All, I am heavily involved in the development of US Bicycle Routes (see www.adventurecycling.org/usbrs) and it has come to my attention that OpenStreetMap/OpenCycleMap have proposed maps for US Bicycle Routes 21, 25, 80, and 84 in KY, TN, AL, MS, and GA. The routes are shown as dashed lines but with the USBR numbers on them. At the same time USBR 76 is shown as proposed but in fact it has officially been designated in KY.
As of now there are only proposed corridors for these routes (50 mile wide areas where a route could be developed) and so showing specific proposed routes is beyond the current status of any of these USBRs. It could be argued that USBR 25 will likely follow the Adventure Cycling Underground Railroad route but none of the states involved have applied for designation of these routes with AASHTO, the official body in charge of the USBR system. I would like to get in contact with the mapper(s) who put these routes into OpenStreetMap/OpenCycleMap and clarify this. We are always looking for enthusiastic folks who want to work on the USBR system but in this case putting detailed routes on maps is a source of confusion. Please contact me at your convenience if you have been involved in putting these routes into OpenStreetMap/OpenCycleMap. Kerry Irons Adventure Cycling Association [email protected] 989-631-6368 _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
