[Talk-GB] Hampshire Rights of Way Data released under OS OpenData licence

Henry Gomersall heng at cantab.net
Thu May 31 13:30:27 BST 2012


On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 13:16 +0100, Andy Street wrote:
> While I believe that this data release is a good thing may I take this
> opportunity to remind people that legality is not always reality. If
> you
> intend to use this dataset then please do a ground survey to ensure
> that
> the path actually follows the route recorded in the definitive map. 

Everyone knows (at least *should* know) that rights of way aren't the
same as paths. There are lots of examples in OS maps where the right of
way diverges from the path.

Henry




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