[Talk-GB] Which paths are shown on this OS 'Standard' render

[Roger Calvert]

At that time, and for many years later, OS maps did not explicitly show 
rights of way, and always had a disclaimer on them along the lines of 
"The depiction of a track or path on this map does not imply the 
existence of a public right of way".

Roger

On 30/12/2019 12:02, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>
> This reminds me of the old First Series maps last published around 
> 1958-ish.
>
> Looking at an area I'm very familiar with: it does not show public 
> rights of way; it merely seems to show paths which are physically 
> present on the ground. Some of these are rights of way, and some are not.
> Nick
>
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> *From:* Martin Wynne <martin at templot.com>
> *Sent:* 29 December 2019 22:52
> *To:* talk-gb at openstreetmap.org <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Talk-GB] Which paths are shown on this OS 'Standard' 
> render
> On 29/12/2019 22:23, Andy Townsend wrote:
>
> > Looking elsewhere in a couple of areas I'm familiar with, as well as
> > missing data, there are plenty of of basic digitisation errors around,
> > e.g. gardens seeming to be significantly larger then they should be.
> > This is, I guess, only the free version - maybe there's a parallel
> > complete version for paying customers?
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> No there isn't - I'm a Premium subscriber.
>
> The "Standard" base map is rubbish as a map in its own right. For
> example it has contour lines, but no height indications on them, or even
> which direction is uphill. What's the use of that? It is used as a base
> map for other coloured overlays in addition to the Street map, such as
> the National Park Paths, Cycle Map, Greenspace maps. None of which work
> very well.
>
> On mobile devices there is also a low-brightness Night map which is 
> useful.
>
> However, the Aerial, 25K and 50K maps are fine -- and the 3D stuff and
> fly-over functions are great.
>
> The main reason for subscribing however, is the ability to view a large
> database of routes, create your own custom routes to add to it (or not),
> and have an easy URL of your route which you can send to friends.
>
> cheers,
>
> Martin.
>
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