Hi
I've noticed a couple few ways being tagged with designation= Other
Route with Public Access (or just ORPA)
I've never seen a route signed with this on the ground or in the OS
Opendata set, only on OS printed maps.
If this is the case I believe it's illegal mapping should be removed.
On 23/03/2011 11:18, Dave F. wrote:
Hi
I've noticed a couple few ways being tagged with designation= Other
Route with Public Access (or just ORPA)
I've never heard of that as a legal designation (of an England / Wales
right of way) or seen such a sign. If I saw it on a way in OSM I'd
You can find out from the same place that OS finds out - the Local Authority.
I don't think they're generally signed (any more than any other minor
public road), it's just that they're passable, there's no Private
Keep Out signs, and the Highways team has a note that they've got
responsibility
On 23 March 2011 11:18, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote:
I've noticed a couple few ways being tagged with designation= Other Route
with Public Access (or just ORPA)
I've never seen a route signed with this on the ground or in the OS Opendata
set, only on OS printed maps.
If this is the
As far as I know, ORPA is a term invented by Ordnance survey to
describe and mark some unclassified roads that might otherwise appear
to be private tracks on their maps. These are routes that aren't one
of the designated public rights of way (footpath, bridleway, byway,
restricted byway), but are
On 23/03/2011 12:15, Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote:
On 23 March 2011 11:18, Dave F.dave...@madasafish.com wrote:
I've noticed a couple few ways being tagged with designation= Other Route
with Public Access (or just ORPA)
I've never seen a route signed with this on the ground or in the OS
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote:
Right, we're agreed that that were copied from printed OS maps, which is
banned in OSM.
No. The term is copied from OS. What it applies to is not necessarily
copied from OS. I don't think copying Other Road with Public
On 23/03/2011 12:37, Dave F. wrote:
Most of the OPRA I know of lead onto paths/bridleways etc are signed
as such at the beginning of the OPRAs.
If it's not obvious along the length of a path what its designation is,
or the designations in use are just silly*, then I'll usually tag a
On 23 March 2011 12:47, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com wrote:
Can't speak for all authorities, but mine issue such data on top of OS maps.
There's been a lot of talk, I believe the consensus was that the OS map
'contaminated' the data was not usable.
OS have said they don't
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