[OSM-talk] walking - get them to carry a gps!
OJW
streetmap at blibbleblobble.co.uk
Wed Jul 5 18:57:11 BST 2006
On Wednesday 05 July 2006 19:15, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> Again IANAL, but I would have thought it would be
> ok to use a map for planning purposes.
For streets it's easier to allow planning with commercial maps, as you're
obviously following where the street goes rather than a line on the map.
With footpaths however, you often end up looking at your map to find out
which way to walk in an unmarked field, rather than following a path on the
ground.
If there were any erroneous footpaths on your map, or any distinctive
squiggles where the map deviates from a legal right-of-way, then we could end
up with some other company's incorrect data.
It's a shame really that the onus is on us to do all this unnecessary work,
rather than just saying to council rights-of-way officers "why are you being
such an ass about restricting access to public information?"
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