[Talk-GB] prow_ref

[Barry Cornelius]

> Is it going to be OK for me to use this map to put the prow_ref numbers into
> OSM?  I assume the base map is OS and subject to their copyright but the
> numbers appear to have been penned on.  I will only use it for the numbers
> and not for drawing anything else. 

The Council provides an online map at:
    http://derbyshiremaps.derbyshire.gov.uk/launch_portal.asp?

>From that source, you can get details about a PROW, e.g.:
    Prow label:	Sutton cum Duckmanton FP 19
    Routecode:	NE18/19/1
    Parish:	Sutton cum Duckmanton
    Prow status:	Footpath
    Prow number:	19 
I'm not sure about the licensing of this information.

Steven mentioned my web site:
    http://www.rowmaps.com
I've been using the FOI Act to request data about public rights of way 
from councils.  Often a council will have this data in an ESRI Shape File 
or MapInfo files.  So far I have seen data from 52 councils.  Whenever I 
get new data from a council, I update the wiki page:
    http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_local_councils
All the data I receive from councils is released with an Open licence.

I convert this data into KML and GeoJSON.  One reason for doing this is 
that I use the GeoJSON on my web site in order to display public rights of 
way on maps from the Ordnance Survey, OpenStreetMap, Google or Bing. 
This works seamlessly across council boundaries.

As far as Derbyshire is concerned, I've obtained some MapInfo files. 
These have been released with the Ordnance Survey OpenData licence:
    http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/docs/licences/os-opendata-licence.pdf

The data I obtained from Derbyshire is available from:
    http://www.rowmaps.com/datasets/DY/

I have converted the MapInfo files into KML:
    http://www.rowmaps.com/kmls/DY/
and released the KML with the Ordnance Survey OpenData licence:

In particular, from the file:
    http://www.rowmaps.com/kmls/DY/original.kml
you can get:
    <SimpleData name="RouteCode">NE18/19/1</SimpleData>
    <SimpleData name="ParentRouteCode">NE18/19</SimpleData>
    <SimpleData name="ParishCode">NE18</SimpleData>
    <SimpleData name="PROW_Number">19</SimpleData>
    <SimpleData name="LinkNo">1</SimpleData>
    <SimpleData name="PROW_District">North-East Derbyshire</SimpleData>
    <SimpleData name="Parish">Sutton cum Duckmanton</SimpleData>
    <SimpleData name="PROW_Status">Footpath</SimpleData>

I would recommend tagging with either:
    Sutton cum Duckmanton FP 19
or:
    NE18/19/1
as this is what is used on Derbyshire's online map.

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Barry Cornelius
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