[Talk-GB] UK Rights of Way - WikiProject

[Andy Robinson]

Robert Norris [mailto:rw_norris at hotmail.com] wrote:
> Sent: 13 May 2012 20:53
> To: adam.lists at dotankstudios.com; talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] UK Rights of Way - WikiProject
> 
> 
> 
> > I always use Potlatch an editor, and so the majority of the paths I have
> added are highway=footpath, unless I know it's designated as a bridleway
in
> which case I've set it as highway=bridleway. If I use a path, but it's not
> actually signed as a public or otherwise footpath then I think I should
use
> highway=path, but actually tend to just use highway=footpath as it's there
> for me in Potlatch.
> 
> Generally for 'countryside' mapping I use JOSM for larger scale edits.
Potlatch
> for smaller detail updates. Each to their own of course.
> I think JOSM can be setup to use special presets, i.e. for UK tagging
presets -
> although I've never done this myself.

Pretty easy to do this yourself. Instructions at
http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/TaggingPresets

Cheers
Andy