Re: [Talk-us] Does anybody know if these PA maps are legal to use to get info from for OSM?

James Mast wrote: I mean, would he have to at least verify that the license for those maps is compatible with OSM first Yes, and it isn't. The licence has lots of clauses that aren't compatible with ODbL, the Contributor Terms or indeed any open licence:

[Talk-us] Survey Township Sections

A quick question: Are there any guidelines for tagging of public land survey township sections?  I found a clear description of mapping civil townships for Ohio on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ohio/Boundaries/Townships, but have failed to find anything on survey townships and

[Talk-us] Does anybody know if these PA maps are legal to use to get info from for OSM?

ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/ I've been noticing lately a user in PA has been doing copying from these and other online maps available on the State of PA website to add in a lot of the quadrant routes here in the state over the past several months.

Re: [Talk-us] New MapRoulette challenge - fix railway crossings

It was a pleasant dive into the latest MapRoulette challenge - my impression now is that most road-rail intersections in the US have previously been touched. The stats for the fix railway challenge seem to confirm this: 75% are skipped or have been previously completed. A far cry from the

Re: [Talk-us] Survey Township Sections

On 2015-08-02 06:43, Jerry Clough - OSM wrote: A quick question: Are there any guidelines for tagging of public land survey township sections? I found a clear description of mapping civil townships for Ohio on the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ohio/Boundaries/Townships, but have