[Talk-GB] Getting Highway Agency information into OSM

[Philip Barnes]

I am not convinced proposed highways are especially useful in OSM, until
construction starts they are just ideas and break the map what we see
rule. 

Proposed highways should certainly not render,  for example I drove
through Uttoxeter with osmand running and the proposed highways make the
map pretty confusing. 

Phil (trigpoint ) 

On Sat, 2014-07-05 at 17:47 +0100, Rob Nickerson wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> 
> The negativity, or least lack of enthusiasm, is partly due to the
> complexity of the issue. We'd love to have Highways Agency data as
> open data but if the data is based upon Ordnance Survey data this
> becomes a quite tricky. Normally you would have the data holder apply
> for a Exemption under the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA). Even
> then there's not much consensus in the GB community as to whether we
> can actually use the data.
> 
> As suggested, a better idea would be to have the Highways Agency
> provide us a list of upcoming projects and dates that they are
> expected to complete. If they have any GPS data we would be able to
> use that too :-)
> 
> Rob
> 
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