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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>At the Import-US meeting we attended (last month?), we agreed we would cease piece-mealing our import and would instead continue work offline, and post our OSM file to the community to comment on. As evident by list serve postings, there is still some discussion about how to tag, what, etc…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We hope that the community can offer some meaningful, constructive, and tactful feedback on this park-wide OSM file. Several other parks, as well as OSM Mappers, are eager to begin the same process themselves. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A few details:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>A conflict check was run just before this was uploaded. Conflicts within the park jurisdiction were corrected;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>A validation was run just before this was uploaded. Errors (most) were deal with, there remain some warnings;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Bridges/tunnels are/were not included in this edit. That will be a next step, we’re waiting the results of our last bridge inventory, as we want to include max weight with the edits;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>This includes the new “ranger_station” tag;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>We have NOT “de-noded” or simplified ways. I’d like to work with Paul Norman on that independently, he has a good eye for that, and I’d like to do it all at once. The trails (uploaded in 2009?) are clearly over noded! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Streams/NHD are not included in this import, nor do we have plans to incorporate local-resolution NHD into the OSM database<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Nps:verified has been replaced with Source:NPS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Regarding the latest GNIS tag discussion, we have NOT removed any GNIS tags….however, it would be very easy to do so, in bulk. We’re in agreement with leaving ele and GNISID. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>The file can be downloaded from <a href="https://irma.nps.gov/App/Reference/Profile?code=2202706">https://irma.nps.gov/App/Reference/Profile?code=2202706</a> or searching for <span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2202706 at <a href="https://irma.nps.gov/App/Portal">https://irma.nps.gov/App/Portal</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thomas Colson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Great Smoky Mountains National Park<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>107 Park HQ Road<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gatlinburg, TN 37738<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(865)436-1701<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(865)202-4158<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Thomas_colson@nps.gov">Thomas_colson@nps.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:8652024158@vtext.com">8652024158@vtext.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://grsmgis.nps.gov<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>