[talk-au] US Trails Working Group

[Warin]

On 9/1/22 1:34 pm, Tom Brennan wrote:
> 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

+1

One local to me I think will soon be tagged abandoned:highway=path .. 
takes a keen eye to see it now. Of course visibility=bad too.


>
> cheers
> Tom
> ----
> Canyoning? try http://ozultimate.com/canyoning
> Bushwalking? try http://bushwalkingnsw.com
>
> On 3/01/2022 5:00 pm, Phil Wyatt wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> I think lots of their issues will require close cooperation with the 
>> map renderers to be in any way effective.
>>
>>
>> Cheers - Phil
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> Happy New Year!
>>
>>
>> Just noticed mention of this in the weekly Newsletter:
>>
>>
>> https://www.openstreetmap.us/2021/12/osmus-trails-working-group
>>
>>
>> Looks like something that we should be following with interest?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Graeme
>>
>>
>>
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