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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Definitely worth a follow especially if you have an interest in informal tracks/paths/pads and maybe even historical routes that don’t appear on the ground. I certainly don’t agree with all their statements (especially …. </span><i><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Good coverage of all trails (including closed or illegal ones) is essential for some mapping applications, such as firefighting and SAR.</span></i><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>) but its also interesting that its now coming up as a major issue for US National Parks and reserves managers. In Tasmania its been known as an issue since the early 1990’s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I think lots of their issues will require close cooperation with the map renderers to be in any way effective.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers - Phil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 3 January 2022 12:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> OSM-Au <talk-au@openstreetmap.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [talk-au] US Trails Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just noticed mention of this in the weekly Newsletter:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.us/2021/12/osmus-trails-working-group">https://www.openstreetmap.us/2021/12/osmus-trails-working-group</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Looks like something that we should be following with interest?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Graeme<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>