23 Changesets created by MassCartog have been discussed with 15 replies of this OpenStreetMap Contributor
Changeset # ⏱️ Last updated Contributor Comment
179310423
by MassCartog
@ 2026-03-03 16:21
~ 5 days ago
1 ~ 3 days agoGreggK
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The trails are an illegal access to the park and are not maintained. The trails shown in the NE corner of the park are along a natural gas pipeline, are not maintained for foot access, have steep slopes, and are highly susceptible to erosion, and are not sustainable. The powerlines in the SW corner ...
2 ~ 2 days agoMassCartog Hi GreggK, thanks for the reply, make sure to read the comment on the changeset here too:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/179307397

Trails not being maintained / official / are dangerous in some way, are all not valid reason to remove them From OSM. There existence is what makes them val...
3 ~ 2 days agoGreggK
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Be advised, National Park Service Superintendent's Compendium - https://www.nps.gov/prwi/learn/management/park-superintendent-compendium-revised.htm

Subsection 1.5 General Access Entering and exiting the park by other than established park maintained roads and trails which appear on the park...
4 ~ 1 day agoMassCartog Great! Thanks for the info. Feel free to mark the informal trails tags according to your information! But they should not be removed from OSM. Thanks
178633500
by MassCartog
@ 2026-02-16 14:41
~ 20 days ago
1 ~ 20 days agoMangoTheCorgo
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Hey all, I'm not sure why we are labeling this road as emergency access. It seems like an odd edge case, so I figured we should open a discussion. This road is on private land (confirmed via GIS data), with gates at both ends. There is a sign where it connects to Lively Ranch Road that says &q...
2 ~ 19 days agoMassCartog Hey Mango, thanks for responding! I didn't label the road emergency access, I just restored it because it was removed for an invalid reason. We do in fact map private roads, there are millions of private roads mapped and removing them because they are on private land is incorrect.

If you ar...
177270437
by MassCartog
@ 2026-01-15 18:36
~ 1 month ago
1 ~ 1 month agoMassCartog user states this is gone.
171338874
by MassCartog
@ 2025-09-02 01:27
~ 6 months ago
1 ~ 2 months agoMassCartog User michael60634 downvoted this commit in retaliation, nothing is wrong with it.
170413635
by MassCartog
@ 2025-08-14 01:08
~ 6 months ago
1 ~ 2 months agoMassCartog User michael60634 downvoted this commit in retaliation, nothing is wrong with it.
170355088
by MassCartog
@ 2025-08-12 18:08
~ 6 months ago
1 ~ 2 months agoMassCartog User michael60634 downvoted this commit in retaliation, nothing is wrong with it.
176280856
by MassCartog
@ 2025-12-22 20:22
~ 2 months ago
1 ~ 2 months agoMassCartog Note I fixed power line mistake in next commit
175674118
by MassCartog
@ 2025-12-08 15:54
~ 3 months ago
1 ~ 3 months agoMassCartog *service roads.
175464170
by MassCartog
@ 2025-12-03 21:14
~ 3 months ago
1 ~ 3 months agoWyatt Sibilia
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Hi, thank you for your reply explaining your decision. I understand the value of data, but I will now explain why I believe removing it was correct for multiple reasons.

1. This trail is no longer visible in person. It was a seldom used social trail upwards of 10 years ago, and has had little to ...
2 ~ 3 months agoWyatt Sibilia
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If I need to provide photo evidence of the lack of trail, I can do so. But I have bushwacked this area many times mapping a new ideal trail, and so I believe that qualifies as local knowledge.
3 ~ 3 months agoWyatt Sibilia
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I hope my reply does not come across as rude, I am just trying to be thorough in my response. Let me know if you need more information
4 ~ 3 months agoMassCartog Hello, Thanks for the reply on! No, I don't think you're being rude.

I restored the path for two reasons:

1st: Your change set comet simply stated "unapproved social trail on private conservation property" without the other information you provided here. To me, this implies...
5 ~ 3 months agoWyatt Sibilia
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I understand that my original comment/reasoning did not make sense, so it was only right for you to correct it.

I am speaking from personal experience, as someone who tried to deliberately walk the old social trail to see if it was the best route for a new trail, that it is only clear when using...
6 ~ 3 months agoMassCartog Okay, I took your advice and visited this area. What I found is a trail exactly where it was expected. (I'm talking about osm.org/way/526531575)

The trail was visible enough that I had no problem running the whole thing back and forth, without checking the GPS once in low light just after su...
172837059
by MassCartog
@ 2025-10-04 16:02
~ 5 months ago
1 ~ 5 months agoMassCartog I reverted the whole changeset not just the mistakes, fixed it here https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/172837171
171505236
by MassCartog
@ 2025-09-05 15:27
~ 6 months ago
1 ~ 6 months agoB_Smith
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MassCartog, I see the note, but what was invalid about the reasons. I am working to correct the map, removing things like driveway to houses, and adding missing service roads within my neighborhood, that I have personal knowledge of. Why the mass revision?
2 ~ 6 months agoMassCartog Hi B_Smith thanks for the reply! I restored 3 valid features (the driveways), and I manually reviewed them all, I would not say that was a mass revision. I did not change any other features or changes you made, as they all seemed to be valid.

