Hi, Very. very few Defiunitive statements include arcane numeric references like that. They almost always use the parish name and path number eg. Newton Footpath 1. I think we really this 'name' format as it is something we could consistently do nationally.
Kind regards, Adam On 2 July 2018 at 23:44, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) < robert.whittaker+...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2 July 2018 at 11:17, Roger Calvert <jrogercalv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have found a difference in the references given in Map The Paths my > area > > from that on the local authority maps, and I suspect it is universal. > > > > The paths are given with a 3 figure reference, but on the maps issued by > the > > Lake District National Park Authority to volunteer footpath surveyors, > they > > have a 6 figure reference, the first three referring to the Civil Parish > in > > which they lie. (The LDNPA maintains footpaths in the National Park under > > contract with Cumbria County Council.) > > On rowmaps, there's a standardised format whereby the parish > name/number goes in one field and the path number goes in another. The > display then joins them back together again with a space. Different > counties use different formats for combining the numbers, possibly > using a slash of dash between them, or possibly including the parish > name rather than a parish number. It's also possible that the format > used in the GIS data is not the actual legal format used in the > Definitive Map and Statement, i.e. the parish numbers might just be an > internal convenience. The interpretation of the rowmaps data therefore > needs a bit of care. > > In the case of Cumbria, I've just made an FOI/EIR request for a list > of the parish names corresponding to the numbers, and asked whether > the numbers are used in the Definitive Statement. See > https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/public_rights_of_way_gis_data_5 > > Robert. > > -- > Robert Whittaker > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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