[Talk-GB] Public Rights of Way mapping guidance for Wiki

[nathan case]

Mike, 

Thanks for the response. I've added your suggestion so the text now reads:

"Note: local authorities can issue temporary closures of PRoWs for safety reasons. In such cases, you may wish to simply not map this route until the PRoW is reopened. If the route is already on OSM, you can add temporary tags to indicate its closure. This should only be done if the intended closure is for a prolonged period (e.g. months rather than days) and, where possible, you should add an expected reopening date. Temporary closure details should be removed as soon as possible after the route is reopened."

Cheers.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Baggaley via Talk-GB <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 4:04 PM
To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Public Rights of Way mapping guidance for Wiki

Suggested text looks pretty good to me. I just have one suggestion:

>Note: local authorities can issue temporary closures of PRoWs for safety reasons. In such cases, you may wish to simply not map this route until the >closure is removed. If the route is already on OSM, you can add temporary tags to indicate its closure.

I think it should also be suggested that temporary closure tags should include an expected reopening date, and shouldn't be done at all if the closure is only going to be a few days. I think leaving out-of-date temporary access tags in place is far worse than not having them in the first place.

Cheers,
Mike



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