[Talk-GB] Data licenses, surveys, and disagreements with signs on the ground.

[Dave F]

Is there still a locked five-bar-gate at Conham Hill?

DaveF

On 10/01/2021 19:10, Chris Hodges wrote:
> A track in Conham Riverside Park 
> (https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/8453995 ) has a fixme "this is 
> signed as footpath but OS show it as a bridleway".  I can confirm the 
> sign on the ground at the road end says public footpath, and there's a 
> stile.
>
>
> However Rowmaps and MapThePaths (which I believe use the same dataset 
> as each other) show it as a bridleway.  I'd update on that basis but 
> MapThePaths says "Public bridleway, ref KW 72/10 License: Not OSM 
> compatible".  The route was presumably mapped by survey, but does the 
> incompatible license mean we can't even use the designation?
>
>
> The council have put bike racks at the bottom, which I've just added, 
> but the path along the riverbank is definitely open to cyclists at 
> least those of us who can handle the mud so that's not much of a 
> guide.  (I've also added the steps to give access to the river - it's 
> a popular swimming spot even in winter.)
>
> Chris
>
>
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