<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I applaud that they created this layer.  However, some things are wrong or out of date after a brief look.  I updated/removed (due to closure) some trails near me >6 months ago and they have not been updated in MassGIS data.  I'm curious about the frequency of updates.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I'm also curious about what type of vetting they're doing on imported OSM data.  As everyone knows, there is a lot of bad data in OSM.  We (OSM community) are familiar with this because it's a part of crowdsourcing data from the masses with various levels of experience (and intent) and treat it accordingly.  However, when brought into an (authoritative) MassGIS dataset, presumably there is/should be a higher bar for things being vetted/correct(?)</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 3:26 PM Peter Cooper Jr. via Talk-us-massachusetts <<a href="mailto:talk-us-massachusetts@openstreetmap.org">talk-us-massachusetts@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">So MassGIS just released their newsletter, and there was something in it <br>
that caught my eye and I thought others might be interested in too. They <br>
have a comprehensive "Trails" data set available now, which combines <br>
data from several sources (including OpenStreetMap!) into one place, <br>
which all is to somehow feed into the system 911 dispatchers use when <br>
finding people in the wilderness.<br>
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<a href="https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-hiking-trails-for-nextgen-911" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-hiking-trails-for-nextgen-911</a><br>
<a href="https://massgis.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c1c31142e2664fc5bc43c50ecb942f27" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://massgis.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c1c31142e2664fc5bc43c50ecb942f27</a><br>
<a href="https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/massgis::massachusetts-hiking-and-wilderness-trails/about" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/massgis::massachusetts-hiking-and-wilderness-trails/about</a><br>
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Complete GeoJSON dump: <br>
<a href="https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/c1c31142e2664fc5bc43c50ecb942f27_0.geojson" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/c1c31142e2664fc5bc43c50ecb942f27_0.geojson</a><br>
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I'm not sure how much of this could be used to improve OpenStreetMap, <br>
but it's neat to see the work I've done mapping some trails end up <br>
actually being useful to 911 operators.<br>
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And have a happy GIS Day tomorrow! <a href="https://www.mass.gov/gis-day-2023" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mass.gov/gis-day-2023</a><br>
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