Tag: Trails Stewardship Initiative
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OpenStreetMap Utah 2024 Year In Review
We had a very productive year improving OSM in Utah in 2024! Here are some numbers and highlights we would like to share with you. Pedestrian Infrastructure Mappers added 11,246 km of new sidewalks and improved a further 4,884 km! In the process, we also added 13,738 curbs! A lot of this work is powered…
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Handling trailless routes in OpenStreetMap
What is a trailless route? With the proliferation of online outdoor recreation information, there has been an increase in the popularity of trailless routes. Unfortunately, this has also resulted in increased ecological impact and SAR incidents. Trailless routes are routes which lack an established trail and may vary over time in the safest, least impactful…
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Digital trails stewardship in action
As part of OpenStreetMap US’ Trails Stewardship Initiative pilot, we have been improving trail data in southern Utah to help reduce ecological and archeological impact from recreation, and to prevent trail user rescues. My hometown in southwest Utah is well known for Zion National Park, but we are also an increasingly popular destination for outdoor…