[OSM-newbies] Tagging open rambling land

[Mike Harris]

Sorry - I may have unintentionally misled with the word 'official' - I meant
the official name in England and Wales rather than the official name in OSM!
And I should perhaps have said open_access_land rather than just access_land
to conform with the legal term. Of course, by definition, nothing is
'official' in OSM - and I would be the last person to claim that my
interpretation was any more 'official' than the next person's!

I have taken the opportunity to make a minor edit to the wiki that you cite

 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_public_rights_of_way

To clarify the facts and to suggest that OSM mapping of boundaries and
access points would be helpful (at least to walkers) - though I have to
admit that I am unsure where one would get the boundary information from a
copyright-free source (the DEFRA web site maps seem to be OS copyright). At
least the access points should be readily mappable.


Mike Harris
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave F. [mailto:davefox at madasafish.com] 
> Sent: 14 September 2009 12:41
> To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Tagging open rambling land
> 
> Mike Harris wrote:
> > In England and Wales (I don't know about IoM) it would make 
> sense to use the official designation, i.e. boundary=access_land.
> >
> > Mike Harris
> >  
> >
> >   
> Mike
> 
> Do you have a wiki page for this please?
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_public_rights_of_way
> 
> 
> I could only find a general description on this page but 
> nothing 'official'
> 
> 
>