[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: [OSM-talk] Go Map!! is in the Apple app store

2013-01-25 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi folks, If anyone has a iphone and/or an ipad and wants to try this new OSM app out then I would be very interested in feedback. Perhaps a few sentences and we can upload it to the mappa mercia blog too. All the best, Rob -- Forwarded message -- I'd like to highly recommend a brand-new,

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW surveying authorities (Was: Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=)

2013-01-25 Thread Kevin Peat
Hi Barry, On 24 Jan 2013 11:38, Barry Cornelius barrycorneliu...@gmail.com wrote: Please can you confirm that the routes are now better... The Devon kml data looks spot on now. thanks, Kevin ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-GB] Invisible/impassable rights-of-way

2013-01-25 Thread John Aldridge
All this discussion of rights of way reminds me: is there a consensus about how (and whether) to map rights-of-way which are either impassable or invisible? I've encountered examples of both round here, and have so far chosen not to map them at all, on the grounds that we're trying to map the

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW surveying authorities (Was: Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=)

2013-01-25 Thread Adam Hoyle
On 24 Jan 2013, at 14:34, Nick Whitelegg wrote: Not entirely tangential question - Is there any chance that the designation tag will be rendered in the default mapnik anytime soon / ever? Or is there somewhere that already exists that renders designations? Yes - www.free-map.org.uk. (at

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW surveying authorities (Was: Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=)

2013-01-25 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Not entirely tangential question - Is there any chance that the designation tag will be rendered in the default mapnik anytime soon / ever? Or is there somewhere that already exists that renders designations?  Yes - www.free-map.org.uk. (at least for southern and northern England and Wales)

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW surveying authorities (Was: Guidance for adding PRoW to OSM: prow_ref=)

2013-01-25 Thread Adam Hoyle
On 25 Jan 2013, at 10:42, Nick Whitelegg wrote: Not entirely tangential question - Is there any chance that the designation tag will be rendered in the default mapnik anytime soon / ever? Or is there somewhere that already exists that renders designations? Yes - www.free-map.org.uk.

Re: [Talk-GB] Invisible/impassable rights-of-way

2013-01-25 Thread Andy Street
On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 10:09 +, John Aldridge wrote: All this discussion of rights of way reminds me: is there a consensus about how (and whether) to map rights-of-way which are either impassable or invisible? I've encountered examples of both round here, and have so far chosen not to

Re: [Talk-GB] Invisible/impassable rights-of-way

2013-01-25 Thread Chris Hill
Report the problem to your local authority who have a legal obligation to sort it out with the landowner. My local councils do sort it out, occasionally they need a reminder, but it is worth the effort. I only add a PRoW if I have surveyed it on the ground, so if it is impassable I would not

Re: [Talk-GB] Invisible/impassable rights-of-way

2013-01-25 Thread Dave F.
On 25/01/2013 10:09, John Aldridge wrote: I've encountered examples of both round here, and have so far chosen not to map them at all, on the grounds that we're trying to map the actual state of the ground, not some legal fiction. We should be mapping to both conditions, If, on the ground,

Re: [Talk-GB] Invisible/impassable rights-of-way

2013-01-25 Thread Andy Street
On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 13:58 +, Dave F. wrote: Blockages of ways are often just temporary. I disagree with Andy Street's comment: If you can't traverse a right of way then it shouldn't have a highway tag. Okay perhaps I could have been clearer but I wasn't suggesting omitting the highway

Re: [Talk-GB] Invisible/impassable rights-of-way

2013-01-25 Thread Henry Gomersall
On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 18:52 +, Andy Street wrote: when someone builds a house over a public right of way Does that happen often? Is there not some requirement to then knock the house down again if it's blocking a right of way? hen ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] Invisible/impassable rights-of-way

2013-01-25 Thread Andy Street
On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 19:01 +, Henry Gomersall wrote: On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 18:52 +, Andy Street wrote: when someone builds a house over a public right of way Does that happen often? Is there not some requirement to then knock the house down again if it's blocking a right of way?

Re: [Talk-GB] Invisible/impassable rights-of-way

2013-01-25 Thread ASnail Snail
I think normally the footpath will be legally redirected around the new building before its built, but I have heard of a few cases where the footpath never got moved (I think I came across one because there was no sign of a path where the OS map showed there was one, but OS maps can be quite

Re: [Talk-GB] Invisible/impassable rights-of-way

2013-01-25 Thread John Aldridge
On 25/01/2013 18:52, Andy Street wrote: On Fri, 2013-01-25 at 13:58 +, Dave F. wrote: Blockages of ways are often just temporary. I disagree with Andy Street's comment: If you can't traverse a right of way then it shouldn't have a highway tag. Okay perhaps I could have been clearer but I