On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 12:49:47PM +0100, Andy Townsend wrote:
>
> Maybe a compromise might be (assuming the licence is suitable) importing only
> the "designation" tag for entirely new footways (i.e. without a highway tag
> at all)?
An excellent idea, but will it happen?
ael
On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 11:59 Dave F via Talk-GB,
wrote:
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> >
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#Public_Rights_of_Way_Data_from_local_councils
> > . While there's nothing listed there, it's definitely not ok to use
> > the data in OSM.
>
> Rubbish.
>
> Just because one person isn't
There are certainly places where the rights-of-way as signed don't match what
appears on e.g. OS Landranger - I was in one south of York just a couple of
days ago. There in fact the OS data (including OS Opendata / older OS maps
which have been traced into OSM) doesn't match what's on the
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#Public_Rights_of_Way_Data_from_local_councils
. While there's nothing listed there, it's definitely not ok to use
the data in OSM.
Rubbish.
Just because one person isn't aware of a fact, it doesn't make it untrue.
No one person has authority
On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 11:05:44PM +0100, Neil Matthews wrote:
> In light of some recent edits in South Gloucestershire -- is it ok to
> import unsurveyed footpaths based simply on rowmaps data?
Apart from the licensing issue, many of these sorts of edits are simply
wrong. I had to correct
Hi Neil.
I contacted SG recently regarding as updated dataset under OGL v3. A
Nicola Chidley from SG said I should use their set on rowmaps. An IT
officer also said they were given OS copyright exemption in 2016.
As it's designated paths being added other tags as well as highway
should be
Hi,
I'm in agreement with Rob re:licensing. The good news is that lhe OS is now
fine with the OSM-compliant Open Government Licence (version 3), so if you
ask the council for an updated dataset they will be able to release the
data under the appropriate licence. [I was actually in the process of
On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 23:06, Neil Matthews wrote:
> In light of some recent edits in South Gloucestershire -- is it ok to
> import unsurveyed footpaths based simply on rowmaps data?
Based on the licensing information at
http://www.rowmaps.com/datasets/SG/ my view would be "no". According
to
In light of some recent edits in South Gloucestershire -- is it ok to
import unsurveyed footpaths based simply on rowmaps data?
Thanks,
Neil
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