[Talk-us-massachusetts] New MassGIS Trails data

[Tom Parent]

I applaud that they created this layer.  However, some things are wrong or
out of date after a brief look.  I updated/removed (due to closure) some
trails near me >6 months ago and they have not been updated in MassGIS
data.  I'm curious about the frequency of updates.

I'm also curious about what type of vetting they're doing on imported OSM
data.  As everyone knows, there is a lot of bad data in OSM.  We (OSM
community) are familiar with this because it's a part of crowdsourcing data
from the masses with various levels of experience (and intent) and treat it
accordingly.  However, when brought into an (authoritative) MassGIS
dataset, presumably there is/should be a higher bar for things being
vetted/correct(?)

On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 3:26 PM Peter Cooper Jr. via Talk-us-massachusetts <
talk-us-massachusetts at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> So MassGIS just released their newsletter, and there was something in it
> that caught my eye and I thought others might be interested in too. They
> have a comprehensive "Trails" data set available now, which combines
> data from several sources (including OpenStreetMap!) into one place,
> which all is to somehow feed into the system 911 dispatchers use when
> finding people in the wilderness.
>
>
> https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-hiking-trails-for-nextgen-911
>
> https://massgis.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c1c31142e2664fc5bc43c50ecb942f27
>
> https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/massgis::massachusetts-hiking-and-wilderness-trails/about
>
> Complete GeoJSON dump:
>
> https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/c1c31142e2664fc5bc43c50ecb942f27_0.geojson
>
> I'm not sure how much of this could be used to improve OpenStreetMap,
> but it's neat to see the work I've done mapping some trails end up
> actually being useful to 911 operators.
>
> And have a happy GIS Day tomorrow! https://www.mass.gov/gis-day-2023
>
>
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