Also see "But is the Blue Ridge Parkway a National Park?" on the Blue Ridge FAQ: https://www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/np-versus-nf.htm According to that it is a "National Park Service area" but not a park.
The NPS makes this distinction on their nomenclature page ( https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/hisnps/NPSHistory/nomenclature.html) - "Generally, a *national park* contains a variety of resources and encompasses large land or water areas to help provide adequate protection of the resources." - *"National parkways* encompass ribbons of land flanking roadways and offer an opportunity for driving through areas of scenic interest. They are not designed for high speed travel. Besides the four areas set aside as parkways, other units of the National Park System include parkways within their boundaries." What that means for OSM, of course, may be a whole different conversation... :) On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > According to NPS it is a park. > > [1] https://www.nps.gov/maps/full.html?mapId=e212fcb5-4ff9- > 4787-bbe4-3d40cc0d0daa#9/36.8412/-80.6506 > > You just can't trust Wikipedia. maybe they should start citing OSM instead > of those old pesky books. > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I stumbled across the Blue Ridge Parkway in OSM (you learn something >> new every day, that's one of the things I like so much about OSM). >> >> I noticed that Wikipedia has: >> >> "The parkway, while not a National Park, has been the most visited unit >> of the National Park System every year since 1946..." >> >> but we have >> >> boundary=national_park >> delivery=no >> hgv=no >> leisure=park >> >> Is our definition of national park different than Wikipedia's, or should >> one of the two be changed? >> >> Bye >> Frederik >> >> -- >> Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > > > > -- > @osm_seattle > osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us > OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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