[OSM-talk-be] Mapping disaperead vicinal paths

EeBie ebe050 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 6 20:14:50 UTC 2020


Hello,

In my neighbourhood somone mapped paths and ways that don't exist 
anymore. I didn't want to delete his work complete and
deleted highway=path and replaced it by  historic=path and left 
name=Voetweg SLH°82. In this way the path isn't visible in the usual map
but it is visible in an editor and in an eventual special historic map.

Regards,

Erik


Op 6/08/2020 om 13:00 schreef joost schouppe:
> Hi,
>
> The example Wouter showed hurt my eyes too much, so I have deleted 
> some bits; I marked a few that maybe exist as fixme:highway for now. 
> The user also didn't snap roads to the rest of the road network properly.
> If they don't respond to comments, we might have to consider a user 
> block. A convincing argument for them to do the work properly could be 
> that we might be forced to just revert all their work.
>
> Best,
> Joost
>
> Op do 6 aug. 2020 om 10:45 schreef Wouter Hamelinck 
> <wouter.hamelinck at gmail.com <mailto:wouter.hamelinck at gmail.com>>:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Let me start by saying that I have all the sympathy for the aims
>     of the mapper. I also have been working with communities to keep
>     vicinal ways open. I am also aware that certain ways are only
>     accessible certain times of the year due to vegetation etc. Even
>     if a path is not visible at the moment you pass there, it might be
>     at other times of the year. In general I advocate leaving paths
>     through fields (even plowed) that are legal rights of way. My
>     reasoning is that as soon as you pass with a small group a kind of
>     path will be visible. On the other hand, if the legal right of way
>     crosses buildings, gardens, canals... it makes no sense to put
>     those in OSM. Nobody will ever follow those.
>
>     With that in mind, I've taken a look at some of the changesets
>     that you linked to. I didn't like what I saw. People who want to
>     check only one example, this is a good one:
>     https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/833838389 There is no place in
>     OSM for that kind of legal fiction. Even not knowing the situation
>     on the ground, it is clear to me that nobody will try to follow
>     that track. So I would say to revert changes like that.
>
>     As for the arguments of the mapper:
>     * Putting something in OSM does not put any pressure on the owner.
>     Nobody will be impressed by the argument "you have to keep the way
>     open because I just put it on a website where everybody can put
>     things".
>     * It makes the data in OSM useless. The tracks in OSM are used on
>     a daily basis by many, many hikers. The presence of legal fictions
>     in OSM makes it useless for them. They don't care where they
>     should be able to pass in theory. They want to know where they can
>     pass in reality.
>
>     In conclusion, the mapper is trying to have some very dubious
>     advantage for his personal use and by doing that makes the data
>     useless for all other users. For me it is clear that those ways
>     should be removed.
>
>     Regards,
>     Wouter
>
>     On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 8:21 AM Matthieu Gaillet
>     <matthieu at gaillet.be <mailto:matthieu at gaillet.be>> wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         Recently an user mapped a set of disappeared “communal” or
>         "vicinal” ways. By disappeared I mean they are physically
>         absolutely not existent on the ground. They were either plowed
>         or constructions were built right on them.
>
>         I believe it goes against the general rule that states that
>         one might only map what’s visible on the field. Additionally
>         the mapping itself was poorly done and the source mentioned
>         was not relevant.
>
>         Using the tag [
>         <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:trail_visibility>trail]_visibility
>         <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:trail_visibility>=no
>         <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:trail_visibility%3Dno&action=edit&redlink=1> is
>         not an option here since the user decided to map a
>         unmaintained track road (with width = 4m !) that doesn’t offer
>         such option.
>
>         He denied reverting the changeset, arguing that mapping those
>         paths was a way to put pressure on the Commune and the owner
>         in a discussion about the openness and accessibility of
>         surrounding paths for the general public. He promised to
>         delete the date once the case will be closed.
>
>>         Les sentiers et chemins que j'ai repris sur OSM sont
>>         légalement toujours existants et personne n'est en droit
>>         d'empêcher quiconque de les utiliser, de les réhabiliter ou
>>         de les débroussailler... c'est une façon de mettre la
>>         pression sur le riverain... dès que des alternatives auront
>>         été créées et un bon accord conclu, j'effacerai les données
>>         au profit des alternatives qui auront été proposées.
>
>         The changesets :
>         https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/88927383
>         https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/88927894
>         https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/88927825
>         https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/88927566
>
>
>         What do you think ? I believe that’s not a good way of doing
>         things (I don’t believe in maptivism in this situation) but
>         can’t really find a clear position of the community about this
>         particular case.
>
>         I don’t want to start a fight with that user because he’s
>         really doing a great job at preserving the right of use of
>         those heritage vicinal ways by confronting the Communes
>         against those unfair owners. I would like to show him some
>         string arguments to explain him why his initiative is not good
>         for the community (If that’s the case).
>
>         Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
>         Matthieu Gaillet
>
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