Northeast - Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Seek Mapping Help!

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rtcfrederick

01-03-08, 01:26 PM

Greetings,

I’m the director of technology for Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and we’re conducting a GPS mapping project that could really use your help. We’re mapping all the country’s rail-trails for the first time ever. This data will be freely available to the public on our website TrailLink.com. The help we need from you is easy – all you need is your GPS receiver. We collecting GPS tracklog and specific waypoints for each rail-trail. Please visit http://www.traillink.com/gps.aspx for more detailed information or feel free to email me directly at frederick@railstotrails.org.

Thank you for your help!

Frederick

stevesurf

10-26-08, 01:37 AM

^bump
This is an excellent organization; has anyone else been able to contribute? I emailed Frederick several tracks earlier this year.

RubenX

10-26-08, 01:51 AM

I haz no logger... linky to cheapo gps loggers pliz? :)

dendawg

10-26-08, 08:39 AM

Define cheap. The Garmin etrex legend can be found for under $100, but by the time you add a handlebar mount and detailed street maps you're over $200. If you're cell phone has gps you might be able to use it.

bbeck

10-26-08, 08:47 AM

great project we have very few of these in TN wish there were more

jyossarian

10-27-08, 11:00 AM

I could've helped these guys yesterday if I had 1) known about them and 2) had a gps. Rode from Brewster to back to the Bronx along the rail trail. Nice ride and a great way to see the changing of the colors.

pgoat

10-27-08, 02:51 PM

I love riding these trails.

rtcfrederick

11-03-08, 09:26 AM

Hi guys,

Thanks for the excellent feedback about our mapping initiative. We've really made tremendous progress during the last 3 years and now have over 12,000 miles of rail-trails mapped thanks to the help of people like Steve and other great volunteers! :thumb:

We are now publishing all of this great new GIS data using the customized Google Maps API on our trail-finder website, TrailLink.com (http://www.traillink.com), and I invite you to check it out and would appreciate any feedback on the site's new functionality.

Regarding the lack of GPS unit, we recently launched a new interactive mapping tool (http://www.traillink.com/gps.aspx) on TrailLink.com that utilizes the high-resolution imagery in Google Maps and makes it easy to map a trail from the comfort of your computer chair! Please check out the new tool as well and let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Frederick