[Imports] Trails in National Forests of New Mexico USA

[Richard Weait]

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Samat K Jain <lists at samat.org> wrote:
> I'd like to import National Forest trail data in New Mexico USA. That includes
> the National Forests:

Dear Samat,

The national forest trail data sounds interesting.  As with all
imports, large of small, please be aware of the guidelines here.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import_guidelines

If the import is really small and "local" to you then you could be
your own community, but engaging with other mappers in the area can be
worthwhile.

You've made no reference to the license of the trail shape files.  I
know that federal data is published without copyright restrictions
(PD), but federal agencies can also re-publish data from other
sources.  That re-published data does not fall under the unrestricted
license automatically.

And please be sure to add your planned imports to the import catalogue.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue

> I've noticed that a much of this data is a little off…

hmmm, how little?  :-)  Perhaps there is a better source?

Best regards,
Richard