OSM & Trails: New Collaborations for Responsible Recreation
2022-08-21 , Auditorium A

Sparked by concerns about OpenStreetMap's role in how the public accesses and recreates on protected lands, OpenStreetMap US volunteers, navigation app developers, national agencies and public land managers formed the OpenStreetMap US Trails Working Group in 2021. Bringing together a diversity of perspectives on trail mapping practices, trail safety, and protecting the environment, this group is working to address on-the-ground challenges, tagging schemes, authoritative data, and other topics related to mapping trails in OSM. Learn how this group is collaboratively developing solutions for responsible trail mapping in OpenStreetMap.


Talk keywords:

trails, government, navigation, tagging

Affiliation:

OpenStreetMap US

See also: Presentation - OSMUS TRAILS (1.3 MB)

Maggie has been spending her time volunteering with OpenStreetMap for almost a decade. She spent 10 years as a geospatial consultant and urban planner. Maggie currently serves as the Executive Director for OpenStreetMap US where she works to engage, support and grow the OpenStreetMap project and community across the United States through programs, advocacy, and the annual State of the Map US conference.

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