<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>I've just been looking at use of designation on <a href="http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/designation#values">taginfo UK</a> and there are many not very appropriate uses.<br><br>
</div>The ones which stick out to me are : permissive_bridleway (if its permissive it's not been designated), "Holiday Chalet" and "The Co-operative Food", as well as a few obvious misues instead of a ref tag.<br>
<br></div>It would be nice to clean some of this up as it makes the meaning of the tag (legal/official designation) unclear.<br><br></div>Quite agree with Nick the yellow markers, usually with name of the Highway Authority, are good for Public Footpath.<br>
<br></div>Jerry<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 February 2014 10:22, Nick Whitelegg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Nick.Whitelegg@solent.ac.uk" target="_blank">Nick.Whitelegg@solent.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br>One comment I will make on the tagging wiki page is that I think in the vast majority of cases, one can assume that a yellow arrow without the text "public footpath" *is* indeed a public footpath.<br>
There might be a few cases where there's a yellow-colour-coded nature trail in a country park, but these are in a minority. Certainly in open farmland, moorland, etc yellow arrows are almost certain to be footpaths (and blue, bridleways).<br>
<br>I have used the designation tag in these cases many, many times.<br><br>I think it's better to make the assumption than have an incomplete map where many designation tags are missing. If it's then later discovered *not* to be a right of way, the designation tag can always be removed.<br>
<br>Nick<br><br><font color="#990099">-----Rob Nickerson <<a href="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com" target="_blank">rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com</a>> wrote: -----</font><div style="padding-left:5px"><div style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:5px;border-left:solid black 2px">
To: Gregory Marler <<a href="mailto:nomoregrapes@googlemail.com" target="_blank">nomoregrapes@googlemail.com</a>>, Talk-GB <<a href="mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk-gb@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
From: Rob Nickerson <<a href="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com" target="_blank">rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: 04/02/2014 11:21PM<br>Subject: [Talk-GB] Confirmation of Rights of Way tags<div><div class="h5">
<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>Just to confirm, the tags for a right of way are described at<br><br><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_access_provisions#Public_Rights_of_Way" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_access_provisions#Public_Rights_of_Way</a><br>
<br></div>Basically, if its on the ground AND in the councils definitive map as a right of way then use designation=public_footpath (or public_bridleway, etc). You can also use this if it is on the ground AND signposted as such. For other paths you can use suspected:designation=public_footpath or suspected:designation=row, and we will aim to get these followed up before 2026.<br>
<br></div>Rob<br></div>
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