After over 2 years and two interventions from the Information Commissioner, Warwickshire County Council have finally backed down and agreed to release their Right of Way GIS data under the Open Government Licence -- so we'll shortly be able to use it in OSM.
(Their email to https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_rights_of_way_information got blocked by WDTK's anti-spam policy to automatically lock inactive threads, but hopefully it will get there soon with some updated data too.) I'd like to get this data added to my tool at http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/prow/progress/ but their PRoW numbering scheme is a bit unusual. Rather then basing the RoW numbers on parishes, they seem to be using larger areas, which are each assigned a one or two letter code. I think these are based on the pre-1974 system of boroughs and rural districts: AE - Atherstone AL - Alcester B - Bedworth K - Kenilworth L - Leamington M - Meriden N - Nuneaton R - Rugby (rural) RB - Rugby Borough SB - Stratford Borough SD - Stratford (rural) District SM - Southam SS - Shipston on Stour T - Tamworth (rural) W - Warwick (rural) WB - Warwick Borough The RoW numbers are then things like "SB34" and "R28a". Some numbers in this format are already in OSM south-east of Southam. As far as my tool goes, I think I'll need to treat these areas as the "parishes". I don't suppose anyone has any more detailed knowledge of the RoW system in Warwickshire and would be able to comment? Robert. PS: To contrast with the good news here, East Riding of Yorkshire is being decidedly unhelpful at https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_rights_of_way_gis_data_2 , although they'll need to drag their feet for some time to beat Warwickshire. -- Robert Whittaker _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
