[Talk-us-massachusetts] mass-trails.org, OSM, Covid-19

[Andy Anderson]

That’s really nice, Jason! Thanks!

— Andy

> On Dec 2, 2020, at 6:56 PM, Jason Remillard <remillard.jason at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello OSMer's,
> 
> I maintain the mass-trails.org website. It is a hobby project,
> providing a user friendly view of OSM in MA focusing on hiking and
> conservation properties.
> 
> If you have been mapping trails and conservation properties in MA over
> the past number of years, your work has had a direct and positive
> impact by helping many people to go outside and take a safe walk. The
> tiny mass-trails site attracted 250,000 visits this year. I am sure if
> you could count the commercial users of OSM like strava and all
> trails, the actual reach of OSM is many times higher.
> 
> The site was not getting updated much this year because of some
> technical issues. Pushing an updated map required many manual steps
> and fighting with ftping 50,000 files. The site is now hosted on Azure
> and the download+build+deployment cycle is automated. It is fully up
> to date date now, and should stay fresher going forward.
> 
> If you are a conservation/trail nerd, you might want to check out your
> favorite properties since the site makes it easy to spot mistakes in
> OSM. Happy mapping...
> 
> Jason
> 
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