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113339037

Yahey! Love what you're doing with 1N languages in NWT!
Just so you know, you don't want to name a river area - the way representing the river takes the name only. Water polygons with a name will be rendered as if it's naming a lake: centered in the middle 1x. Just letting you know as I'm taking off river polygon names as I see them.
Mahsi’ !

111184079

Deleting all made-up roads and facilities.
Perhaps you should check out https://opengeofiction.net/

111186877

As much as I would love to see new railway construction - this is completely bogus, and I will be removing it completely.
OpenStreetMap is for mapping things that currently exist on the ground - not fantasy.

103839045

FYI - After this change, feature name became "Carbaugh Reservior;Carbaugh Reservoir"
I'm fixing, just wanted to let you know. :)

97924466

Use 'man_made=petroleum_well' and choose 'substance=gas'

112052492

An appropriate and FRIENDLY thing to do would have been to send me a message that our changes in Michaux were conflicting once you saw the conflict errors in this changeset

112052492

You could have at LEAST had the decency to warn me that we were editing in the same area! I'm tempted to revert this change since you stomped all over everything I was working on. Why shouldn't I?

111150595

Thx Andy - I was hoping you'd chime in on this. Would you consider this trail to be legit though, based on Bing imagery clearly showing the north side of the trail?

107656418

FYI - Don't put the trail number in the trail name tag. Trail number goes in the osm.wiki/Tag:'ref=' tag.

111115543

Got it - Fairangel Lakes, and the Fairangel Lakes Trail.
"Essentially a miniature version of the uber-popular Reed Lakes trail."
https://hikingalaska.net/2019/12/20/fairangel-lakes/

111115543

Reed Lakes Trail follows Reed Creek where Archangel Creek meets it to the East. Your trail is valid, but I don't know what it is or what those lakes are. Yet.

111115543

That's definitely not the Reed Lakes Trail, fyi

99201378

Hi there - just so you know, make sure you convert elevation data into meters!

111150595

@ZeLonewolf Ooookay - that's a new constriction I wasn't aware of. Or is that something you made up just now?
i.e. "You can't map from Strava unless you can see the trail or are performing a survey"

105995435

Ugh. So - the current ref tagging for forest ways is pure chaos, both on OSM and in the real world. The USFS has come forward and **appears** to have endorsed the usage of "FS" as a forest road prefix, and "TR" as a forest trail prefix.
The difference between the two is necessary because in some NFs/ranger districts the road and trail numbers are similar, and there's a need to separate out FS 350 from TR 350.
Some RDs on the IVM have even started adding the TR prefix to the trail numbers there, when they have a lot of trail number collision.
The main thing is that the NF prefix is to no longer be used - although it does appear that some RDs are purposefully still using it just to be rebellious. *sigh* Whatever.
I'm going to be initiating a change to the OSM wiki soon, detailing all of this, and encouraging mappers to climb on board.
Let me know your thoughts!

105992121

No problem - the IVM is an invaluable resource, and if I could I'd reference it in my changesets. The problem is that there's not enough room for sources in changeset fields - I commonly am using 5-10 different sources at once as I map, and the changeset schema won't let me list more than a couple.
I've been thinking of posting my sources on my user page as a blanket sourcing document - better than nothing ?

So I've fixed the access on the AT - that was a complete brainfart on my part - thanks for spotting it.

105992121

So the WMNF - like all NFs I map in - expressly allows mountain bikes in most areas:
"All trails, roads, and *travel corridors on the White Mountain National Forest are open to mountain bikes except in Congressionally designated Wilderness areas, on the Appalachian Trail, or where otherwise posted.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/whitemountain/recreation/bicycling

I don't see anything about stock usage though, and that's weird. But horses are commonly allowed by default on most USFS trails. I'm fixing the AT screw-up right now - I've seen that in some ranger districts they ignore the AT's special regulations for the IVM, which is pretty lazy on their part.

105992121

Actually - I just notice that this is part of the AT, so that HAS to be bad data. Investigating...

105992121

The USFS themselves mark that trail as "Managed For Hiking" and "Open To Pack And Saddle" and "Open To Biking". Is there local signage that contradicts this? If so, it wouldn't be the first time.

https://www.fs.fed.us/ivm/index.html?minx=-7983168&miny=5485679&maxx=-7981878&maxy=5487733&exploremenu=no
(click on the trail)

111432852

Oh jeez - thanks for reminding me. I forgot to toggle the different Strava modes to see if there was any non-winter activity - looks like it tapers off to the first north fording of Ship Creek. Would you agree that this whole route is a 'piste_type=hike' situation?