Has there been any contact in the past with ramblers groups to help mapping of footpaths in the countryside? We arrange mapping parties but often that involves preaching to converted.
I just had a look on the Ramblers Association website and their forum. A quick search shown no mention of openstreetmap, but does mention problems with OS and copyright, and mentiones use of GPSr's. eg. (link 1<http://www.ramblers.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=76294&highlight=maps#76294>) (link2<http://www.ramblers.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=72564&highlight=maps#72564>) (link3<http://www.ramblers.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=71646&highlight=maps#71646>) (link4<http://www.ramblers.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9931&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=maps>) They also have good advice on Public Rights of way and the law (link<http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/britain/footpathlaw/> ) Since they are actively involved in protecting and using these footpaths the organisation or its members might be interested in the OSM project. As I said at the beginning, does anyone know if there has been any contact? If not its something I'd be willing to do since I've finally got a bit of spare time this summer Jason Cunningham user:jamicu <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Jamicu> 2009/8/14 Nick Whitelegg <[email protected]> > >And just a quick reminder that the NPE edition map is available as on > >overlay in both JOSM and Potlatch editors > > >David > > Caution is needed here though. I have an NPE map of the local area which I > sometimes use to locate possible rights of way in an area with which I am > unfamiliar. In about 80% of the cases, they are indeed rights of way, > however there are some false positives. So I'd recommend *not* tagging NPE > paths as rights of way unless you can get evidence on the ground. > > Also there are a good number of rights of way not shown on the NPE map > (about half IMX) > > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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