[Talk-GB] On footpaths

[monxton]

On 04/05/2011 15:57, Peter Miller wrote:

> Here is a global map view showing highway=footway in blue and
> highway=path in brown.
> http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/ito_map/main?view=97
>
> There is indeed something like an 80/20 split in the UK with noticeable
> enthusiasm for 'path' in some parts of the country and a noticable
> preference for its use in the countryside over the town. In Germany the
> preference is stronger.
>
> This map will remain viewable but will not appear in the pull-down list
> of standard views so do please bookmark it if you want to come back to it.

To me, the most significant thing about that map is that it demonstrates 
how vast swathes of the UK have almost no footpath data at all.