MassCartog have been discussed with 20 replies of this OpenStreetMap ContributorMassCartog have been discussed with 20 replies of this OpenStreetMap Contributor| Changeset | # | ⏱️ Last updated | Contributor | Comment |
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| 189520045 by MassCartog @ 2026-09-24 22:55 ~ 20 days ago | 1 | ~ 19 days ago | Winterfureternal ♦1 | I removed them because i felt like it was sort of unsafe to have that detail, but im not sure, im sort of new to this. |
| 181458347 by MassCartog @ 2026-04-17 13:27 ~ 5 months ago | 1 | ~ 4 months ago | Natfoot ♦163 | Hello could you explain the addition of https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1500240803Please respond in note https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?note=5308694 |
| 2 | ~ 4 months ago | MassCartog | The person in the note may not think it's a trail, and it may be trespass. But heatmap data shows a lot of people are using it either way. It's a strong bright line, not a mess of trails across a field. The aerial imagery in OSM Is not great there but even in some of the blurry photos you ... | |
| 3 | ~ 4 months ago | Natfoot ♦163 | Thank You | |
| 4 | ~ 2 months ago | Rimrocker ♦1 | Hi OSM Moderators. I could use your help to advise on the most appropriate tagging schema for some of the informal social paths flagged by this Changeset. I linked a few examples below which fall within the Tollgate Property Owners Association (TPOA). I represent the TPOA Board, and we are seeking a... | |
| 5 | ~ 1 month ago | Natfoot ♦163 | 1st. none of us are OSM Moderators. 2nd. suggest joining a working group meeting at OSM US https://openstreetmap.us/our-work/trails/ | |
| 186871687 by MassCartog @ 2026-08-03 13:43 ~ 2 months ago | 1 | ~ 2 months ago | ebrown@YLT ♦2 | A few of these trails do not exist on the ground anymore. I will be going out in the next couple weeks to clarify which ones are in fact nonexistent and will be deleting them. Do not re-add them when I do this as YLT has been try to close these trails for years (there are plenty of trails in the are... |
| 185845188 by MassCartog @ 2026-07-16 13:12 ~ 2 months ago | 1 | ~ 2 months ago | Wildsharky ♦1,146 | Revert of https://osmcha.org/changesets/185815022 |
| 184454556 by MassCartog @ 2026-06-23 01:21 ~ 3 months ago | 1 | ~ 3 months ago | mchaten ♦1 | I made this change when I was routed to this path on my bicycle as a detour for a bridge closure. This path does not currently exist and is easily verifiable from any recent street level view.As my change noted, this gate is chained. It most likely wasnt chained in the past. |
| 2 | ~ 3 months ago | MassCartog | Okay thanks for additional details. I've updated the path to be set private and added the gate as you described. Thanks! | |
| 185413322 by MassCartog @ 2026-07-09 14:54 ~ 3 months ago | 1 | ~ 3 months ago | MassCartog | Forgot comment, revert user that removed whole building and not just the business |
| 185224570 by MassCartog @ 2026-07-06 19:37 ~ 3 months ago | 1 | ~ 3 months ago | ajmat ♦598 | Revert of https://osmcha.org/changesets/185191529 |
| 2 | ~ 3 months ago | SBus24 ♦6 | Hello. The edits made to these driveways were done to correct a major routing safety issue. These are strictly private driveways, not public roads or throughways. Mapping them as public routing options is causing commercial/routing traffic to erroneously use them as turnarounds and stops, creating a... | |
| 3 | ~ 3 months ago | MassCartog | Hello thanks for the reply, yes completely removing these features violates mapping guidelines. I have restored them all. The first few changesets you made were correctly using the tagging system so its clear you knew how to use it. You have removed a lot of features that were already tagged cor... | |
| 4 | ~ 3 months ago | SBus24 ♦6 | Hello,Is there a reason only certain driveways and houses are being mapped while others are untouched? I think if a person needs driveways shouldn't they map every driveway and not pick and choose ? I think you are wrong to target certain houses. | |
| 5 | ~ 3 months ago | CAM-Gerlach_Repair ♦2,242 | Because either whatever volunteer contributor chose to map them happened to want to map those particular driveways (as is of course their fundamental right on OSM, to map whatever interests them within the scope of the project), or (perhaps more likely, judging by the examples I've seen) those ... | |
| 184985282 by MassCartog @ 2026-07-02 16:09 ~ 3 months ago | 1 | ~ 3 months ago | MassCartog | My part revert failed, reverted everything not just the two items I meant too. 29818083 and 1202624314 |
| 184396278 by MassCartog @ 2026-06-21 16:02 ~ 3 months ago | 1 | ~ 3 months ago | Jay Pantone ♦1 | Firetrucks and ambulences keep trying to use these roads, and they are impassable. Then they have to go back a different direction which takes a long time. This error is dangerous. |
| 2 | ~ 3 months ago | MassCartog | Hi welcome to OSM. Before the these roads were featured type "service road" with access set as public, that is why routing engines would route that way. They have since been updated to "driveway" feature type and there access tags have all been set to private.This means going... | |
| 183523134 by MassCartog @ 2026-06-02 00:31 ~ 4 months ago | 1 | ~ 4 months ago | MappingMore ♦770 | Revert of 183498248 |
| 182359845 by MassCartog @ 2026-05-07 23:08 ~ 5 months ago | 1 | ~ 5 months ago | MappingMore ♦770 | Revert of 182357419 |
| 182341560 by MassCartog @ 2026-05-07 14:21 ~ 5 months ago | 1 | ~ 5 months ago | MassCartog | Fixed this dragged node. |
| 181418660 by MassCartog @ 2026-04-16 15:02 ~ 5 months ago | 1 | ~ 5 months ago | Wildsharky ♦1,146 | Revert of 181413408 |
| 181275955 by MassCartog @ 2026-04-13 13:17 ~ 6 months ago | 1 | ~ 6 months ago | NPIJPF ♦2 | The reason is not invalid. The road is not connected, trees have been planted. |
| 2 | ~ 6 months ago | MassCartog | Hello thanks for the reply! Here is the reason you gave "The land-access road is for personal/private use only. It should not be on any mapping system, as cars are not allowed to drive on it. People try and connect to Starr Lane via 95 Cameron Way."This is in fact an invalid reason to ... | |
| 180966506 by MassCartog @ 2026-04-06 19:36 ~ 6 months ago | 1 | ~ 6 months ago | Wildsharky ♦1,146 | Revert of 180965464 |
