Re: [Talk-GB] Permissive paths and "uncrecorded rights of way"

2012-05-01 Thread Peter Rounce
In addition to the definitive map, there is a "list of streets" which should be kept by councils and London boroughs. These are also rights of way. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66 ... The council of every county [F93, metropolitan district] and London borough and the Common Council sh

Re: [Talk-GB] Permissive paths and "uncrecorded rights of way"

2012-05-01 Thread Jason Cunningham
On 27 April 2012 15:00, Rob Nickerson wrote: > * Public rights of way are recorded by the local council on the > "Definitive map and statement". I am pulling all the details together and > will contact all England councils asking for access to the definitive > statements (and requesting its relea

Re: [Talk-GB] Permissive paths and "uncrecorded rights of way"

2012-04-27 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi Rob, Thanks for the question - It's a good example of how the wiki can be confusing so I encourage everyone to write in with suggested improvements. You've had some good answers so I won't repeat them, instead I'll add a couple of details: * Please only tag as a public right of way if there i

Re: [Talk-GB] Permissive paths and "uncrecorded rights of way"

2012-04-26 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM)
On 26 April 2012 16:28, cotswolds mapper wrote: > It's been bothering me for a while that there is a gap in tagging guidelines > relating to well-used (and possibly long-standing) paths that are not > official rights of way.  Certainly a newcomer reading the guidelines could > get the impression t

Re: [Talk-GB] Permissive paths and "uncrecorded rights of way"

2012-04-26 Thread Nick Whitelegg
: Graham Jones Date: 26/04/2012 06:13PM Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Permissive paths and "uncrecorded rights of way" Hi, If there is a path on the ground but nothing to say it is a public footpath etc, I just tag it as highway=path with no designation. Graham On

Re: [Talk-GB] Permissive paths and "uncrecorded rights of way"

2012-04-26 Thread Graham Jones
Hi, If there is a path on the ground but nothing to say it is a public footpath etc, I just tag it as highway=path with no designation. Graham On 26 Apr 2012 16:29, "cotswolds mapper" wrote: [New here (to OSM, not to mapping), so I'm not sure if I'm making this point in the right way or the rig

[Talk-GB] Permissive paths and "uncrecorded rights of way"

2012-04-26 Thread cotswolds mapper
[New here (to OSM, not to mapping), so I'm not sure if I'm making this point in the right way or the right place. It's effectively a comment on the UK wiki changes, but I can't see how to reply to that thread.] It's been bothering me for a while that there is a gap in tagging guidelines relating t