[Talk-us] Tags for US Forest Service GIS Trail Data

[Beartooth]

On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:20:11 -0800, Spencer Riddile wrote:

> I'm working on figuring out what tags to use for the fields/columns that
> are included in the USFS GIS trail data that I am going to import into
> OSM.  Has anyone set a precedent for this already?  Would it make sense
> for me to add a section to the wiki page for the USFS
> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_Forest_Service_Data) in an effort
> to standardize?  This would be for trails specifically and would follow
> what has been established on the Hiking wiki page
> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Hiking).

	I can't get to usfs.gov at the moment; are you saying machine-
readable maps are available there? Or at the Ranger Station here in 
Blacksburg? Or what?

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