In the UK there are rights of way which date back in time to the days of pack horses and long distance footpaths. I don't think you have the equivalent in North America. So in the UK a right of way may still follow a privately maintained road.
It's probably better to leave the tagging of this to local mappers who hopefully know the rules/laws and they are different in different countries. Cheerio John On 3 August 2014 21:35, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: > In the USA, it depends upon whether the property owner has given > permission for public use. If a private road through an apartment complex > is signed as "residents and guests only", for example, an outsider driving > through can be charged with trespassing. > > > On August 3, 2014 6:50:55 AM CDT, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> > wrote: > > It depends whether a right of way exists. Things are rather > > complicated in the UK. Private means private, so no entry by default. > > If you are visiting an address on a private road, you have presumably > > been invited, explicitly or implicitly. An unofficial sign "residents > > only" might not have any force in law. A road in private ownership, > > with a public right of way, can be used though if it is a "byway open > > to all traffic". Landowners often object to rights of way across their > > land and might try to discourage their use with misleading signs. > > > > > > On 3 August 2014 12:43:50 CEST, Matthijs Melissen > > <i...@matthijsmelissen.nl> wrote: > > >On 3 August 2014 11:18, Volker Schmidt <vosc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> Residential roads in the UK often seem to have 'private road' > > signs, > > >such > > >>> as: > > >>> > > >>> - 'Private road' > > >>> - 'Private road no parking' > > >>> - 'Private road no parking no turning' > > >>> - 'Residents only no unauthorised parking or turning' > > >>> > > >>> How do people tag these roads? For which of these would you use > > >>> access=private? > > >>> > > >> I would tag them all with access=destination, unless there are > > >additional > > >> signs that forbid entering. > > >> A "private road" is privately owned and maintained, but you > > normally > > >may use > > >> it to reach the properties facing it as visitor or for delivery > > >purposes. > > > > > >Most private roads are cul-de-sacs, but in the hypothetical situation > > >where a private road connects two non-private roads, would there be a > > >legal reason you couldn't use the private road as shortcut? > > > > > >-- Matthijs > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >talk mailing list > > >talk@openstreetmap.org > > >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk mailing list > > talk@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com > "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot > drive out hate; only love can do that." > Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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