<html><head><style id="outgoing-font-settings">#response_container_BBPPID{font-family: initial; font-size:initial; color: initial;}</style></head><body style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: initial; line-height: initial;" contenteditable="false"><div id="response_container_BBPPID" style="outline:none;" dir="auto" contenteditable="false"> <div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"> <br style="display:initial"></div> <div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"> > The path of least harm is to let land managers remove informal paths and leave them removed</div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">I'm not actually convinced that is true.</div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">If something is visible from aerial imagery (or even something like Strava*) then someone might "just add it" without knowing the history. With a DWG hat on I have many times explained to people why a path that "should not exist" has been re-added by someone unfamiliar with its status.</div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">If there is a chance that someone will add something that shouldn't be there for whatever reason then it makes sense to ensure that something representing the current status is mapped. This might be some sort of lifecycle tag such as "disused:highway=path" or if the thing really does still exist but is private, some sort of access tag.</div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">Best Regards,</div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">Andy</div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">* I certainly wouldn't map "just from Strava" myself, but unfortunately some people do.</div><div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div> <div id="blackberry_signature_BBPPID" name="BB10" dir="auto"> <div id="_signaturePlaceholder_BBPPID" name="BB10" dir="auto"></div> </div></div><!--start of _originalContent --></body></html>