[OSM-talk] Ordnance Survey tries to reinforce its strangleholdover "derived" geographic data in the UK

[Nick Whitelegg]

>The problem here is who says it's a public right of way. If you ask your
>local authority they will bring out there plans which give the details 
and
>reference numbers but these of course exist on OS mapping. Not easy to be
>definitive.

I think this has come up before but: does this matter? 

Is it not true that whilst the underlying OS mapping is copyright, the 
layer on top, the council's definitive map, is derived from a council 
database - not an OS map -  and thus is a separate layer unencumbered by 
OS copyright?

Again not 100% sure, but I'd presume that path *status* is  OK taken from 
the definitive map, as the council is the source of that information, not 
the OS.

Nick