[Talk-us] Civil War sites

[Steven Johnson]

FWIW, when we mapped at Manassas, we mapped what's on the ground now. Not to
say there couldn't be other approaches, but we didn't really have a plan in
hand to do historical mapping.

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On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 16:40, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:

>  definitely. i've done some mapping of the Antietam Battlefield Park,
> and would love to do more.
>
> how do you (SteveC) envision this? there are numerous things that can be
> mapped, but some would seem pretty unreasonable to attempt in OSM
> as it is now (e.g., showing all the unit locations during the day at
> Antietam
> as they appear on the 1908 Cope maps).
>
>
>
> On 3/8/11 3:39 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
>
> I would definitely be interested. We had a mapping party at Manassas
> Battlefield last June, but there are so many other battlefields within an
> easy drive of WashDC that need greater visibility on the map. And now that
> the weather is moderating, it would be a great time to do some historical
> mapping.
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 05:00, Steve Coast <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Anyone interested in mapping civil war sites, maybe with a mapping party?
>> I mention because the anniversaries are all coming up.
>>
>
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