OK, I have the data in JOSM in the WGS84 projection as a GPX file. I converted the GPX layer to a data layer. I then zoomed in to one small distinct piece and selected all the nodes.
Next I went to the menu and choose Forest and entered a name for this piece (Coronado National Forest). However the area wasn't shaded. Is this the right way to do it? Andy Tyler wrote: > I know that for the National Park boundaries the > national atlas data is much worse than park specific data. I would > suspect that to be the case for national forest boundaries as well on > the National Atlas. As Eric said, most government data is alright to use. > > I found the Forest service site for region 3 [1] and I tossed the admin > boundaries and and the wilderness boundaries into Arc and compared that > data with the national atlas forest boundaries data. I can confirm the > national atlas data has much less detail than the FS data. The forest > service data is also unambiguous in terms of copyright and is usable on OSM. > > But what you gain in resolution you also lose in terms of import speed. > Also, check out the National Forest Service data on the wiki and add > your project to it [2]. > > [1] http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/gis/datasets.shtml > [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_Forest_Service_Data > > Happy mapping! > > -Tyler > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us -- Andy PGP Key ID: 0xDC1B5864 _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
