[Talk-GB] Confirmation of Rights of Way tags

[SK53]

I've just been looking at use of designation on taginfo
UK<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/keys/designation#values>and
there are many not very appropriate uses.

The ones which stick out to me are : permissive_bridleway (if its
permissive it's not been designated), "Holiday Chalet" and "The
Co-operative Food", as well as a few obvious misues instead of a ref tag.

It would be nice to clean some of this up as it makes the meaning of the
tag (legal/official designation) unclear.

Quite agree with Nick the yellow markers, usually with name of the Highway
Authority, are good for Public Footpath.

Jerry


On 5 February 2014 10:22, Nick Whitelegg <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk>wrote:

>
> One comment I will make on the tagging wiki page is that I think in the
> vast majority of cases, one can assume that a yellow arrow without the text
> "public footpath" *is* indeed a public footpath.
> There might be a few cases where there's a yellow-colour-coded nature
> trail in a country park, but these are in a minority. Certainly in open
> farmland, moorland, etc yellow arrows are almost certain to be footpaths
> (and blue, bridleways).
>
> I have used the designation tag in these cases many, many times.
>
> I think it's better to make the assumption than have an incomplete map
> where many designation tags are missing. If it's then later discovered
> *not* to be a right of way, the designation tag can always be removed.
>
> Nick
>
> -----Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com> wrote: -----
> To: Gregory Marler <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com>, Talk-GB <
> talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
> From: Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>
> Date: 04/02/2014 11:21PM
> Subject: [Talk-GB] Confirmation of Rights of Way tags
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Just to confirm, the tags for a right of way are described at
>
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/UK_access_provisions#Public_Rights_of_Way
>
> Basically, if its on the ground AND in the councils definitive map as a
> right of way then use designation=public_footpath (or public_bridleway,
> etc). You can also use this if it is on the ground AND signposted as such.
> For other paths you can use suspected:designation=public_footpath or
> suspected:designation=row, and we will aim to get these followed up before
> 2026.
>
> Rob
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