[Talk-GB] Confirmation of Rights of Way tags

[Rob Nickerson]

@Nick: When we discussed how to tag the yellow arrow on its own the general
conclusion was that "it depends on the normal practice off the local
authority". AndyS cautioned that some permissive paths can be tagged just
with a yellow arrow.

@Jerry: The issue you refer to is a consequence of the way the designation
tag was previously described in potlatch2. A clean up would be nice at some
stage. It's low on my to do list at the moment. Help welcome. Oh, I seem to
recall that 'permissive' can have a legal implication (I think the deal is
that the landowner agrees to keep it open for so many days per year in
exchange for a guarantee that the path will not be made into a public right
of way - I would want to check this though).

Rob
On 5 Feb 2014 10:47, "SK53" <sk53.osm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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