| 180629245 by MassCartog @ 2026-03-30 13:00 ~ 6 months ago | 1 | ~ 6 months ago | Wildsharky ♦1,146 | Revert of 180609593 |
| 179310423 by MassCartog @ 2026-03-03 16:21 ~ 7 months ago | 1 | ~ 7 months ago | GreggK ♦1 | 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 | ~ 7 months ago | MassCartog | Hi GreggK, thanks for the reply, make sure to read the comment on the changeset here too:https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/179307397Trails 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 | ~ 7 months ago | GreggK ♦1 | Be advised, National Park Service Superintendent's Compendium - https://www.nps.gov/prwi/learn/management/park-superintendent-compendium-revised.htmSubsection 1.5 General Access Entering and exiting the park by other than established park maintained roads and trails which appear on the park... | |
| 4 | ~ 7 months ago | MassCartog | 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 ~ 7 months ago | 1 | ~ 7 months ago | MangoTheCorgo ♦1 | 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 | ~ 7 months ago | MassCartog | 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 ~ 8 months ago | 1 | ~ 8 months ago | MassCartog | user states this is gone. |
| 171338874 by MassCartog @ 2025-09-02 01:27 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 9 months ago | MassCartog | User michael60634 downvoted this commit in retaliation, nothing is wrong with it. |
| 170413635 by MassCartog @ 2025-08-14 01:08 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 9 months ago | MassCartog | User michael60634 downvoted this commit in retaliation, nothing is wrong with it. |
| 170355088 by MassCartog @ 2025-08-12 18:08 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 9 months ago | MassCartog | User michael60634 downvoted this commit in retaliation, nothing is wrong with it. |
| 176280856 by MassCartog @ 2025-12-22 20:22 ~ 9 months ago | 1 | ~ 9 months ago | MassCartog | Note I fixed power line mistake in next commit |
| 175674118 by MassCartog @ 2025-12-08 15:54 ~ 10 months ago | 1 | ~ 10 months ago | MassCartog | *service roads. |
| 175464170 by MassCartog @ 2025-12-03 21:14 ~ 10 months ago | 1 | ~ 10 months ago | Wyatt Sibilia ♦1 | 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 | ~ 10 months ago | Wyatt Sibilia ♦1 | 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 | ~ 10 months ago | Wyatt Sibilia ♦1 | 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 | ~ 10 months ago | MassCartog | 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 | ~ 10 months ago | Wyatt Sibilia ♦1 | 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 | ~ 10 months ago | MassCartog | 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 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | 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 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | B_Smith ♦2 | 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 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | 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 ~ 2 years ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | JeffMaps ♦7 | 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 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | 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 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | ANDREW_K_IN_MA ♦2 | 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 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | Hello, Please read the comment in your changeset here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/170588620 | |
| 170345725 by MassCartog @ 2025-08-12 14:37 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | TBONE545 ♦1 | I apologize! I must have removed it by accident. Thank you for fixing this! |
| 168930933 by MassCartog @ 2025-07-14 18:30 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | Too Tall Paul ♦1 | 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 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | 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 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | CurlingMan13 ♦2,101 | "Papa Lane" not "Papa Road"? |
| 2 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | 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 | ~ 1 year ago | CurlingMan13 ♦2,101 | It was blurry indeed. Another user left a note here saying it is Lane, so lets go with that. Thanks. | |
| 4 | ~ 1 year ago | Ellisboro_native ♦2 | 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 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | 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 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | JasonJJJJJJ ♦1 | 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 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | 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 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | CurlingMan13 ♦2,101 | Good catch --- #REVIEWED_GOOD #OSMCHA Published using OSMCha: https://osmcha.org/changesets/166484276 |
| 165641916 by MassCartog @ 2025-04-30 16:11 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | woodpeck ♦3,515 | 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 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | Please read for more information:https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Why_can%27t_I_delete_this_trail%3F |
| 2 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | conversion happened in DMs let me know if you need details. | |
| 164421354 by MassCartog @ 2025-04-02 13:21 ~ 1 year ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | Also removed a tail that's been closed due to erosion, its been rerouted, that trail still exists. |
| 2 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | conversion happened in DMs let me know if you need details. | |
| 154496730 by MassCartog @ 2024-07-27 19:01 ~ 2 years ago | 1 | ~ 1 year ago | gdt ♦60 | 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 | ~ 1 year ago | gdt ♦60 | 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 | ~ 1 year ago | gdt ♦60 | 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 | ~ 1 year ago | MassCartog | 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... |