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Fear not - that's what I spend a good percentage of my time doing as a
worker for a rights of way charity - three substantive reports a week,
consultations on all changes to the network, regular liaison meetings,
etc. The HA has authorised 'us' to deal with signage (so there is a
stapler and a bunch of waymarks in my back pack too) and we also do
minor maintenance - but sometimes it's beyond our capabilities and then
we negotiate priorities! So you see why I'm interested in PRoW aspects
of OSM - while I'm out there in the field with a GPS in my sticky
little hand I might as well put the tracks up into OSM - and I have the
local knowledge and documentary access to add some of the more
'virtual' tags like 'designation='.<br>
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I was probably a little unfair to the HA in my last message as in fact
most (though not all) of the offending paths are not rights of way -
just forestry tracks. But where they are shown on the OS 1:25k it seems
sensible to record what happens when you try to walk them!<br>
<br>
mikh43<br>
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On 13/05/2010 21:39, Chris Hill wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4BEC638E.5090902@raggedred.net" type="cite">Mike
Harris wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Richard - good thought - I hadn't thought
about using a designation tag without a highway tag to avoid the
rendering - it might solve my problem of unwalkable public rights of
way in forests around here.
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</blockquote>
Contact your local council. They have a legal duty to enforce
accessibility to PRoW and to maintain the signage. I know they vary in
the quality of their response, but an email or two might help and costs
nothing.
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Cheers, Chris
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<b><i>Mike Harris</i></b></div>
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