Re: [Talk-us] Rails-to-Trails data
An update. Seeing Mark's recent post about is_in reminded me that it has been two weeks since I politely asked the Rails-To-Trails Conservancy to donate to OSM the same trail data they donated to Google Maps. I did receive a reply that my message was forwarded to their "TrailLink group that handles all GIS data, you should hear back from someone soon." However, as of 3/20 (today), nothing. Yes, I checked my Spam folder, still nothing. For years (2012-2015) I used to get a monthly e-newsletter (email) from railstotrails.org, but then in March, 2015 these mysteriously stopped arriving. Fingers crossed this request goes somewhere, these really are choice data and will help OSM in the USA be a map containing yet more excellent hiking and biking trails. SteveA California ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Rails-To-Trails data
Thanks Steve. Mark Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 10:00:20 -0800 From: OSM Volunteer stevea To: talk-us Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Rails-to-Trails data While I'm not sure the email address from their website I used is exactly correct, I did make this request to RTC (and cc'd Richard). I'll let people know here if or how they reply. Cheers, SteveA California On Mar 6, 2019, at 4:00 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: 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. cheers Richard ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Rails-to-Trails data
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 09:00:01 + > From: Richard Fairhurst > To: talk-us > Subject: [Talk-us] Rails-to-Trails data > Message-ID: > 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) ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] Rails-to-Trails data
While I'm not sure the email address from their website I used is exactly correct, I did make this request to RTC (and cc'd Richard). I'll let people know here if or how they reply. Cheers, SteveA California On Mar 6, 2019, at 4:00 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > 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. > > cheers > Richard ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] Rails-to-Trails data
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. cheers Richard ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
