Thanks for raising the issue, Graeme.
I opened the issue but I have limited understanding of what an easement
is in different jurisdiction.
Ben makes a good point in that an easement can be considered as an
absence of something else, so might not need to be mapped, more
specifically a space in between plots that can be built. Maybe why there
is so little of it mapped on OSM?
Where the note points, I believe the reason it exists is access to the
small bit of bushland and the creek, for emergency services for example.
In that case, should it be tagged as a track rather than a footway? And
what access tag should be used?
Cheers
On 18/3/22 15:29, Benjamin Ceravolo wrote:
If there is no formed track (but vehicles do use it) then I would
think that highway=track or path, surface=grass, visibility=no, low,
etc. and access=private, otherwise landcover=grass would be fine in my
opinion.
OSM is not a town planning serves it, it does not contain zoning codes
or laws so why should it contain easements?
Further to this, easements are a lack of ground structure (due to an
underground, overground, or planned utility/road), therefore not
having anything mapped on top of them would not cause a problem (and
the eagle eyed may think there is an easement there)
Ben
On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 10:58, Graeme Fitzpatrick
<graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote:
A note had been raised concerning mapping a Council access easement:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/2883145#map=19/-27.50901/153.03017
Suggestion was made that these should be leisure=nature_reserve as
it is not to be developed on?
I suggested that they're just highway=footway + surface=grass,
possibly with access=private if so signposted e.g:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/538670878
Alternative suggestion was landuse=easement?
Have just done some searching &, strangely, there are basically no
easements in OSM!
https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=easement
The 13 "easements" are all in Australia for gas pipelines:
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1gXr,
while the 28 "easement_filed" are all in Florida for power lines:
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1gXs
The only other mentions of easements are in the wiki for US Public
Lands:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States/Public_lands,
together with a brief mention in Massachusetts:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Massachusetts/Conservation
So, how would we like to map these areas?
3 alternatives would seem to be nature_reserve / landuse or highway?
Any other suggestions / thoughts?
What do we all think?
Thanks
Graeme
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