On Sat, 5 Jan 2019 21:19:10 -0600 Ian Dees <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Brad, thanks for proposing this import and posting it here. > > I would strongly prefer that we not import boundaries like this into > OSM. Boundaries of all sorts are almost impossible to verify with > OSM's "on the ground" rule, but BLM boundaries in particular are such > an edge case (they have no other analog in the world, really) and > almost never have apparent markings on the ground to check. Since > these boundaries aren't visible, this data can never be improved by > an OpenStreetMap contributor. The boundaries are defined by the > government, and any sort of change to them would make them diverge > from the official source. I don't know about BLM land in general, but I was able to verify a large portion of Fishtrap Recreation Area (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6154436) by tracing fence lines and looking for "No Trespassing" signs. I suspect most of the other BLM rangeland can be mapped this way as well. -- Mark _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
