[Talk-GB] Definitive Ways - tagging? (was Re: Talk-GB Digest, Vol 44, Issue 19)

[Mike Harris]

Fear not - that's what I spend a good percentage of my time doing as a 
worker for a rights of way charity - three substantive reports a week, 
consultations on all changes to the network, regular liaison meetings, 
etc. The HA has authorised 'us' to deal with signage (so there is a 
stapler and a bunch of waymarks in my back pack too) and we also do 
minor maintenance - but sometimes it's beyond our capabilities and then 
we negotiate priorities! So you see why I'm interested in PRoW aspects 
of OSM - while I'm out there in the field with a GPS in my sticky little 
hand I might as well put the tracks up into OSM - and I have the local 
knowledge and documentary access to add some of the more 'virtual' tags 
like 'designation='.

I was probably a little unfair to the HA in my last message as in fact 
most (though not all) of the offending paths are not rights of way - 
just forestry tracks. But where they are shown on the OS 1:25k it seems 
sensible to record what happens when you try to walk them!

mikh43

On 13/05/2010 21:39, Chris Hill wrote:
> Mike Harris wrote:
>> Richard - good thought - I hadn't thought about using a designation 
>> tag without a highway tag to avoid the rendering - it might solve my 
>> problem of unwalkable public rights of way in forests around here.
> Contact your local council. They have a legal duty to enforce 
> accessibility to PRoW and to maintain the signage. I know they vary in 
> the quality of their response, but an email or two might help and 
> costs nothing.
>
> Cheers, Chris
>

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*/Mike Harris/*
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