[Talk-us] Rails-to-Trails data

[Volker Schmidt]

Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 09:00:01 +0000
> From: Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemeD.net>
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> Subject: [Talk-us] Rails-to-Trails data
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> Hi all,
>
> I see that Rails-to-Trails Conservancy donated their GIS data to Google:
>
> https://www.railstotrails.org/our-work/trail-mapping-and-gis/
>
> Anyone in the US fancy asking if they might do the same for OSM? Our
> coverage is good on the major trails (Katy Trail, Coeur d'Alenes, etc.),
> but often missing for smaller or less frequented trails, and I believe
> RTC have some metadata (surfaces etc.) it'd be good to have. Since most
> cycling apps and websites use OSM data it should be a win for RTC to
> have better data in OSM.
>
> I'm happy to approach them if no-one else does, but it'd probably be
> better coming from, you know, someone on the same continent.
>
> I agree that we should ask for the data.and I agree that this would best
be done by the OSM-US community. If not, let's write to them independently
as individual OSM mappers.

Volker (Italy)
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