[Talk-us] Changes to TIGER data

Adam Killian vitki at bonius.com
Tue Aug 12 12:34:47 BST 2008


On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 21:55 -0400, Nathan West wrote:
> Hey everyone, I'm pretty new to OSM, and I was wondering what the
> recommended way to make changes to the TIGER data is. The situation
> I'm currently looking at is a 40 mile walk/bike trail that is a
> converted railraod and is still listed as a railroad in OSM. I am also
> fairly sure that while the TIGER rail line matches pretty close, it is
> a little off in areas. 
> 
> So the final question is: If there are fairly large outdated data sets
> that may be off in location, is it easiest to just delete the old way
> and create a new route? (I can get the actual route easily)


I would just edit the way and change railway=rail (or whatever) to
highway=cycleway or footway.  I don't think there's an established
standard for multi-use paths.

If it's off a bit, you can either insert a few nodes to make it fit
better, or you can actually drag the whole way to move it.





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