Re: [Talk-us] USA's TIGER data include rail, too

[OSM Volunteer stevea]

And then there were six!

WikiProject_United_States_railways is delighted to announce that we have just 
grown from five states to six with the addition of South Carolina by an 
enthusiastic OSM volunteer.  Brick by brick, everybody!

SteveA
California
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[Talk-us] USA's TIGER data include rail, too

[OSM Volunteer stevea]

I know this might seem disconnected from threads regarding TIGER from a week 
ago, but I do wish to remind my fellow dear readers of talk-us that the 2008 
TIGER import also include(d) rail data, including tens of thousands of 
railway=rail ways.

While these have slowly-and-surely improved, especially since the late-2014 
"Rail Westerly" and "Rail USA" threads here, with the introduction of 
WikiProjects https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/WikiProject_United_States_railways, 
https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Amtrak, and the various state projects, (e.g. 
https://wiki.osm.org/wiki/California/Railroads), it is true that OSM has 
substantially improved these.  However, we still have quite a ways to go.  
Should either TIGER cleanup or rail data cleanup in the USA interest or beckon 
you, I (once again) invite you to "fall down the rabbit hole" of the first wiki 
noted above and perhaps even start a statewide effort in YOUR state:  the USA 
has five (Alaska, California, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico) statewide rail 
WikiProjects underway now, so only 45 to go!

SteveA
California
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