[Talk-ca] Mapping Private Roads?

[Sam Vekemans]

Hi, since you'd want to get a visitors pass anyway,
it would be great to also say that you want to draw a polypon around
the whole property & you want it as accurate as possable and also
drawing in fence/wall if & where it is physically present.
Marking gates at every entrance will help map users know to avoid the
property & for someone to 'create a cycling route around around it
using bikemap.net' :-)

I hope this company is 'Western Forest Products', as many map users
will be greatfull for this info :)

The polygon could still be done after, but would be better to get a
more accurate version of it.

cheers,
Sam

On 6/4/10, Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com> wrote:
>
>> My friend is very comfortable traveling around the property. I'm not
>> so comfortable with his offer to take me around the property (he has
>> an employee ID, I don't). The airspace overhead is not restricted (at
>> least not any more than non-company property nearby), so the road grid
>> information could be obtained from a small airplane flying overhead.
>> Obtaining the street names from overhead would be a problem. The issue
>> in my mind is the collection of GPS tracks (on the ground),
>> would/could the employer object?
>
> Sure, they could do anything they like.  The key to minimizing problems is
> to
> respect the company's ownership/right to use the land.  I'd recommend asking
> for
> permission in writing (and get a response in writing).
>
> And get a vistor's pass for yourself (there could liability issues if you
> don't).
>
>> Further could this sort of data
>> collection cause any grief to Open Street Map?
>
> If you have their permission to be on the property, no problem with the data
> collection.   Since you are creating the data, there's no data ownership
> problem.
>
> But I'm not a lawyer, so don't take the above as a professional legal
> opinion...
>
>> I gather that some of the people living near the property do sometimes
>> try to use the property as a shortcut route (and when caught are
>> charged with trespass). Better maps would not help the trespass
>> situation...
>>
>>
>> Colin McGregor
>
>
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