[OSM-talk] Talk-GB Digest, Vol 197, Issue 27

[Dave F]

Could admin transfer this to Talk-GB please.

DaveF

On 27/03/2023 13:51, Ragone, Olivia via talk wrote:
>
> Thank you for providing feedback on some of the edits made by National 
> Trust staff as part of our organised editing activity, on the 
> representation of paths. We’d like to apologise that it has taken some 
> time to provide a response.  We are always open to constructive 
> feedback that helps us to add value to OSM for the benefit of all.
>
> The aim of the National Trust’s organised editing activity is to 
> capture and accurately tag the access rights of all paths on or near 
> National Trust managed land. In doing so, we hope to use it as the 
> basis for enhancing access and the management of paths, to improve 
> visitor experience.
>
> We are trying to be consistent in how ways are tagged / represented in 
> OpenStreetMap. A standard schema and internally developed guidance are 
> being utilised to help map commonly occurring scenarios. This schema 
> can be found on the OSM Wiki page (link). We currently have 5 staff 
> members conducting remote mapping sessions with local rangers to gain 
> their on-the-ground insight. We believe that working with the 
> on-the-ground staff provides our best available source of local 
> knowledge, but we acknowledge there may be situations where there are 
> differing opinions on path representation. The Trust invite feedback 
> from OSM mappers, but it may take some time to review each situation.
>
> In the time available, we are focusing on the existence of the path 
> (ie. location and connectivity) and the legal right (ie. access tags). 
> In the future, we hope to look at other attributes to represent the 
> characteristics of the path. Following the initial data capture, we 
> plan to hand over OSM updates to the ranger teams; we are currently 
> refining the guidance material to support this. Feedback from the OSM 
> community to help ensure we are providing appropriate guidance is 
> welcome.
>
> We tend to use a standard changeset comment as it would be very 
> difficult to capture details of every change. However, since receiving 
> feedback on the Talk-GB mailing list, we have amended our standard 
> comment to be more representative of the type of changes that have 
> been made on individual properties. As part of the process, we have a 
> monitoring tool that looks at the weekly changes to paths in OSM on 
> land managed by the National Trust. This could be made publicly 
> available as an Esri Open Data WMS if it would provide further 
> transparency. We accept in the time that we have, occasional errors 
> will be made. After our first round of data capture, we have allocated 
> time to analyse and assure the quality of changes by our team.
>
> Overall, we expect that the changes will improve the representation of 
> paths on OSM, but we are very keen to improve our process by utilising 
> the wealth of knowledge and experience in the OSM community.
>
> National Trust Paths & Trails Team.
>
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> *GIS Data Officer (Paths) *
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> *Email:*olivia.ragone at nationaltrust.org.uk 
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