[talk-au] Paths in Illawarra Conservation Lands

[Andrew Harvey]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 at 06:23, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> On 9/11/19 21:31, forster at ozonline.com.au wrote:
> > The construction and use of unauthorized trails is illegal with large
> > penalties (though I have never heard of a prosecution).
>
> Are there sources that are not restricted by copyright that we could use
> to determine which trails are authorized and which are not?
>

Not that I'm aware of. NPWS do publish tracks as CC BY open data and they
have completed the waiver to allow OSM to use this data (see
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_data_catalogue), however
local knowledge and local surveys should still prevail.


> It is an interesting topic for a general discusssion. Though in this
> concrete case I wonder how to determine whether what looks like a
> footpath in the Conservation Lands is legal to use or not... should
> *all* the trails drawn in the area be marked access=no? Should we ask
> the adminstration for a list?


If no access is the intention then they should put up signage saying no
access, then we can map that access accordingly.
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