[Talk-GB] New British Waterways map; why not use OSM?

[Richard Fairhurst]

Peter Miller wrote:
> It does however seem disappointing for them to be duplicating 
> some a lot of work.
> 
> I agree that the OSM data is not perfect however it is good 
> and could be even better very easily.

AIUI they're not duplicating work. This is a "towpath condition" project,
not a "map the towpath" project. BW already knows where its towpaths are. ;)

I'm encouraging them to release under an OSM-compatible licence so that the
towpath condition data they collect can be incorporated into OSM.

cheers
Richard



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