[Talk-GB] Yorkshire Dales or Forest of Bowland - unmapped areas?

2012-12-17 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Hi, Am thinking of getting away for 2 or 3 days early in the new year (1st-4th Jan) to somewhere hilly in the north of England within easy reach (by train/bus) of the Manchester area I haven't been to very often before, which would mean the Dales or the Forest of Bowland. Anyone from that

Re: [Talk-GB] Yorkshire Dales or Forest of Bowland - unmapped areas?

2012-12-17 Thread Michael Collinson
Well, the scenery around Malham and upper Wharfedale, Nidderdale, Swaledale is simply the best in the world ... Though I do admit to a slight bias. The beer int half bad neether. I have very extensively mapped and cross-referenced Wharfedale+ paths and tracks from Npe, os25k and Bing but the

Re: [Talk-GB] The Monsal Trail in Derbyshire

2012-12-17 Thread Gregory
Should it not be highway=track, access:motorcar=no (access:foot=yes, etc if desired). That lets me know I can cycle 2-abreast, it is fairly firm (track grade could also be specified), and if I fall off then an ambulance driver can follow his specialised satnav to get to me. I have had a situation

Re: [Talk-GB] The Monsal Trail in Derbyshire

2012-12-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Someoneelse wrote: o Instead of the mixture of highway=cycleway, highway=path and highway=track that exists currently, replace with highway=track throughout (it's all wide enough for the trail maintenance folks' Land Rovers) To my mind, the duck tagging principle means that

Re: [Talk-GB] Unfit for motors - tagging for routing

2012-12-17 Thread cotswolds mapper
[I'm a bit confused about replying to the group, hope this goes to the right destination] Belated thanks for the various comments, I've been away. Of the various views, I tend to like highway=service + designation=unclassified_highway as the most useful. There are a lot of these signs in the

Re: [Talk-GB] Unfit for motors - tagging for routing

2012-12-17 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, This probably won't help the eventual tagging, but the 'unfit for 'wide / long vehicles' bit is to do with legislation, both UK nowadays European. I think the relevant bit is the 'Construction Use Regulations' which lays down the maximum sizes for normal road usage. If the vehicle

Re: [Talk-GB] Yorkshire Dales or Forest of Bowland - unmapped areas?

2012-12-17 Thread Graham Jones
I'd recommend a bit further North - Weardale is one of my favourites at the moment (around Stanhope or Froserley). I'm pretty sure you can get a bus from Darlington or Bishop Auckland. There is still plenty to do - the Weardale Way is complete, but there are loads of footpaths branching off it

Re: [Talk-GB] Yorkshire Dales or Forest of Bowland - unmapped areas?

2012-12-17 Thread Andy Robinson
+1 From: Michael Collinson [mailto:m...@ayeltd.biz] Sent: 17 December 2012 13:54 To: Nick Whitelegg Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Yorkshire Dales or Forest of Bowland - unmapped areas? Well, the scenery around Malham and upper Wharfedale, Nidderdale, Swaledale is

Re: [Talk-GB] The Monsal Trail in Derbyshire

2012-12-17 Thread Philip Barnes
On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 06:22 -0800, Richard Fairhurst wrote: Someoneelse wrote: o Instead of the mixture of highway=cycleway, highway=path and highway=track that exists currently, replace with highway=track throughout (it's all wide enough for the trail maintenance folks' Land Rovers)

Re: [Talk-GB] The Monsal Trail in Derbyshire

2012-12-17 Thread Dudley Ibbett
Hi I use to walk this route before the tunnels were open. Please keep the paths that use to run around the tunnels. The might be less used with the tunnels now open but they have spectacular views. I was never sure of their designation but presumably if the stiles still exist access can