[OSM-talk] Rights of way again

[Mike Harris]

For non-motorised ways access=private etc. becomes more important in e.g.
England and Wales where the public has no rights other than on public rights
of way (more or less the opposite of the allmannsrätt etc. e.g. in Nordic
countries) and paths on the ground are not always easily distinguished. I
don't often use access=private nut access=permissive is often useful as it
describes the situation on the ground for e.g. a footpath where a landowner
allows people to walk but they have no legal right to do so.

Mike Harris

-----Original Message-----
From: Ciaran Mooney [mailto:general.mooney at googlemail.com] 
Sent: 23 March 2009 15:07
To: talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Rights of way again

Hi,

>>and then use access= to describe privacy or otherwise ...
>
> Hmm, I haven't done that so far.  My normal policy is that if it's 
> clearly private (like the path to someone's front door) I will not map it
at all.
> But
> communal paths shared between two or more houses, or on commercial 
> rather than residential land, I will add.

I will map anything that my access has not been restricted to. Ie A road is
obviously private, however access has not been restricted by a gate etc.
Occasionally I get asked a few questions, but explaining the situation
usually gets a good response. If I'm asked to leave on road that is private
I will leave. Simple.

Ciarán