FW: [OSM-talk] some mapping questions

[Andy Robinson]

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Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Robinson [mailto:Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk] 
Sent: 21 July 2006 15:48
To: 'Barnett, Phillip'
Subject: RE: [OSM-talk] some mapping questions

I'm also of the opinion that if you produced a map that missed out the
private roads the residents would be up in arms because they could not find
their way home!

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Barnett, Phillip
>Sent: 21 July 2006 15:24
>To: Barnett, Phillip; SteveC; talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: RE: [OSM-talk] some mapping questions
>
>In other words, I should have said, Go for it. The worst that can happen
>is that someone asks you to leave, in which case do so politely.
>
>Of course, if it's actually private property, there's no point mapping
>it in the first place. But as someone else said, the words 'Private
>Road' do not mean it's private property, just that the local council
>aren't responsible for it. You've probably still got right of access.
>
>IANAL
>
>Phillip
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Barnett, Phillip
>Sent: 21 July 2006 14:34
>To: SteveC; talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: RE: [OSM-talk] some mapping questions
>
>
>What do you guys do with all the roads marked 'PRIVATE ROAD' or 'no
>turning' or 'we will shoot you'? I've been going down all of them and
>havn't been challenged. Perhaps NickW or someone who knows about rights
>of way can comment from that angle too?
>
>If the road is genuinely private property, and there is no public right
>of access to it, then you are trespassing. The owner, or a
>representative of the owner, can ask you to leave immediately. You are
>then obliged to leave, by the shortest obvious route (though not
>necessarily by the way you came) If you don't leave, they can launch a
>civil action for trespass, if they know your name, ie, sue you for
>damages.
>This never happens.
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