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<p>Thanks for raising the issue, Graeme.</p>
<p>I opened the issue but I have limited understanding of what an
easement is in different jurisdiction.</p>
<p>Ben makes a good point in that an easement can be considered as
an absence of something else, so might not need to be mapped, more
specifically a space in between plots that can be built. Maybe why
there is so little of it mapped on OSM?</p>
<p>Where the note points, I believe the reason it exists is access
to the small bit of bushland and the creek, for emergency services
for example. In that case, should it be tagged as a track rather
than a footway? And what access tag should be used?</p>
<p>Cheers<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/3/22 15:29, Benjamin Ceravolo
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<div dir="ltr">If there is no formed track (but vehicles do use
it) then I would think that highway=track or path,
surface=grass, visibility=no, low, etc. and access=private,
otherwise landcover=grass would be fine in my opinion.
<div>OSM is not a town planning serves it, it does not contain
zoning codes or laws so why should it contain easements? </div>
<div>Further to this, easements are a lack of ground structure
(due to an underground, overground, or planned utility/road),
therefore not having anything mapped on top of them would not
cause a problem (and the eagle eyed may think there is an
easement there)</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 10:58,
Graeme Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:graemefitz1@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">graemefitz1@gmail.com</a>>
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<div>A note had been raised concerning mapping a Council
access easement:</div>
<div><a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/2883145#map=19/-27.50901/153.03017"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/2883145#map=19/-27.50901/153.03017</a></div>
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<div>Suggestion was made that these should be
leisure=nature_reserve as it is not to be developed on? <br>
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<div>I suggested that they're just highway=footway +
surface=grass, possibly with access=private if so
signposted e.g:</div>
<div><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/538670878"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/538670878</a></div>
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<div>Alternative suggestion was landuse=easement?</div>
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<div>Have just done some searching &, strangely, there
are basically no easements in OSM!</div>
<div><a
href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=easement"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=easement</a></div>
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<div>The 13 "easements" are all in Australia for gas
pipelines:</div>
<div><a href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1gXr"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1gXr</a>,
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<div>while the 28 "easement_filed" are all in Florida for
power lines:</div>
<div><a href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1gXs"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1gXs</a></div>
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<div>The only other mentions of easements are in the wiki
for US Public Lands:</div>
<div><a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States/Public_lands"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States/Public_lands</a>,
together with a brief mention in Massachusetts: <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Massachusetts/Conservation"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Massachusetts/Conservation</a></div>
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<div>So, how would we like to map these areas?</div>
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<div>3 alternatives would seem to be nature_reserve /
landuse or highway?</div>
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<div>Any other suggestions / thoughts?<br>
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<div>What do we all think?</div>
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<div>Graeme</div>
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