On 23 March 2011 11:18, Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com> wrote: > I've noticed a couple few ways being tagged with designation= Other Route > with Public Access (or just ORPA) > > I've never seen a route signed with this on the ground or in the OS Opendata > set, only on OS printed maps. > > If this is the case I believe it's illegal mapping & should be removed. Is > this correct or have I missed something?
As far as I know, "ORPA" is a term invented by Ordnance survey to describe and mark some unclassified roads that might otherwise appear to be private tracks on their maps. These are routes that aren't one of the designated public rights of way (footpath, bridleway, byway, restricted byway), but are a public highway or some sort, so you have the right to use them. These will not be signed as "ORPA" on the ground, and I guess the only way you could know the specific "ORPA" status is by looking at the OS map. Hence I guess we shouldn't really have these in our data. (You'll see I've edited a few of these, but only to change the tagging from various variants to a standard designation=ORPA -- so at least we're consistent.) As for how to (legally) tag the rights on these routes, you can follow the instructions on the OS map key, and ask your local Highways Authority what the status of the route is. The Highways Authority maintains a "List of Streets" which will probably include the route as an "unclassified highway" with a reference number. For tagging suggestions, see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Designation#Other_Roads_with_Public_Access_.28ORPAs.29 If we are to remove the designation=ORPA tags, it might be useful to replace them with a fixme="check legal status to route with highways authority" (assuming we're allowed to do this). Robert. -- Robert Whittaker _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
