[talk-au] US Trails Working Group

[Tom Brennan]

This is certainly a problem, and having walked in Utah, there are 
certainly some specific problems with walking off track there. However, 
it seems that land managers are looking at the threat without seeing the 
opportunity.

Yes, unauthorised trails get publicised more quickly. But the flip side 
of this is that land managers can also identify unauthorised trails more 
quickly, and take action.

Whether you agree or not, tracks can be "closed" in OSM in ways that 
make them less likely to be re-added to the map. Eg:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/621392139#map=19/-33.62619/150.30906

cheers
Tom
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On 3/01/2022 5:00 pm, Phil Wyatt wrote:
> Hi Folks,
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> 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 …. Good coverage of all trails (including closed or illegal ones) is essential for some mapping applications, such as firefighting and SAR.) 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
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> I think lots of their issues will require close cooperation with the map renderers to be in any way effective.
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> Cheers - Phil
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> From: Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, 3 January 2022 12:45 PM
> To: OSM-Au <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: [talk-au] US Trails Working Group
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> Happy New Year!
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> Just noticed mention of this in the weekly Newsletter:
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> https://www.openstreetmap.us/2021/12/osmus-trails-working-group
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> Looks like something that we should be following with interest?
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> Thanks
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> Graeme
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