[Talk-GB] Scottish paths map

[Edward Bainton]

As someone who is just about prepared to no longer call myself a novice
mapper, I can see a distinct advantage: it cuts down the noise and helps
newbies focus on the particular task they're interested in.

If it all gets into OSM in the end, special interfaces for special interest
groups seem like an excellent idea to me. (Market segmentation
<https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/marketsegmentation.asp> nearly always
leads to greater sales - read mapper engagement - overall.)

(And part of their use-case of rating paths according to priority for
contacting landowners seems to be the sort of subjective, globally
irrelevant detail the OSM community would say doesn't belong in the map?)

On Mon, 13 Sept 2021 at 16:29, Martin Wynne <martin at 85a.uk> wrote:

> On 13/09/2021 12:51, Chris Andrew wrote:
> > They are a member of the Ramblers Association, and have access to the
> tool
> > to mark newly discovered footpaths (long forgotten) with a priority High,
> > Low, etc. This is then used to prioritize which landowners, etc, are
> > contacted first.
>
> Thanks Chris.
>
> But if they want to map such details as "include useful details such as
> a path’s surfacing, condition, waymarking and any obstacles" they can do
> that on OSM, no special tool or membership is needed. And why restrict
> it to Scotland?
>
> cheers,
>
> Martin.
>
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