I wouldn’t be surprised. It may make sense to add a ‘there is no crossing here’ button to MapRoulette for this challenge so that we can share that with the FRA and they can weed out the stale data.
Martijn > On Jul 8, 2015, at 11:28 PM, Natfoot <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great Topic, > Interesting that I have been doing my own research into this data set. I > can tell you without a doubt that some of the information is way out of date > or wrong. (http://fragis.frasafety.net/GISFRASafety/) > It is my understanding that railroads are supposed to report data like this > to the UTC (utilities and transportation commission) and in some way make it > back to the FRA. You can find the more up to date Washington UTC data set > here: > http://www.utc.wa.gov/regulatedIndustries/transportation/rail/Pages/CrossingInventory.aspx > > There is a new FRA regulation going into effect in October to place clear > emergency contact information at each level_crossing or Highway crossing. > Lori Halstead of the Washington UTC hopes that following that deadline that > the FRA database will be updated. > > One example, check any railroad crossing in the city limits of Kirkland, WA; > if it is active with a current listing for railroad it is out of date by 5 > years as the city owns the right of way and much of it has been turned into a > trail with no rail or crossing protections. > > Best Regards, > Nathan P > email: [email protected] > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 7:46 AM, Martijn van Exel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have done some work to turn the FRA crossing data into a MapRoulette > challenge to fix missing railway crossings. > > Here is the description I have come up with for now: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/4xh49ufnwyxp35r/Screenshot%202015-07-06%2008.43.21.png?dl=0 > > Please share your corrections / feedback so I can improve this if necessary > before I push it live. (In particular I am never sure whether to use crossing > or level_crossing.) > > Thanks, > > Martijn > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
