[Talk-GB] Rights of Way Data for Warwickshire

[Chris Hill]

On 14/09/2017 19:42, Philip Withnall wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 18:37 +0100, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) wrote:
>> PS: To contrast with the good news here, East Riding of Yorkshire is
>> being decidedly unhelpful at
>> https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_rights_of_way_gis_data_
>> 2
>> , although they'll need to drag their feet for some time to beat
>> Warwickshire.
> That makes for some disappointing reading. What are the reasons
> councils could have for withholding a GIS file? That’s not a rhetorical
> question — I am actually interested in why they’re being dogged.
>
>
I have made some requests of East Riding of Yorkshire council, where I 
live. I've asked for various datasets and some friends have also asked 
for stuff too. Most of our requests were not related to OSM. They 
diligently, consistently and stubbornly refuse to release any data under 
an open licence.

My friend believes it stems from a piece of bad publicity about how the 
council failed to maintain some waterways which were implicated in the 
wide-spread flooding of the area around Hull in 2007. Someone released 
maintenance records unofficially and since then there is a blanket ban 
on releasing any data.

I am grateful to Robert for taking on asking ERoYC for this data.  I 
think he now has the experience and persistence to succeed and I wish 
him well.

-- 
cheers
Chris Hill (chillly)