Nick Whitelegg wrote: > > Firstly, while (I believe) you can walk just about anywhere in Scotland, > except during the stalking season, there are a number of waymarked > footpaths, waymarked similarly to England and Wales. I guess these have no > legal relevance but are merely recommended routes. Are these tagged > specifically? I just tagged them "note=Waymarked footpath"
Just because there is open access doesn't mean footpaths with rights of way have ceased to exist. Have a look at: http://www.scotways.com/ I've just spent a week in the highlands and came across the prows from Loch Etive to Bonawe and Steall to Corrour which are signed as public footpaths. I think one of the consequences of the open access is that prows are not maintained by highway authorities any more. > Secondly, again while you can walk anywhere, I came across a number of > occasions where tracks temporarily end, then restart further on, and in > between is a relatively easy cross country route which you can follow > (unsignposted) where you don't have to scale drystone walls, scramble > through undergrowth etc. AFAIK such "recommended routes" are not generally > put into OSM but need a separate project, but does anyone do otherwise? I found that these trails were often well defined on firm ground and then unclear where a softer piece of peaty ground needed crossing, people seemed to have spread out to negotiate the bog. What I wonder about is how to tag a known and clear route other than as a footpath. I'd like to show my walks but not necessarily have them rendered as footpaths in case people who are unprepared should attempt them. I'd also like a recommendation for a gpslooger that doesn't log whilst stationary and has at least 50hours of battery life AJH _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
