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 other areas not. There was an attempt a few months ago to try and rustle up a few more areas (on this list I believe).
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?
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 would be better, along with "designation=byway_open_to_all_traffic".
The other is whether it makes sense to map something that's labelled "byway" as " "designation=byway_open_to_all_traffic" or "designation=byway". I've never yet found* something labelled "byway" that isn't actually a BOAT, so I haven't complained when people have come along and tried to standardise "designation=byway" to "designation=byway_open_to_all_traffic".
Cheers, Andy * mostly in the East Mids - other areas may vary! http://yosmhm.neis-one.org/?zoom=7&lat=53.37917&lon=-0.4812&layers=B0T&u=SomeoneElse _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
