[OSM-talk] Rights of way (was: Vote: highway=path)

[OJ W]

Are there any use-cases for keeping the legal designations of
rights-of-way (aware that this is very UK-specific..)

e.g. perhaps someone wants to use our maps to check that all the
rights of way in their area are properly accessible.  Or someone using
an OSM map is challenged by a landowner and 'the map says I'm
permitted to herd sheep along this path'

we seem to have lost 'public footpath' information already by using
the same 'footway' tag for anywhere that you appear to be able to walk
nevermind if there's a footpath sign at the end.  proposals like this
might make 'real bridleways' disappear too, into a mix of places that
at first glance seem passable by horse-riders


(p.s. before just proposing a new tag for legal status, consider that
lots of existing bridleways/footpaths/byways will have already been
tagged based on the RoW signs and we might want to keep that
information)


On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Alex Mauer <hawke at hawkesnest.net> wrote:
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