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<DIV>I should be interested to learn the general consensus regarding definitive
alignments of Public Rights of Way and paths actually walked, and whether
contributors have similar predicaments to mine. I have two cases in
Shiplake, Oxfordshire:</DIV>
<DIV>1. Shiplake FP 37 <SPAN
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<DIV><FONT color=#222222>I had labelled the straight line path to the kissing
gate before the railway as <SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=#000000>Shiplake FP
37</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT>, originally. Since devoting my time to
adding PRoW information in the Oxfordshire Chilterns and using Oxfordshire
County Council’s Countryside Access Map, I have become aware of official path
alignments. I pondered long and hard over this issue. I decided,
finally, that it would be incorrect to label the straight line to the kissing
gate before the railway as footpath 37, although this is the path used for a
long time, and it makes no sense to walk the official alignment in an open,
grassed field. There has been nothing official to change its alignment, as
far as I am aware, however. I felt the best solution was to map footpath
37 as the Countryside Access Map shows, label it as such, and re-label the
straight line as foot=yes, highway=footway alone. Should anything arise to
prevent that, it can be removed instantly without affecting anything else.</DIV>
<DIV>2. Shiplake FP 10<FONT color=#222222><FONT face=Arial> </FONT><SPAN
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<DIV>The opposite applies to footpath 10: walkers in this case take the
right-angled fence line from the stile (at the junction with Shiplake FP 11)
towards Plough Lane while the Countryside Access Map shows footpath 10 crossing
the field diagonally from a point before the stile. This has the effect of
labelling the short section immediately before the stile wrongly as footpath 10
when it should be footpath 11. I plan to visit the site and alter OSM with
the same attitude as for footpath 37.</DIV>
<DIV>With regards</DIV>
<DIV>Bob Hawkins</DIV></DIV></DIV><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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