>3. Re-marking countryside source=npe stuff traced by people (normally >back in OSM history before highway=path was invented). Because OS New >Popular Edition maps were made before rights of way were codified, >it's impossible to tell if a dotted line on the old map is a bridleway >or a footpath - or even a track in many cases - without going out and >mapping it properly; good aerial imagery only helps so far, you need >to see the signs. Since the exact level of knowledge in OSM is "used >to be a path ages ago. Don't know what it was used for", marking it as >highway=path is probably the most honest thing you can do if you want >to retain the data and improve it. Plus it's helpful to see little >black lines on your phone screen if you're out chasing unknown paths >across fields!
And in some cases it's *not a right of way at all* !!! So please **don't** add a path in from NPE unless you know it exists in reality! On Saturday I encountered about 5 "paths" marked on NPE north of Chichester which do not exist in reality in any form at all these days. I would urge people never to add paths to OSM from non-GPS sources unless you are familiar with the area. Nick _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb