[Talk-GB] Should highway=byway be deprecated?

2012-08-22 Thread Dave F.
Hi is there an out of copyright source for the two different types of byway: restricted_byway byway_open_to_all_traffic? If not, as many are signed on the ground as just 'byway', I'm not sure highway=byway should be deprecated. How are users distinguishing what type they are? Cheers Dave

Re: [Talk-GB] Should highway=byway be deprecated?

2012-08-22 Thread Nick Whitelegg
] Should highway=byway be deprecated? Hi is there an out of copyright source for the two different types of byway: restricted_byway byway_open_to_all_traffic? If not, as many are signed on the ground as just 'byway', I'm not sure highway=byway should be deprecated. How are users distinguishing

Re: [Talk-GB] Should highway=byway be deprecated?

2012-08-22 Thread SomeoneElse
Dave F. wrote: is there an out of copyright source for the two different types of byway: restricted_byway byway_open_to_all_traffic? I'd imagine that the same applies as for other public rights of way - in some places there may be something made available which is OK licence-wise; in

Re: [Talk-GB] Should highway=byway be deprecated?

2012-08-22 Thread Philip Barnes
I have seen Byway signs in Wiltshire in the past few months. Phil -- Sent from my Nokia N9 On 22/08/2012 14:21 SomeoneElse wrote: Dave F. wrote: is there an out of copyright source for the two different types of byway: restricted_byway byway_open_to_all_traffic? I'd imagine that the

Re: [Talk-GB] Should highway=byway be deprecated?

2012-08-22 Thread SomeoneElse
Philip Barnes wrote: I have seen Byway signs in Wiltshire in the past few months. But did they actually look like BOATs or Restricted Byways? Were there associated signs saying take a motorbike up here and we'll nick you (RB) or deep ruts caused by the off-road crowd (BOAT)? In

Re: [Talk-GB] Should highway=byway be deprecated?

2012-08-22 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM)
On 22 August 2012 14:21, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: There are two issues here. One is whether highway=byway actually helps describe what sort of highway it is. I'd argue that it doesn't, and that highway=service/track/something else as appropriate + some descriptive tags

Re: [Talk-GB] Should highway=byway be deprecated?

2012-08-22 Thread Adam Hoyle
On 22 Aug 2012, at 15:33, Robert Whittaker (OSM) wrote: As an aside, note that it is not uncommon for a Byway Open to All Traffic to be subject to a Traffic Regulation Order banning motor vehicles during all or part of the year. The signs you'll typically see in this case is a Byway

Re: [Talk-GB] Should highway=byway be deprecated?

2012-08-22 Thread Nick Whitelegg
: 22/08/2012 02:56PM Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Should highway=byway be deprecated? Philip Barnes wrote: I have seen Byway signs in Wiltshire in the past few months. But did they actually look like

Re: [Talk-GB] Should highway=byway be deprecated?

2012-08-22 Thread Robert Norris
In the case of motor vehicles only being prohibited for half of the year, is there any consensus on the correct way to tag it? Yes, that reminds me I need to update some byways around Avebury... [e.g. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/25793851] I think the idea is to use the