Re: [Talk-GB] Proper Rights of Way coverage

2009-10-26 Thread Nick Whitelegg
>> Hello Andy, >> >>>Couple of comments on that. Quite a lot of PROW within the urban sprawl. >>>These being ways that have had to be adjusted and realigned when housing >>>development extended, but at least were maintained as a route. >> >> True, though perhaps these aren't so important to show

Re: [Talk-GB] Proper Rights of Way coverage

2009-10-25 Thread Richard Bullock
> Hello Andy, > >>Couple of comments on that. Quite a lot of PROW within the urban sprawl. >>These being ways that have had to be adjusted and realigned when housing >>development extended, but at least were maintained as a route. > > True, though perhaps these aren't so important to show as most p

Re: [Talk-GB] Proper Rights of Way coverage map

2009-10-23 Thread OJ W
just wondering: are any of the highway=footpath tags still in OSM database? I always used to use those for "legal rights-of-way footpaths with a footpath sign" until it became OSM-standard that highway=footway should be used for all paths regardless of legal status. __

Re: [Talk-GB] Proper Rights of Way coverage map

2009-10-23 Thread Nick Whitelegg
>It's a bit more sophisticated than that; see the URL for what I consider a right of way. Note that I tried a >version with highway=footway,foot=yes added in, and got the same sort of pattern. >Nick In fact, it's possible to add highway=footway, foot=yes to the definition of a right of way by

Re: [Talk-GB] Proper Rights of Way coverage map

2009-10-23 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Hello Andy, >Couple of comments on that. Quite a lot of PROW within the urban sprawl. >These being ways that have had to be adjusted and realigned when housing >development extended, but at least were maintained as a route. True, though perhaps these aren't so important to show as most people in

Re: [Talk-GB] Proper Rights of Way coverage map

2009-10-23 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Nick Whitelegg wrote: >Sent: 23 October 2009 10:43 AM >To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org >Subject: [Talk-GB] Proper Rights of Way coverage map > >Hello everyone, > >Following on from the unintentional rights-of-way coverage map generated >by zooming out from the OSM/Fir

[Talk-GB] Proper Rights of Way coverage map

2009-10-23 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Hello everyone, Following on from the unintentional rights-of-way coverage map generated by zooming out from the OSM/First Edition mashup that I mentioned the other day, I've now done a script to generate a real one. It's available at http://www.free-map.org.uk/freemap/stats/statsmap.php That