Thanks for that link, interesting. That is quite a study. I think I know which project website you're referring to. We have a new project portal but not everything made the crossover. Here's the Alternative 4 that is probably what you traced. https://drive.google.com/file/d/14TEgbG-Bgsh2Nw05rP56FquYZg5Sfeyq/view?usp=sharing

According to what I've gathered, a late design change resulted in a slightly different configuration at the very southern end (at I-68). They also seemed to have elongated the circle. We're sending crews out to survey everything this week and will gather some better linework. In the meantime, if you're interested, you can probably nix the loopy ramp that wasn't built and adjust the lines based on Maxar. I'm also not exactly certain as to what parts are open but know that some parts are.

Thanks!

Quick OSM update: I added another link that's visible on newer imagery and added a construction area for annotation. osm.org/changeset/96996046

Greetings Roadsguy. Thanks for adding these construction ways for the new US 219 project! I'm writing both as a project coordinator/consultant for MDOT SHA and an active OSM mapper.

Where did you get the source data for these edits? Was it an FHWA/AASHTO submission or something like that? I am asking because SHA wants to coordinate with map data providers (OSM included) about updates to our highways around the state. We'd want to provide GIS linework for those items, thus my curiosity is piqued on how you found this data in 2018. It looks great by the way (no negativity implied here!!)

Thanks again,

Elliott R. Plack
Sr. Business Analyst (Consultant)
Office of Information Technology
Enterprise Information Systems, GIS Team
M.S. Applied Information Technology
(410) 545-0415
eplack@mdot.maryland.gov
MDOT GIS Open Data Portal

nice work retagging this. The user that made the edit got a block for that. I'm cleaning up elsewhere. Be on the lookout for that kind of thing.

Adam, a new user just altered the park you've edited, changing the tagging. Do you agree with the removal of the park tag? Have a look at osm.org/user_blocks/4667 and https://osmcha.org/changesets/96721540/
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These are not totally honest and accurate changes unfortunately. The problem here is using the recreation ground and access=yes tags on school grounds is disingenuous. School fields are typically public after school hours. The school grounds are not named things like "Southeast HIgh School Recreation Grounds". They are not named anything. (that one in particular isn't even on the SE high school property).

Adding the pitches is great, don't get me wrong, but don't imply they're publicly accessible when they're not. You can, I guess, add the recreation ground on top of the school ground but just don't give it a name unless it is really named that (with a sign or on some official document). All the detail is great, but don't alter the access without putting conditions on them (like access=permissive)
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Looking further, I see you rolled back a bunch of changed I just added yesterday based on ground survey. You've removed the works tag from several plants in Cockeysville. Did you see these plants yourself to justify removing the works tag? Per the wiki these are well defined as works. osm.wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dworks
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Hello there and welcome to OSM. The edits you've made here to several land uses in the Baltimore County area go against local custom. The land use is defined by the local government and we map the land use to the edge of the property boundary. What you're mapping is effectively land cover, e.g. what the land is covered by. In OSM we map what can be verified. I've personally verified the edges of many of these properties and use cadastral data to do so. Please do not alter these without checking the sources, and making a comment on the changeset. These edits are often meticulously researched and surveyed in person. On the areas you changed is one that I am sitting in right now, so I know what the land use is. The use of "zoning" tags, which are not recognized by anyone, is inaccurate too. The zoning of Baltimore County is complex and does not typically follow the parcel boundaries. It is also impossible observe.

Hello there and welcome to OpenStreetMap!! This is no import. As the source indicates I used lidar, imagery, parcel boundaries (a map service), and survey to trace the various landuses around Hunt Valley, MD, US. The local custom is to snap the landuse residential, commercial, and nature reserve to their parcel/legal boundaries which are observable/verifiable with a metal detector or ground truthing. I add the nature reserves around protected areas in my county, which are owned publicly or by a neighborhood association and are generally reserved for public use.

looks good!

I can add the coastline back to the Isle of Wight bay too.

Fixed here: osm.org/changeset/95239563#map=14/39.3553/-76.6287

Hey there, thanks for resolving this, but when editing landuses like this, please be mindful of other overlapping landuse relations. This changeset broke the following relation. I will fix it now, so no worries, just be aware. osm.org/relation/9353389#map=14/39.3450/-76.6294

Got it. Did a homeowner contact the DWG? I'm just curious how the feedback loop works, because I map a lot of trails don't usually get much feedback. I am not opposed to the change at all, glad you did it, just wondering about the process. Thanks!

Hi Marc! I see this change comes via a DWG ticket. Just curious what that one was about? I surveyed the area four years back but did not see any signs about it being private. Certainly that could have changed now though.

Did a little digging here and found the road has been private in OSM for about six years. The surface type is set to gravel, which is more specific than 'unpaved' and that further limits any kind of routing along it. Also interestingly, it is legally named Ruxwood Road, just like the rest of Ruxwood Rd per Baltimore County record plat 52/14 although the county does not sign it. Do you get pass-through traffic along it?

Understood. I live in the neighborhood too. Out of curiosity, what made you decide to edit the road on OSM?

Hi there, Welcome to OSM! I see you've marked this little road as private, but switched it to a path and added some extra tags. What is the source of this info?

Ha, you came across a bunch of my edits importing military areas. At the time there was a protect_class 25 for military, but I see that it has been deprecated. Have you fixed them all or do I need to go and look for some?

To all that are following this changeset, I wanted to point out that there is now an ongoing discussion in the tagging mailing list.

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2020-November/056310.html

I am reviewing that, and the comments here--I haven't forgotten about this.