[pct-l] PCT in Open Street Map

[Eugene Leafty]

Have you been working on this for a while?  I noticed the PCT on OSM a
couple weeks ago.  It was on the Mapsource file and also in the Garmin
version I copied to my gps.  If that's you, then kudos.

I think OSM can be really useful.  Their maps seem a lot faster on my Garmin
than the gpsfiledepot I had been using, and it has a lot more information.
If I can figure out how to build my own Garmin map and add topo curves to
it, it'd by my ideal map.  One thing I really love is that the maps are
routable (good for driving), unlike my other maps.  I also want to add more
data to the maps to make it more useful for hikers like us.

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Craig Stanton
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 5:56 PM
To: PCT MailingList
Subject: [pct-l] PCT in Open Street Map

Good afternoon all,
	Today I have put the finishing touches to a major project that I've
going hard-out on since I heard about Open Street Map*. After removing all
erroneous gps data (like where I wandered off trail, or sat down for a
while) from my '07 hike I have converted it all to GPX files and uploaded
them to OpenStreetMap.org. I then joined it up to intersecting trails,
rivers, roads and whatever else was in the area and tagged (like marking the
section names and which parts are bridges) the trail as best I could.
Sometimes there was already a trail there, but mostly those were from the
NFS maps and marked where the trail was planned for, but not where it ended
up. 

You can see the summary page here (there would be a map in the top right but
the PCT is so long it messes the server up)
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/1225378/

Southern Terminus
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=32.58987&lon=-116.46612&zoom=17

Northern Terminus
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.000059&lon=-120.801075&zoom=18&layers=M

Here's an over all view of all correctly tagged trails in the US. It's
currently missing the Washington Section L because I only just finished it.
I expect it will have been included by the morning.
http://osm.lonvia.de/world_hiking.html?zoom=5&lat=40.70331&lon=-98.88906&lay
ers=FFBT


I hope someone finds this useful, and that maybe you'll consider checking
the maps around your area and making sure they are complete and accurate.

Craig/SunWalker/Heaps


*Open Street Map is a repository for geo-data, mostly supplied by the
general public. The data is free to use and edit. It's like Google Maps but
more open.
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