/2011 10:11, Mike Harris wrote: I would

[Talk-GB] Modeling proposed transport schemes in OSM so that they can be routed

2011-03-24 Thread Peter Miller
The A11 Fiveways roundabout to Thetford road scheme got a final go-ahead a few days ago. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Go-ahead-for-long-awaited-road-scheme.htm This morning I have been seeing if I could model it in OSM completely so that some clever software could offer to render or route

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey Public Sector Mapping Agreement

2011-03-24 Thread Luke Smith
As I understand it, there is both a written record of where the rights of way go and the definitive map is in addition, with the written record taking precedence? So if a local authority is drawing their map, and it's offset from the line of a wall for example from OS MasterMap, as the

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey Public Sector Mapping Agreement

2011-03-24 Thread Peter Miller
On 24 March 2011 13:56, Luke Smith luke.sm...@grough.co.uk wrote: As I understand it, there is both a written record of where the rights of way go and the definitive map is in addition, with the written record taking precedence? So if a local authority is drawing their map, and it's offset

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey Public Sector Mapping Agreement

2011-03-24 Thread James Davis
On 24 Mar 2011, at 13:56, Luke Smith wrote: As I understand it, there is both a written record of where the rights of way go and the definitive map is in addition, with the written record taking precedence? My experience is that it probably depends, and that the statement and map are very

Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: Re: Other Routes with Public Access

2011-03-24 Thread Mike Harris
Dave I am interested in your opinion but please hold back slightly from giving me instructions as to what to do or not do. There might be other opinions. My use of the verb assume was more to ask for other opinions - and thank you for yours - than to claim that my personal assumption (or

Re: [Talk-GB] Fwd: Re: Other Routes with Public Access

2011-03-24 Thread Mike Harris
On 24/03/2011 15:51, Mike Harris wrote: Good advice, Andy. I need to make more use of that source:designation key! Mike On 19:59, SomeoneElse wrote: On 24/03/2011 10:11, Mike Harris wrote: I am not insensitive to the need for OSM to remain free of any copyright or similar restrictions

Re: [Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey Public Sector Mapping Agreement

2011-03-24 Thread SomeoneElse
On 24/03/2011 17:13, Kevin Peat wrote: On 24 March 2011 16:56, Ed Avis e...@waniasset.com mailto:e...@waniasset.com wrote: You could use something like designation=public_footpath highway=no note=Although a right of way, there is no path on the ground. Would work I