Personally I just produced the Durham map to show how much work is still to be done.
Then use this as a basis to go out and survey. A lot of the PRoW are incorrect anyway when actually on the ground. Even when they have been amended officially, either the council doesn't update their data or ordnance survey have not used the data sent. This is one of the biggest advantages to OSM, it is updated. If the OSM and walking community could come together to fill in the missing data. For instance I know the Ramblers in Durham walked every path in the county a couple of years ago. I wonder if they have the GPX tracks, I will make enquiries. On 29 Jul 2013 12:53, "Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)" < robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 July 2013 13:11, Dudley Ibbett <dudleyibb...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to make use of the row files on rowmaps for derbyshire and > > staffordshire and and merging these with and osm map file to then produce > > maps that can highlight which paths are and aren't mapped. I can put the > > derbyshire file into JOSM and download parts of the area and merge them > to > > create an osm file that I can then save locally and import into > Maperative. > > I assume that these digitised PRoW Maps from local councils are > released under the OS OpenData License. That being the case, please > note that Ordnance Survey have recently stated that their "OS OpenData > licence is not forward compatible with the ODC-By and ODbL" [1]. Hence > these datasets cannot currently be used as direct sources for > contributing to OSM. > > Of course this doesn't prevent individuals generating data comparisons > and then using them to focus mapping efforts that make use of other > sources. And hopefully OS will be persuaded to amend their license, so > we can start making full use of these PRoW GIS datasets. > > Robert. > > [1] http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/os-open-data.html > > -- > Robert Whittaker > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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