[Talk-GB] Hampshire 2012 - map the county's footpaths

[Nick Whitelegg]

Hello everyone,

2012 could be the year in which we complete, or almost  complete, all the rights of way in some English counties. One likely target is my local county - Hampshire. OSM  road coverage of many parts of the UK is virtually complete in many  areas, but footpaths are still lagging behind. However some counties  appear to be getting some way towards completion and one of them is  Hampshire, which has seen footpath coverage grow significantly over the  last three years or so. While I don't know for certain, I think that if  enough people are up for it, there's a good chance all the rural rights  of way in the county can be complete by the end of next year. 

I've created a wiki page for this as well as a "cake". If you're keen to participate please add your name to the list of areas:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Hampshire_2012

(I'm also keen BTW to deal with a possible licencing issue here. A long-standing contributor has mapped many footpaths in Hampshire already but has not signed up to the CTs. Naturally I'm keen not to see all his hard work lost, and TBH, while I'm licence-neutral, I've got better things to do with my time than re-mapping what he's already done! Is there a practical solution to this? e.g. the day before the licence-changeover day, could all his data be downloaded and made available as a CC-by-SA .osm file, and then minor edits applied by someone who's signed up to the CTs to ensure that the data won't be deleted?)

Nick

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