On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 at 06:23, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 9/11/19 21:31, [email protected] wrote: > > The construction and use of unauthorized trails is illegal with large > > penalties (though I have never heard of a prosecution). > > Are there sources that are not restricted by copyright that we could use > to determine which trails are authorized and which are not? > Not that I'm aware of. NPWS do publish tracks as CC BY open data and they have completed the waiver to allow OSM to use this data (see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_data_catalogue), however local knowledge and local surveys should still prevail. > It is an interesting topic for a general discusssion. Though in this > concrete case I wonder how to determine whether what looks like a > footpath in the Conservation Lands is legal to use or not... should > *all* the trails drawn in the area be marked access=no? Should we ask > the adminstration for a list? If no access is the intention then they should put up signage saying no access, then we can map that access accordingly.
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