[Talk-GB] Rossendale Way

[nathan case]

> I'm not sure what you mean by "use on OSM".  The starting assumption is that you cannot use the GPX as a source, as it hasn't got explicit copyright clearances, and may well have been plotted from Google Maps data, or other sources without an open licence.

I just wondered if anyone knew of a site (e.g., a ramblers association), whose members might have walked the route, that might provide a GPS trace of it available on their website with terms that would be suitable for me to download, upload as a trace in OSM, and then copy the route from that.

> If you simply want to overlay it locally, you should be able to load a copy into JOSM.

Yep, the issue is more, can I tag a highway as being part of the Rossendale Way based on this? Does that depend on whether the highway itself has already been mapped?

Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Woolley <forums at david-woolley.me.uk> 
Sent: 24 January 2022 12:38
To: talk-gb at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Rossendale Way

On 24/01/2022 10:40, nathan case wrote:
> I noted that some of the route is marked in OSM using the name tag on 
> footpaths/bridleways (https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1flV 
> <https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1flV>). I'm assuming it should really be 
> mapped as a relation - since all those individual paths are not likely 
> to be called "Rossendale Way"?

I've seen this problem on another long distance route, although actually on Google Maps.  Some people insist on using the most widely known name, rather than the most specific one, and I would agree that this is wrong.

> I guess this applies to any "way" really. I've found a few sites with 
> the route mapped but I'm not sure if I can download the GPX to then 
> use on OSM

I'm not sure what you mean by "use on OSM".  The starting assumption is that you cannot use the GPX as a source, as it hasn't got explicit copyright clearances, and may well have been plotted from Google Maps data, or other sources without an open licence.

If you simply want to overlay it locally, you should be able to load a copy into JOSM.


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