I've checked the latest topo maps from the US Forestry Service website - the trail number annotations remain but the "Pack" annotation is gone, so will delete those annotations.
I've noticed that the US Topo Maps are way out of date before - whole rivers have shifted since the version that displays on JSOM was last compiled. Still, like TIGER roads, it's better than nothing I guess. On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:14:35 -0700, stevea <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 15, 2020, at 12:06 PM, Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Many of the old "pack trail" labeled features near my home-town are now > > overgrown and barely usable. I would be skeptical about the utility of this > > tag - mappers will need to survey the trail in person before suggesting > > that it is currently suitable for horse, mules or other pack animals. > > Right: many "trails" labelled "Pack Trail" are either from a long time ago > and/or mapped a long time ago. I would be wary of the utility of this label > on many maps, but that can be said of many labels on many maps, especially > when they are older or specify an "older" aspect of a map label such as "Pack > Trail." This has an old-fashioned sense about it, as while pack animals on > trails are certainly still used, it's safe to say far, far less than they > were in the 20th (and 19th and previous) centuries. > > SteveA > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
