[Talk-us-massachusetts] Using Mass DCR Trail Maps

[Andy Anderson]

Yes, public domain. But it will be much easier to import a shapefile from MassGIS than to extract details from a map. Here’s general information on importing:

	https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import>

and here’s specific information about importing shapefiles:

	https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software_comparison/Import_a_shapefile <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software_comparison/Import_a_shapefile>

— Andy

> On Jan 8, 2023 04:32 PM, at 4:32 PM, Peter Cooper Jr. via Talk-us-massachusetts <talk-us-massachusetts at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> 
> Just to double-check, are the DCR trail maps posted at
> <https://www.mass.gov/lists/dcr-trail-maps>
> valid sources to reference when updating OpenStreetMap?
> (Particularly for things like trail names, colors/symbols of the trails, amenities, etc.)
> 
> I don't see any specific copyright info on them, and I know in general things the state publishes they consider to be public domain, but I just wanted to double-check.
> 
> There is also some similar data from MassGIS (maybe even the source for those maps) at
> <https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-department-of-conservation-and-recreation-roads-trails>
> in what looks like some sort of ArcGIS format, and I know that MassGIS definitely considers their stuff to be public domain, but I haven't dug into how to use that format easily yet, and sometimes it's handy to just look at an existing map, you know?
> 
> --
> Peter
> 
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