>Following on from this, am I correct in assuming that the only >definitive source of mapping information about public rights of way is >the OS? It seems ludicrous that *public* rights of way are effectively >copyrighted in this manner. I suppose it's analagous to the issue with >council boundaries.
>My local council (Suffolk) refer to the "definitive map" here: >https://www.csduk.com/CSD/Transportandstreets/Public+rights+of+way/PublicRightsOf+WayDefinitiveMap.htm >but make no mention of who owns the copyright. They do however >recommend (OS) Explorer maps for walkers, which suggests it may be the >OS. This subject has come up several times before, unfortunately there is no definitive answer. The Definitive Map (held by the relevant county council) is the definitive source, *not* OS maps. The path courses are defined by the council, not the OS, and are quoted by one council site (West Sussex) as "public domain" (at least they were when I last looked); however they are overlaid on a copyrighted OS map. The question that no-one knows the answer to is: can you take this info from the definitive map? There seem to be 2 concerns that mean the assumed answer is "no" : - did the council use OS maps to draw up an approximation to the route, rather than original council data? - does the underlying OS map somehow "infect" the overlaid public domain data, rendering it subject to OS copyright? Someone probably needs to sort this out with a council. Maybe I'll get round to doing it with mine at some stage. Nick _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
