Re: [Talk-GB] Composite mapping (OSM and OS, PRoWs etc)

2016-09-09 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)
On 9 September 2016 at 12:35, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > I'm not enormously comfortable with highway=no - it's a bit like the justly > discouraged amenity=pub, disused=yes. The designation= tag should be enough > on its own for something that isn't actually a highway on the

Re: [Talk-GB] Composite mapping (OSM and OS, PRoWs etc)

2016-09-09 Thread SK53
On 9 September 2016 at 12:35, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: > > it would be interesting to know what routers make of highway=no. > > From > https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/blob/master/profiles/foot.lua > : > > ... > > I'm not

Re: [Talk-GB] Composite mapping (OSM and OS, PRoWs etc)

2016-09-09 Thread Luke Smith
Dudley was quite right, if there's a section of path in the PRoW dataset our code would fill in the gap, on the assumption it was incomplete. If there's a clear logical way of indicating a legal right of way that can't be used in reality then I'll gladly update the code to reflect it. It's a

[Talk-gb-westmidlands] RSPB Sandwell Valley

2016-09-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
I note that we have a polygon for Forge Mill Lake Local Nature Reserve: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/384208591 but not one for RSPB Sandwell Valley, which forms part of the former reserve. Does anyone have a freely-licensed source for the RSPB boundary? I know it includes the boom

[Talk-GB] Mapper of the Month

2016-09-09 Thread Marc Gemis
Hallo, This month we interviewed SomeoneElse [1] in our Mapper of the Month series [2] Enjoy ! regards m [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/escada/diary/39470 [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Belgium/Belgian_Mapper_of_the_Month

Re: [Talk-GB] Composite mapping (OSM and OS, PRoWs etc)

2016-09-09 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote: > it would be interesting to know what routers make of highway=no. From https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/blob/master/profiles/foot.lua: elseif access and access_tag_whitelist[access] then -- unknown way, but valid access tag

Re: [Talk-GB] Composite mapping (OSM and OS, PRoWs etc)

2016-09-09 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)
On 8 September 2016 at 20:56, Dudley Ibbett wrote: > If a footpath isn’t accessible by a walker then I don’t generally put it on > OSM or I will end it at the obstruction. It looks like you are treating > this as incomplete data and filling in the footpath according to