Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 09:00:01 +0000 > From: Richard Fairhurst <[email protected]> > To: talk-us <[email protected]> > Subject: [Talk-us] Rails-to-Trails data > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hi all, > > I see that Rails-to-Trails Conservancy donated their GIS data to Google: > > https://www.railstotrails.org/our-work/trail-mapping-and-gis/ > > Anyone in the US fancy asking if they might do the same for OSM? Our > coverage is good on the major trails (Katy Trail, Coeur d'Alenes, etc.), > but often missing for smaller or less frequented trails, and I believe > RTC have some metadata (surfaces etc.) it'd be good to have. Since most > cycling apps and websites use OSM data it should be a win for RTC to > have better data in OSM. > > I'm happy to approach them if no-one else does, but it'd probably be > better coming from, you know, someone on the same continent. > > I agree that we should ask for the data.and I agree that this would best be done by the OSM-US community. If not, let's write to them independently as individual OSM mappers.
Volker (Italy)
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