OS Map Corrections

In article <[email hidden]>, Richard
Phillips <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Hello all,

Is there any course of action that should be taken if you find somewhere
where the OS map appears to be out of date? I found such a situation
walking up Y Garn a few months ago. The footpath appeared to have vanished,
replaced by an enclosed field of animals!

If it is a footpath as in public footpath = right of way (green dashes
on 1:25K mapping red dashes on 1:50K) and there is no easy / obvious way
round or a signed diversion then reporting it to the highways department
of the local authority is the appropriate action.

If it is just a path signified by black dashes I doubt the OS would be
interested.

--

Dominic Sexton

The message <[email hidden]>
from "Richard Phillips" <[email hidden]> contains these words:

Quoted message said:

Is there any course of action that should be taken if you find somewhere
where the OS map appears to be out of date? I found such a situation
walking up Y Garn a few months ago. The footpath appeared to have
vanished,
replaced by an enclosed field of animals!

If you mean that the public right of way shown on the map has been
blocked off the person you should contact is the footpath officer of the
appropriate local authority.

It could be of course that the footpath has been legally diverted or was
wrongly shown on the map in the first place. By their very nature OS
maps are always out of date. Depending on the significance of the
feature they can be years, or even decades out of date.

--
Roger Chapman
Nearest Marilyn still to be visited - Great Orme.
89 miles as the crow flies,
considerably more as the walker drives.