The reason it was invalid to remove these features is ...
155949248
by MassCartog
@ 2024-08-29 22:05
~ 1 year ago
1 ~ 6 months agoJeffMaps
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As part of this changeset a way #1312109595 was added in the Assabet Wildlife Refuge paralleling "Patrol Road" with a link out to Sudbury Rd by Woodland Way. This is in a area closed to public access (essentially all of the refuge west of White Pond Trail) . Is there some reason you marked...
2 ~ 6 months agoMassCartog Hi Jeff, Yes way 1312109595 exists on the ground, it is running paralleling to the Patrol Road. If you have reason to believe it's closed to the public, feel free to update the access tags. I didn't see a sign, but I might have missed it. It shows a lot of activity in the last 12 months. h...
167547424
by MassCartog
@ 2025-06-12 18:50
~ 8 months ago
1 ~ 6 months agoANDREW_K_IN_MA
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I am the owner of the property and do not want the trail on the map. It ends up on hiking maps and then I have to explain to people it is not public.
Thanks - had this discussion last time as well.
2 ~ 6 months agoMassCartog Hello, Please read the comment in your changeset here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/170588620
170345725
by MassCartog
@ 2025-08-12 14:37
~ 6 months ago
1 ~ 6 months agoTBONE545
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I apologize! I must have removed it by accident. Thank you for fixing this!
168930933
by MassCartog
@ 2025-07-14 18:30
~ 7 months ago
1 ~ 7 months agoToo Tall Paul
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The edits are correct. Would you like me to send you a survey? Furthermore, Idaho state law specially states that city streets can only exist on platted city land. How would you like to proceed?
2 ~ 7 months agoMassCartog Hello, welcome to OSM. The features you removed in this changeset are valid. Please don’t remove valid OSM data.

If the road ends at the city limit simply end the road at the city limit, but removing the land track and driveway features is incorrect.

You have a new account and might not ...
167423022
by MassCartog
@ 2025-06-10 01:19
~ 8 months ago
1 ~ 8 months agoCurlingMan13
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"Papa Lane" not "Papa Road"?
2 ~ 8 months agoMassCartog I'm going off the the Bing StreetSide photo, its blurry but pretty sure that's what it says. I cant find this as an official road anywhere else. Seems like a driveway someone put up a road sign at, but not sure so I put the name back. If you think the blur says road we can change it.
3 ~ 8 months agoCurlingMan13
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It was blurry indeed. Another user left a note here saying it is Lane, so lets go with that. Thanks.
4 ~ 8 months agoEllisboro_native
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It was a novelty sign from previous owner years ago it is not a real street sign remove this name from my private driveway
5 ~ 8 months agoMassCartog Thanks for the clarification, I see you already removed it, updated the road type to a private driveway.
167466768
by MassCartog
@ 2025-06-10 23:09
~ 8 months ago
1 ~ 8 months agoJasonJJJJJJ
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It isn't technically a road there at all which is why I removed it. It gives the impression there is access there when there is not.
2 ~ 8 months agoMassCartog Hello! Welcome to OSM. So even though its not a through road, it does seem to exist on the ground as a dead end road. It should only be removed if its been completely demolished and does not exist at all on the ground anymore. But it leads to two driveways so that seems unlikely.

Normally just pu...
166484276
by MassCartog
@ 2025-05-19 15:55
~ 9 months ago
1 ~ 9 months agoCurlingMan13
♦2,087
Good catch
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#REVIEWED_GOOD #OSMCHA
Published using OSMCha: https://osmcha.org/changesets/166484276
165641916
by MassCartog
@ 2025-04-30 16:11
~ 10 months ago
1 ~ 10 months agowoodpeck
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The driveway connecting 111th and 107th has been removed again by the owner, and a complaint lodged with DWG as Ticket #2025050710000421. I reverted the deletion and explained to them that access=private is sufficient to deter trespassers.
164304655
by MassCartog
@ 2025-03-30 20:42
~ 11 months ago
1 ~ 11 months agoMassCartog Please read for more information:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Why_can%27t_I_delete_this_trail%3F
2 ~ 10 months agoMassCartog conversion happened in DMs let me know if you need details.
164421354
by MassCartog
@ 2025-04-02 13:21
~ 11 months ago
1 ~ 11 months agoMassCartog Also removed a tail that's been closed due to erosion, its been rerouted, that trail still exists.
2 ~ 10 months agoMassCartog conversion happened in DMs let me know if you need details.
154496730
by MassCartog
@ 2024-07-27 19:01
~ 1 year ago
1 ~ 11 months agogdt
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Garner Road geometry looks off now, less wiggly than it seems, and not following L3 parcels. I have not figured out if updated in this changeset or not.
2 ~ 11 months agogdt
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Actually, looks like OSM matches MassGIS so surely this was wrongstanding. Sorry for commenting before checking and nevermind. (I should go check but it has nothing to do with your changes.)
159550541
by MassCartog
@ 2024-11-24 21:24
~ 1 year ago
1 ~ 11 months agogdt
♦53
Please be careful editing trail geometry in Stow. I have been surveying many of them with RTK GNSS and think my data is good to better than 1 m. I try to put that in the changeset comments. (I am not saying you mis-edited anything here; some of them I have not done and those could use improveme...
2 ~ 11 months agoMassCartog Thanks! Noted. For existing mapped trails I make sure to use MassGIS LIDAR imagery as my 1st source. Then if the trails are not clearly visible with lidar, Ill use the Strava Heatmap data with hundreds of combined and averaged GPS traces, not just from my GPS device. I don't use my phone.

Fo...