No further comments have been made to the current version (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Tagging_scheme_for_hiking_and_foot_route_relations) of the merged tagging schemes. If it's okay for everyone I would start transcluding it on the four pages (Hiking, route=hiking, route=foot and Walking routes)
On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:48:23 +0100, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 08:50, s8evq <s8...@runbox.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:34:20 +0100, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > A map with copyright permitting OSM to make use of its data. There are > > > several walks near me which appear on maps published by the county > > council or tourist board. > > > Copyright does not permit me to make use of those maps. > > > > If it's government maps with permission, you could argue the case. > > > Nope. Not for these. Because the base map is explicitly copyright > Ordnance Survey. The route > marking isn't itself copyright OS (I don't think) but copyright the county > council (not explicitly, > but the UK is a signatory to the Berne Convention). But even with explicit > permission from the > council to use the route info on the map, I'd not use it because of the > underlying OS map > unless the OS also gave the OK. > > > > But I'm especially afraid a lot of "not so official" routes would be > > entered that way. I once found a kayak club had entered it's weekend trip > > in OSM. > > > > According to the wiki, local routes are permitted. All levels of walking > route from trans-national > to local. > > Another argument against mapping based on other maps with permission is > > that it's a lot harder to verify. If we only map based on the presence of > > physical markers on the ground, other mappers who pass by might be able to > > spot mistakes or omission. On the other hand, when something is mapped > > based of an online PDF, I'm afraid it will not get double checked so > > quickly anymore. > > > > The walks I mentioned use public footpaths, which are explicitly marked as > such. Signs or > waymarks where they connect to a highway, waymarks as necessary along the > way. Other > countries may do it differently, but here public footpaths are marked and > even local walking > clubs don't use routes which are not public footpaths unless the landowner > has given > explicit permission (in which case they will eventually become official > public footpaths by > dint of usage and marked as such). > > -- > Paul > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
