[Talk-GB] Public Rights of Way

[Nick Whitelegg]

Hello Godfrey,

Sorry I should have made another point:

"If it's a path which you know is a right of way via an Ordnance Survey 
map, but cannot verify that on the ground, again you must use 
foot=permissive even if that's not true. This is because you can't verify 
the right of way status from a non copyright source."

To even tag such a path as foot=permissive you need some sort of evidence 
that it's being used by walkers (e.g. seeing other walkers on the path, 
"Keep to path" signs, local custom e.g. all paths in the New Forest have 
permissive public access). If you see a path where the *only* evidence 
that you can use it is an OS map, then you probably can't even use 
foot=permissive. In such cases you'll just have to tag as highway=path as 
the only thing you can verify from a non copyright source is the physical 
nature of the way. Perhaps foot=unknown or access=unknown too, or 
note=Might be private.

Nick