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If they aren't on OS, they probably aren't public rights of way. OS is definitive.

arethuza 6y ago
I'm in Scotland - I don't think that applies to the same extent. I should note that most of the footpaths around here were built by the farmers who own the land! "While in England and Wales, highway authorities have a duty to maintain legally recognised maps of rights of way, in Scotland different legislation applies and there is no legally recognised record of rights of way." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_way#Scotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_way#Scotland I do a lot of walking in Scotland and I've never paid any attention to whether a path is described as a "Right of Way" or not - mostly it seems of historical interest for places like the wonderful "Jock's Road": https://www.heritagepaths.co.uk/pathdetails.php?path=38 https://www.heritagepaths.co.uk/pathdetails.php?path=38
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gnufx 6y ago
As I understand from chekcing how to do it, designations in Openstreetmap are supposed to be done on the basis of signs on the ground and verifying the route by walking it (combined with local authority reference data, which I understand is definitive). If someone has taken an interest, the paths (and other features) in an area are likely to be in a better state in OSM than an OS map from some years ago, and possibly better than the master OS data. (Obviously mileage varies -- though one hopes not far outside GPS or satellite imagery tolerances.) I guess the place to start is https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the_United_Kingdom#Public_Rights_of_Way https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the...
- 0xffff2 6y ago
  What is "OS" in this context?
  - jonatron 6y ago
    Ordnance Survey
jimnotgym 6y ago
OS is certainly not definitive, although they are very good. 1) There is a disclaimer on OS maps that says so 2) The definitive map is held by local councils 3) A right of way can exist without registration, and is created through use. The medieval alley ways in my local town only recently became registered after hundreds of years of use. They were always rights of way and you could not have prevented their use. 4) There is a right to roam in Scotland and a limited right to some land in England and Wales under CROW Act.

I'm in Scotland - I don't think that applies to the same extent. I should note that most of the footpaths around here were built by the farmers who own the land! "While in England and Wales, highway authorities have a duty to maintain legally recognised maps of rights of way, in Scotland different legislation applies and there is no legally recognised record of rights of way." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_way#Scotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_way#Scotland I do a lot of walking in Scotland and I've never paid any attention to whether a path is described as a "Right of Way" or not - mostly it seems of historical interest for places like the wonderful "Jock's Road": https://www.heritagepaths.co.uk/pathdetails.php?path=38 https://www.heritagepaths.co.uk/pathdetails.php?path=38

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gnufx 6y ago

As I understand from chekcing how to do it, designations in Openstreetmap are supposed to be done on the basis of signs on the ground and verifying the route by walking it (combined with local authority reference data, which I understand is definitive). If someone has taken an interest, the paths (and other features) in an area are likely to be in a better state in OSM than an OS map from some years ago, and possibly better than the master OS data. (Obviously mileage varies -- though one hopes not far outside GPS or satellite imagery tolerances.) I guess the place to start is https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the_United_Kingdom#Public_Rights_of_Way https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access_provisions_in_the...

0xffff2 6y ago
What is "OS" in this context?
- jonatron 6y ago
  Ordnance Survey

jimnotgym 6y ago

OS is certainly not definitive, although they are very good. 1) There is a disclaimer on OS maps that says so 2) The definitive map is held by local councils 3) A right of way can exist without registration, and is created through use. The medieval alley ways in my local town only recently became registered after hundreds of years of use. They were always rights of way and you could not have prevented their use. 4) There is a right to roam in Scotland and a limited right to some land in England and Wales under CROW Act.