[Talk-us] parcel data in OSM

[Serge Wroclawski]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Jason Remillard
<remillard.jason at gmail.com> wrote:

> The open space layer from
> MassGIS was imported several years ago. This has encouraged people to
> map out many of the hiking trails.

How do you make the connection from "The MassGIS open space layer was
imported" to "this has encouraged people to map out many the hiking
trails"?

You're asserting a causal relationship where I see two unrelated events.

> Surprisingly, I think that OSM is
> currently the best/most complete map of hiking trails in Mass.

Why is that surprising? OSM is the most compete biking map of the UK,
and Germany. Outdoor activities and OSM have a very close
relationship.

> In fact
> many of the mappers in Mass came to OSM from the local trail
> committee's (myself included). So reality is that we do have some
> parcel data data in OSM and its inclusion has been a net positive.

Can you explain how the parcel data is a net positive?

Also, can you explain why the import there is better than what was
done in most of the rest of the world, where mappers simply went out
with a GPS and mapped out the hiking trails themselves?

- Serge