> Gareth L > If there's literally no trace of the path any more, I'd be more inclined to > report it to the local council RoW officer before mapping something that > doesn't exist on the ground.
Of course, just because *evidence* of it doesn't exist on the ground, doesn't mean the route itself doesn't exist. Public rights of way are highways in their own right and access is enshrined by law. Agreed though - contact your council's PROW team if the PROW is blocked or inaccessible. It will either need clearing or (if permanently blocked, e.g. by a lake/river/development) re-routing. Cheers, Nathan From: Gareth L <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 2:29 PM To: Andy Townsend <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Blocked / overgrown / inaccessible footpaths and bridleways Depends if that condition is seasonal? I've prioritised tagging width values on canal towpaths in some locations where, whilst legal, it's precarious to try and cycle along as they're practically less than a metre wide. I've come across the following proposed feature https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Obstacle which didn't seem to get traction - though could be useful. I think I've just added a barrier node to cover off routing engines/some renders + as accurate a surface value as you can but they've always had a viable, not too out of the way, alternative route. If there's literally no trace of the path any more, I'd be more inclined to report it to the local council RoW officer before mapping something that doesn't exist on the ground. Gareth From: Andy Townsend<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 29 September 2020 13:51 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [Talk-GB] Blocked / overgrown / inaccessible footpaths and bridleways Hello, How do people normally map things like "I know there is a public footpath that goes through here but it is currently inaccessible"? A taginfo search finds a few candidates: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=overgrown#values https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=inaccessible#values https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/search?q=blocked#values So far https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/overgrown seems the nearest (it's undocumented but mentioned on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Hiking ). However, I'm sure that there are examples that I've missed. Most seem to be used within note tags which can of course contain any old text - are there any actual non-note tags and values that are used for this that I'm missing? Best Regards, Andy _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
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