Re: [Talk-GB] New user renaming highway=cycleway with NCN references

2016-05-13 Thread David Woolley
On 12/05/16 23:53, Andy Townsend wrote: It depends where you are, I think. Certainly the canal towpath nearest to me (Cromford Canal) is mostly public footpath. It's all been surveyed, and the designation has been added fairly conservatively, i.e. only where there's signage, and even on that

[Talk-gb-thenorth] Proposal to do some mapping in North Lancashire

2016-05-13 Thread Roger James
Hi, I am proposing to do some mapping in a couple of parishes in North Lancashire. These are "Slyne-with-Hest" and "Nether Kellet". I plan to use the latest OS OpenMap Local dataset to provide basic building boundaries where none previously exist. I will be using OSTN02 data to do the

Re: [Talk-GB] New user renaming highway=cycleway with NCN references

2016-05-13 Thread Richard Fairhurst
David Woolley wrote: > For canal towpaths, bicycle=designated is misleading, as it tends > to imply a public right of way, whereas these are normally > access=permissive, and privately owned by the Canal and River > Trust. Again, Scotland is different. :) Scotland's canals didn't go to CRT:

Re: [Talk-GB] New user renaming highway=cycleway with NCN references

2016-05-13 Thread David Woolley
On 13/05/16 11:17, Dave F wrote: I think you're combining two separate issues. Designated cycle route NCN4 was implemented along the K canal long before 2012. There a was short time when a free license was required to officially use it. Whether individual people had a license or not made no

Re: [Talk-GB] New user renaming highway=cycleway with NCN references

2016-05-13 Thread Dave F
I think you're combining two separate issues. Designated cycle route NCN4 was implemented along the K canal long before 2012. There a was short time when a free license was required to officially use it. Whether individual people had a license or not made no difference to it's status.

Re: [Talk-gb-thenorth] Proposal to do some mapping in North Lancashire

2016-05-13 Thread Chris Hill
It's great that you want to add to the map data. Please do not add the OS OpenMap Local building outlines. They are heavily simplified and as such, poor quality. You can't distinguish how many residences there are in a building outline, so is it detached, semi-detached or a terrace? Adding

[Talk-GB] Proposal to do some mapping in North Lancashire

2016-05-13 Thread Roger James
Hi Chris, Philip I take your point about the buildings polygons being very low quality. The merging is not too bad in rural areas like these where the building density is low, but a lot of detail is missing. My plan was just to use the OS stuff as a starting point, then modify the polygon

[Talk-GB] weeklyOSM 303 now available in English

2016-05-13 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
The weekly round-up of OSM news, issue # 303, is now available online in English, giving as always a summary of all things happening in the openstreetmap world: http://www.weeklyosm.eu/en/archives/7456 - Highlights ... - *... “*urban mappers*” and a regulation bill, which tries to regulate