[Talk-GB] Scottish paths map

[Chris Andrew]

Phil, is it possible to somehow identify and prioritize the weaker OSM
areas, using your tool. Perhaps this can concentrate efforts?

Thanks,

Chris
chris_debian

On Tue, 14 Sep 2021, 14:30 Phil Endecott via Talk-GB, <
talk-gb at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
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> Regards, Phil.
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