[Talk-GB] Scottish paths map

[Phil Endecott]

Andy Townsend wrote:
> Historically the Ramblers (at least where I've encountered them, in 
> England and Wales) have tended to use Ordnance Survey Maps rather than 
> OSM. There are exceptions (at least one Ramblers Footpath Secretary 
> regularly posts to this list). I've never quite understood this - in 
> Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and North Yorkshire, OSM has far more 
> detail, and pretty much anywhere a tourist would want to go is in 
> there. There are some "rights of way in name only" missing from OSM, 
> but even they are getting added*.

As some of you know I have a product that combines OS Vector Map
District (OpenData, 1:25,000, no footpaths) with paths from OSM.
I get feedback from users about the completeness of the OSM paths.
It's true that the coverage is very good in the more popular hiking
areas, but there are still plenty of gaps elsewhere. It would be
wrong to imagine that OSM's footpath coverage is "finished"; apart
from the price difference, hikers are right to prefer an OS Explorer
or even Landranger map, IMO.


Regards, Phil.