I'm not sure whether this is helpful but I wrote this earlier this year with the help of the OS. It's an attempt to unpick some of the issues in asking local authorities for mapping data.
https://medium.com/the-satori-lab/alpha-asking-your-council-for-mapping-data-b174a0875e42 Though we didn't have OSM contribution as a use case in mind when we wrote it. I plan to revise it soon (this is rather overdue actually). Any feedback that would make the next version helpful would be very gratefully received. On 4 September 2018 at 12:40, Jez Nicholson <jez.nichol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello James, > > Please also take a look at the current OSMUK quarterly project which is > highly relevant > https://osmuk.org/quarterly-projects/ ...and consider joining the group. > > Regards, > Jez > > On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 12:17 David Woolley, <for...@david-woolley.me.uk> > wrote: > >> On 04/09/18 10:55, James wrote: >> > The officer confirmed that Rights of Way data was in the >> > public domain for any use. >> >> That's a bad sign, as it indicates that they don't understand UK >> intellectual property law. They only way that database rights can lapse >> into the public domain is through the passage of time. >> >> There are two likely rights owners. One is the council. They need to >> explicitly licence their data base right under the Open Government >> Licence. Any other licence needs to be approved centrally. >> >> The other is Ordnance Survey. That normally means that any actual map >> cannot be used, although, if licensed by the council, the narrative >> description can be used. >> >> > >> > Following some more research, I discovered rowmaps.com which has a >> > database of Shropshire's RoW data from 2014. I contacted the owner, >> > Barry, to enquire about this data. He is currently seeking a more >> > up-to-date database for me. >> >> I believe there are concerns that a lot of this data has been lifted >> from council web sites without getting appropriate licenses. Typically >> web sites are licensed for personal, non-commercial, use, but OSM >> requires that the licence permit redistribution, and permit commercial >> use. >> >> > >> > Once I have this data, what would be the best way to make it available >> > in OSM? Is it not considered accurate to directly import the data, or >> > should it be used as a guide for a ground survey? >> >> Given that it is likely that the database rights on the actual >> coordinates are owned by OS, and you will have to use the narrative >> descriptions, you are going to have use other sources, and on the ground >> surveys are always best, to fill in the details. In any case, any >> import needs to be checked to make sure it is consistent with existing >> data (e.g. doesn't duplicate it, and is topologically consistent with >> other features, even if they are not in their true, WGS-84, positions. >> >> Also, what many OSM users are interested in is mapping those public >> rights of way that the council does not know about, as there is a >> deadline looming after which only those known to the council will be >> valid rights of way. >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > -- Ben Proctor, Technical Director *The Satori Lab*, 22 Windsor Place Cardiff. CF10 3BY Wales, UK b...@satorilab.org | @likeawor <https://twitter.com/likeaword>d | 07904 1234 98 | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/likeaword/> We provide culture change services <https://thesatorilab.com/our-services/?utm_source=email_sig&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=word_of_mouth> | Sign up for our culture change newsletter <https://thesatorilab.com/i-want-to-know-more/?utm_source=email_sig&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=word_of_mouth> .
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