Hi all,
Thanks for all the replies and advice. My general take-away from this is that
council data should be used to guide a ground-survey effort with a GPS. I
wasn't aware that so much red tape existed around licensing, and that the data
isn't always a true reflection in the field.
One of the big issues is with importing rights of way data there can be
significant difference between the legal line shown in the data and what
exists on the ground. Most rights of way have never been accurately
surveyed, the lines were draw onto OS maps by parish councilors who were
not
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 10:56, James wrote:
> I'd like to make Geocaching in my county (Shropshire) more accessible to
> those who do not have OS maps, or simply want the convenience of navigating
> from a mobile device. This relies on OpenStreetMap having comprehensive
> mapping of the county's
I'm not sure whether this is helpful but I wrote this earlier this year
with the help of the OS. It's an attempt to unpick some of the issues in
asking local authorities for mapping data.
https://medium.com/the-satori-lab/alpha-asking-your-council-for-mapping-data-b174a0875e42
Though we didn't
Hello James,
Please also take a look at the current OSMUK quarterly project which is
highly relevant
https://osmuk.org/quarterly-projects/ ...and consider joining the group.
Regards,
Jez
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 12:17 David Woolley, wrote:
> On 04/09/18 10:55, James wrote:
> > The
On 04/09/18 10:55, James wrote:
The officer confirmed that Rights of Way data was in the
public domain for any use.
That's a bad sign, as it indicates that they don't understand UK
intellectual property law. They only way that database rights can lapse
into the public domain is through the
Hi all,
I'd like to make Geocaching in my county (Shropshire) more accessible to those
who do not have OS maps, or simply want the convenience of navigating from a
mobile device. This relies on OpenStreetMap having comprehensive mapping of the
county's Rights of Way - at the moment, it does
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