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

[Andy Street]

On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 13:36 +0100, SomeoneElse wrote:
> Andy Street wrote:
> > ... do a ground survey to ensure that the path actually follows the 
> > route recorded in the definitive map.
> 
> ... or use a source tag to make it clear where it's come from and that a 
> ground survey hasn't been done there?

Of course.

I wasn't trying to suggest that people shouldn't use the data, just that
some folks might consider the "definitive map", well, err.. definitive!
My concern was that some people might be tempted to "correct" the data
in OSM where it diverges from the definitive map without checking first.

> Just last night I found a designated bridleway (also explicitly signed 
> for cyclists at one end) that from point A goes into a field of barley 
> to the field boundary, then left for a similar distance to point B, 
> rather than using an existing gravel track that goes direct from A to 
> B.  Clearly everyone (excepting the odd pedant) uses the gravel track, 
> but it's not where the sign points.  I'll add both when I add them, but 
> it'll be the mostly unused one that gets the "designation" added.

There are many out there. In one of the parishes I waymark there is a
footpath which officially goes through the wall of a barn but everyone
just uses common sense and sticks to the track alongside.

Cheers,

Andy