[OSM-talk] What would you do if...

Nick Whitelegg nick at hogweed.org
Sun Jan 28 19:03:48 GMT 2007


...you come across a track whilst out walking, which "looks like" (from 20 
years experience) a right of way, specifically a 'green lane' - an old road 
lined by hedges but taking the form of unsurfaced track. There's evidence of 
horse riders using it (hoof prints)

a) Blatantly infringe copyright by copying its status from an Ordnance Survey 
map.

b) Copy its status from an online council rights of way map. Probably legal to 
copy the status but maybe not.

c) Assume it's a bridleway and tag it as such, with an accompanying 'note' tag 
- with a small risk of being hunted down by an irate landowner in case you're 
wrong.

d) Assume it's a footway.

e) Don't put it in OSM at all.

I went with c) - comments?

Nick




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