I've just been looking at use of designation on taginfo UK<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/designation#values>and there are many not very appropriate uses.
The ones which stick out to me are : permissive_bridleway (if its permissive it's not been designated), "Holiday Chalet" and "The Co-operative Food", as well as a few obvious misues instead of a ref tag. It would be nice to clean some of this up as it makes the meaning of the tag (legal/official designation) unclear. Quite agree with Nick the yellow markers, usually with name of the Highway Authority, are good for Public Footpath. Jerry On 5 February 2014 10:22, Nick Whitelegg <[email protected]>wrote: > > One comment I will make on the tagging wiki page is that I think in the > vast majority of cases, one can assume that a yellow arrow without the text > "public footpath" *is* indeed a public footpath. > There might be a few cases where there's a yellow-colour-coded nature > trail in a country park, but these are in a minority. Certainly in open > farmland, moorland, etc yellow arrows are almost certain to be footpaths > (and blue, bridleways). > > I have used the designation tag in these cases many, many times. > > I think it's better to make the assumption than have an incomplete map > where many designation tags are missing. If it's then later discovered > *not* to be a right of way, the designation tag can always be removed. > > Nick > > -----Rob Nickerson <[email protected]> wrote: ----- > To: Gregory Marler <[email protected]>, Talk-GB < > [email protected]> > From: Rob Nickerson <[email protected]> > Date: 04/02/2014 11:21PM > Subject: [Talk-GB] Confirmation of Rights of Way tags > > > Hi, > > Just to confirm, the tags for a right of way are described at > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_access_provisions#Public_Rights_of_Way > > Basically, if its on the ground AND in the councils definitive map as a > right of way then use designation=public_footpath (or public_bridleway, > etc). You can also use this if it is on the ground AND signposted as such. > For other paths you can use suspected:designation=public_footpath or > suspected:designation=row, and we will aim to get these followed up before > 2026. > > Rob > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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