Random thoughts from mapping a new task area

This is a random collection of thoughts from the last project of mapping a new area for emergency services. In OSM there’s always a desire to w...

It was a dark and stormy night

It was a dark and stormy night - no, not THAT dark and stormy night, but still a challenging situation! Imagine an emergency services reponder bei...

US Rail Crossing Statistics

Out of curiosity, I pulled some statistics on the US Rail network. This does cross into a bit of Canada and Mexico where the GeoFabrik extract ap...

Maproulette Rail Crossings completion

The group of railroad crossing challenges listed in the previous diary entries is now complete. Many people worked on these challenges to make thi...