[OSM-talk] Historical Mapping Examples?

[Richard Welty]

i have mapped some trails through the antietam national battlefield,

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.47959&lon=-77.73945&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF

the upper trail is the Cornfield Trail, and the bottom edge is the 
Bloody Lane Trail.

and here, further south, is the "Union Advance Trail":

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.45295&lon=-77.73383&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF

the work isn't complete, but i wasn't there long enough to cover them 
all, plus
the 13 year old and her mother were somewhat intolerant of my goal to 
hike and
map all the trails.

i've also experimented with mapping defunct race tracks, for example
the old Pine Bowl Speedway south of Troy, NY was located here:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=42.66732&lon=-73.60079&zoom=16&layers=0B00FTF

mapnik doesn't render it by default, but osmarender does. someday i'll 
do something
with mapping the various courses that served the Watkins Glen Grand Prix 
starting
in 1948....

richard