[OSM-talk] Rights of Way

[Andy Armstrong]

On 28 Jun 2006, at 14:28, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>> That begs the question what are we actually mapping in that
>> situation? The path everyone uses or the  path on the map in the
>> Rights of Way office? If we map the path on the ground we're mapping
>> a way that may not be strictly legal - but the only way you could
>> follow the legal route would be to load the route from the
>> authoritative map into a GPS before setting off - which is obviously
>> problematic from a copyright point of view.
>
> IANAL but I always map the evident path on the ground. A disclaimer  
> on the
> site saying that path information is derived from personal  
> observations
> and is not 100% evidence of the existence of a right of way is I feel
> required.

Does that not fall under a general E&OE disclaimer?

> Copying the route from an OS or other copyrighted map is a definite  
> no-no.
> I am not sure of the copyright status of the Definitive Maps of the  
> County
> Council, which you can look at by going to the council offices at the
> county capital. I'd be interested to know this, as there are  
> several cases
> where I have, in the absence of evidence on the ground, tagged a  
> path as a
> permissive (non-official) path when it might actually be a right of  
> way.

I can ask some RoW officers if you're desperate to know?

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net