Over the past month, I have mapped across the state of Iowa, attempting to add athletic facilities which were absent from the map. I went county by county, using Overpass to identify where likely locations were, ie parks, schools, etc. I checked each of these locations and added any pitches that were not already present. Additionally, if I came across any major or easy to correct issues, I went ahead and fixed the problems.
My objective was to improve the quality of athletic facilities across the state so that I can use the data for a school project. Since I visited pretty much every incorporated city in the state, I had the opportunity to gauge the state of the map across Iowa. Some of my general observations: 1. The vast majority of cities have had 0 edits other than imports and mechanical QA edits. 2. TIGER did not include alleys. Many cities did not have their alleys drawn in. Waterloo/Cedar Falls has a population of ~120,000 and still did not have their alleys drawn in. 3. There are still tons of nodes that should be converted to areas. Some schools, cemeteries, parks. The majority of protected areas are still nodes despite the DNR owning significant quantities of land. Compare OSM to https://iowadnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=f9161b90cddb4fcfb35a96901882a4b7/ Some sport specific observations: 1. There are still tons of unpaved running tracks in Iowa, mainly at small schools. In my years of running, I have only ran on a single cinder track. 2. Most rubberized tracks are black, then red, then blue. There were a few purple tracks. A very unusual colored green track, https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/783085755 3. There are very few irregular shaped tracks. Here is a rubberized, rectangular track, https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/773898697 4. Baseball fields come in all sizes and shapes. Some small towns of 100 people have high quality fields. Just thought I would share my notes in case anyone was interested. Thanks, Karson karsonkevin2
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