[Talk-GB] Local walking routes

[David Ellams]

Thanks for your feedback, guys. On reflection, I now agree that route
relations should generally be reserved for waymarked routes. I also
agree with Richard F's comment that there is a need for a separate
repository for sharing the sorts of unofficial routes I am talking
about.

Cheers

David


On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:44 +0100, "Richard Mann"
<richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I think that walking routes are much more flexible than (say) cycling
> routes, so there would be every prospect that umpteen different sets
> of overlapping routes could be created by different people. So I'd
> probably advise against putting them in the database unless they are
> waymarked.
> 
> Richard
> 
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 12:23 AM, David Ellams
> <osmlists at dellams.fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > Where I live there is a Parish Paths Partnership (P3) Group, where
> > volunteers work with the council on projects to maintain and improve access
> > to public footpaths and brideways, e.g., waymarking, replacing stiles with
> > gates, etc. They publish a number of suggested walks on their website (the
> > walks for the most part just have descriptive titles such as "Circular walk
> > - Pontesbury Hill and Polesgate Coppice"). With one exception, the routes
> > themselves are not signed/marked (though they follow waymarked paths). I am
> > thinking that, once I've got a bit more of the footpath network mapped, I
> > might ask them whether they would like some maps of their routes for their
> > web site, etc. (if I'm feeling really ambitious, I might one day even try to
> > get them involved in the surveying/mapping - a footpath mapping party?).
> >
> > My question is whether I should record route relations for these (perhaps
> > slightly unofficial) unsigned walks (ranging from 1.5 to about 5 miles). The
> > Walking Routes page on the wiki suggests that "lwn" is to be used for signed
> > routes.
> >
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Walking_Routes
> >
> > This question seems equivalent, to an extent, to this question about the CTC
> > National Byways Network:
> >
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Cycle_routes#United_Kingdom_.2F_CTC_National_Byways_Network.3F
> >
> > I realise there is nothing to stop me from adding these walking routes (as
> > relations) to OSM, but I'd welcome feedback on whether folk think it is
> > appropriate. Has anyone done anything like this elsewhere? I would not have
> > to add them to OSM in order to produce some maps, so quite relaxed if there
> > is a consensus that it is not appropriate.
> >
> > There is also a local Walking For Health group, with some involvement from
> > the council, which publishes routes, but as far as I can see these are
> > waymarked specifically, so I probably will consider creating route relations
> > for those. Likewise, the P3 Group's one specifically waymarked (and named)
> > route, I feel is a good candidate to record in OSM. So shout if you think
> > I'm wrong on that one, too.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > David (davespod)
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