When living in Durham last year I would get the free local paper through the
door and flick straight to the planning notices. If a footpath was closed I
got it's reference number from the description, and sometimes 2-4 other
references. Occasionally I got a road name that I had missed (broken sign
And I discovered something interesting that may be applicable countrywide. A
member of the Ramblers Association kindly made a definitive footpath map for me
in the 1970s - hand-inked on the Otley and Ilkley OS 1:25000 sheets. As I
recall, this was around the time the original PRoW survey was do
> -Original Message-
> From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-
> boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Nick Whitelegg
> Sent: 17 March 2010 10:22
> To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Footpath numbering
>
> >I wouldn?t tak
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From: "Nick Whitelegg"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Footpath numbering
>
>>I wouldn?t take PRoW refs from any source unless I was completely
> confident that it?s compatible with OSM?s license
>
>
om: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-gb-
>boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Bob Hawkins
>Sent: 17 March 2010 8:52 AM
>To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [Talk-GB] Footpath numbering
>
>Footpaths and bridleways are numbered on definitive maps but rarely on
&
>I wouldn?t take PRoW refs from any source unless I was completely
confident that it?s compatible with OSM?s license
Sorry, meant to raise this point in my last reply.
Would "any source" also include footpath signs with the number on? This is
common practice on the Isle of Wight, and I myself
>I wouldn?t take PRoW refs from any source unless I was completely
confident that it?s compatible with OSM?s license. It sounds like your
Chiltern Society >map is an annotated OS map, therefore unsuitable.
Is it though? (I don't know, just a rhetorical question)
The OS did not come up with the
s
are put up on signs. In the last few years I've found that my area of Kent
have done pretty well with getting refs displayed.
From: talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org
[mailto:talk-gb-boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Bob Hawkins
Sent: 17 March 2010 08:52
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.o
Bob Hawkins wrote:
> Footpaths and bridleways are numbered on definitive maps but rarely on
> signposts or waymarks. Often numbered on a parish or community basis
> (HA10, for example), their use appears to be for legal puposes mainly,
> rather than as an aid to navigation. Having said that, m
Footpaths and bridleways are numbered on definitive maps but rarely on
signposts or waymarks. Often numbered on a parish or community basis (HA10,
for example), their use appears to be for legal puposes mainly, rather than as
an aid to navigation. Having said that, my local Chiltern Society fo
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