Features

Dataset

Community

 Data Collection & Entry

Data Maintenance & Sharing

Data Display

Applications and features for Users

Agencies and third parties can build maps and applications off of the database. We can prioritize the needs of users and creating features in applications that meet those needs.

Federate and open the dataset

Standards and open availability will help the dataset grow. Leveraging tools that help lower maintenance cost and broaden the community. 

Regional data collection

Like a houseplant to survive it needs to be watered. Regional Planning Agencies together can play a critical role in achieving a comprehensive and up-to-date dataset

What is Trailmap

MAPC manages a dataset and website to help track the implementation of the Landline Vision Plan  

It's that dataset and website we call Trailmap

trailmap.mapc.org

Statewide Database Goals

Resource for agencies and advocates to coordinate expansion of trails network in MA

Comprehensive and up-to-date dataset of all trails and paths in MA

A resource for residents to plan trips and activities on MA trails and paths

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Not Currently Database Goals

A resource for tracking trips and personal progress

Best resource for planning outdoor trips and activities on trials and paths

Like a houseplant...

web services survive when cared for

Community Data Collection & Entry

Collaborative open source communities are relied on, to care for many of the key components that underpin the web's services

There are a number of tools that help facilitate collaboration

by lowering the cost of coordinating

Well one magic weapon that is available to support collaboration is track changes on steroids... git

Version control is key to quickly managing and resolving edits. It allows for lowered coordination costs and high value of return.

Another is agreements & licensing. Documenting and articulating governance is an important component to structuring a community.

Often we fill out forms to tell of edits.

How do we make more "Show...Not Tell"?

Editing Together

Example of Spatial Editing

Together as a community, we can maintain an up-to-date, comprehensive dataset of all trails and paths in MA 

It will require some new tools and commitment

Considered Earth's most valuable resource

it's all about the data

Data Maintenance & Sharing

We have touched on the tools that allow for a community to collaborate & edit a dataset. 

If data is open, standard, and available... new possibilities arise.

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If open, standard, and available, additional parties can leverage the data to reach the residents and help them planning outdoor trips and activities

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If open, standard, and available,

not just private parties would benefit if leveraged it could inform:

What about improving what users see... the "light fixtures".

So far, this sounds like the wiring behind the wall...

Data Display

Home and Supplemental Pages

Tooltip and Trail Page Info

Filters and Search

Map Markers and Trail Display

Basemap and Icon Display

User Accounts and Inputs

Users Decide

What Features

Are Included