[Talk-GB] Railway level crossings

Hi, I'm a newbie here, so I don't know if this has been mentioned before. Apologies if so. Network Rail have an online map showing details of all level crossings on the system: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/safety-in-the-community/level-crossing-safety/ This includes all

Re: [Talk-GB] Council Footpath data

On 24 May 2018 at 14:33, Nick Whitelegg wrote: > Following on from the recent topic regarding 1900 historical footpath data, > I'd like to clarify exactly what we can and can't do currently with the > council RoWs if possible. > > a) Copy designation status from

Re: [Talk-GB] Railway level crossings

On 24/05/2018 16:36, David Woolley wrote: Please read the terms of use on that web site, in particular: "You may only print off copies, and may only download page(s) from our site for your personal and non-commercial use." Anything included in OSM needs to have licence that permits

Re: [Talk-GB] Railway level crossings

But Martin (and others) _could_ use the web site to prompt investigations into crossing locations and manually add/edit in OSM. If Mark is right and even Network Rail have bad data it shows that you just cannot trust anyone. BTW Welcome to the list Martin :) - Jez On Thu, 24 May 2018 at 17:07

Re: [Talk-GB] Railway level crossings

Please read the terms of use on that web site, in particular: "You may only print off copies, and may only download page(s) from our site for your personal and non-commercial use." Anything included in OSM needs to have licence that permits commercial use, so you cannot use the data from

Re: [Talk-GB] Railway level crossings

And, from a practical perspective, even if it was available under a suitable licence it wouldn't be suitable for bulk import as quite a lot of the coordinates are too imprecise. Hi, I wasn't thinking of bulk import or downloading. I added the information in my own words after visiting and

Re: [Talk-GB] Railway level crossings

Jez Nicholson wrote: But Martin (and others) _could_ use the web site to prompt investigations into crossing locations and manually add/edit in OSM. If Mark is right and even Network Rail have bad data it shows that you just cannot trust anyone. BTW Welcome to the list Martin :) - Jez

Re: [Talk-GB] Railway level crossings

On 24/05/2018 17:51, Martin Wynne wrote: coincidences Sorry, that should have been consequences. Martin. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb

Re: [Talk-GB] Railway level crossings

On 24 May 2018 at 17:37, Jez Nicholson wrote: > But Martin (and others) _could_ use the web site to prompt investigations > into crossing locations and manually add/edit in OSM. + 1 Or we could just ask them to release the data under an open licence. -- Andy Mabbett