On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 08:08:45 -0500 Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com> wrote: > > > Too bad for that guy that he didn't check OpenStreetMap first, > > because there was an abandoned railroad mapped in his back yard. > > Now that the trail has been built, he has a fence about 5' behind > > his house. I can't imagine he's happy now. > > > > Wait, what? I understand that OSM does incorporate *some* cadastre > data, such as is the case for situations where it makes more sense to > map out a landuse=* parcel and give it the appropriate name and > access tags. However, attempting to use OSM as a substitute for using > the official cadastre from the county clerk, land office or other > regional equivalent for landuse planning regarding legal encroachment > would be woefully ill-advised. This is something you really want to > hire a licensed surveyor to stake out your legal property lines on > and not just guess. Or you're likely to build a swimming pool in the > middle of an abandoned railroad that's being converted into a > cycleway. And "abandoned railway" that was not noticed by somebody in his/her own back yard seems to be a good example of object that should not be mapped in OSM. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
