[Talk-GB] Long Distance Paths
SomeoneElse
lists at mail.atownsend.org.uk
Fri Aug 27 12:03:43 BST 2010
On 27/08/2010 11:56, Ian Spencer wrote:
> Had a quick look at Nick's current rendering which is a good stab as
> you said. The thing that sticks out is that there are very few
> footpaths rendered as public footpaths. It is unsurprising that this
> happens because Potlatch et al have defaults when you select public
> footpath that just implement footpath. The biggest job for any
> reliable map would be to get mappers to properly identify which paths
> are probably public footpaths (said in such ways because even OS deny
> being reliable for that determination). THis is where map rendering
> becomes an art and where a decision gets taken as to whether to render
> footpaths as public footpaths unless...
>
> To sort that out, you'd need a tool like keepright to highlight
> footpaths without access tags (I think that is where the legal status
> is held). In the UK any signposted public footpath would have this or
> permissive way, unless you then get into something else that needs
> mapping for walkers - open access areas.
>
I think that we've been around this loop before:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bLMCjOWz1lsJ:lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2009-April/003720.html+freemap+designation+site:lists.openstreetmap.org&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-a
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