Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of way vs. tracks

2019-10-03 Thread Steve Doerr
On 29/09/2019 21:58, Edward Bainton wrote: > running from 511,025.344 298,855.444 Meters to 510,856.672 298,723.814 Meters > > I don't recognise that coordinate system: is it any help for OSM? It's a millimetre-precision version of the Ordnance Survey grid reference. For conversion, see e.g.

Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of way vs. tracks

2019-09-29 Thread Edward Bainton
This is just fantastic, thank you. Looking at the definitive map there is a RoW there, but it seems that the path as shown on OSM is only roughly right: it should actually run from the road at an angle of ~240deg rather than the ~220deg OSM shows, meet

Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of way vs. tracks

2019-09-29 Thread Andy Townsend
On 29/09/2019 19:37, Edward Bainton wrote: Do I mark a track, with all it's passability tags, and then tag horses & foot=designated? That acknowledges the track, but disregards the documentation here

Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of way vs. tracks

2019-09-29 Thread SK53
For the bridleway map with highway=track, designation=public_bridleway. Basic access rights can be inferred from this combination, but explicit tagging does no harm (although it does make it a little harder to ensure these are correct if there is a change in status). One of the beauties of OSM is t

Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of way vs. tracks

2019-09-29 Thread Edward Catmur via Talk-GB
The documentation is for the general case, where a public bridleway is physically a bridleway. (There are also private bridleways.) Here you should tag highway=track horse=designated foot=designated vehicle=private designation=public_bridleway. You may need to break the track if it continues with n

Re: [Talk-GB] Rights of way vs. tracks

2019-09-29 Thread Martin Wynne
There is absolutely no indication of it on the ground: no beaten path, no fingerboard, no break in the hedge at the SW end (it wouldn't need one at the NE end, open country). Do I delete as probably sourced from OS, or leave as it's a right of way? First thing to do is check the County Council'

[Talk-GB] Rights of way vs. tracks

2019-09-29 Thread Edward Bainton
Hi all Two rights of way questions for England & Wales: 1. What do we do when a public bridleway passes down an otherwise private track, as here ? Both the track the the right of way are 'on the ground'. Do I mark a track, with all it's passability t