<div dir="ltr">I'm not part of this effort but I am guessing it's related to how to handle unofficial, informal or trails, like previous discussions here have talked about. <div><br></div><div>The article links to this page <a href="https://openstreetmap.us/our-work/trails/">https://openstreetmap.us/our-work/trails/</a> which has lots of info, and that links to this OSM Wiki page that talks about tagging standards and more <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States/Trail_Access_Project">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States/Trail_Access_Project</a><div><br></div><div>Andrew</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 6:13 AM Greg Troxel <<a href="mailto:gdt@lexort.com">gdt@lexort.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Nellie Blair <<a href="mailto:nellie@openstreetmap.us" target="_blank">nellie@openstreetmap.us</a>> writes:<br>
<br>
> 1) With the support of volunteers and land managers, the OpenStreetMap US<br>
> Trails Stewardship Initiative is launching our first statewide campaign<br>
> aiming to update trail information on 60,000+ miles of trails in<br>
> OpenStreetMap across Utah public lands. Learn more in our latest blog post:<br>
> <a href="https://openstreetmap.us/news/2023/10/trails-utah-campaign/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://openstreetmap.us/news/2023/10/trails-utah-campaign/</a><br>
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Reading this, it smells like "a group of land managers is going to<br>
remove data from OSM that they don't like even if it is accurate". Can<br>
you point to someplace public that talks more about this "initiative",<br>
who the members are, and why we should be confident that the actions<br>
taken are in line with OSM community norms?<br>
<br>
I second Mike's concerns in general, and find the phrasing "official and<br>
approved sources" concerning. This is effectively an import, and it<br>
appears not to be doing the quality control required to validate that<br>
this "official" data is accurate enough.<br>
<br>
Also, it looks like people that don't accept Slack's terms are excluded<br>
from participaing or finding out what is going on.<br>
<br>
Greg (mapper since 2009, often mapping trails)<br>
<br>
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