Update

Since my previous entry, much work has been accomplished! Thanks primarily to Omnific and RoadGeek_99, the vast majority of the buildings within Pinedale proper now have their footprint added to the map. I have been busy collecting addresses & as much other information about the buildings as I can. While there is still much mapping to be done (is it possible for an area to actually be fully mapped? I tend to think not as you can quite literally map trees…), the improvements to the area already are huge.

What Needs to Be Done

While I have been able to add most of the addresses to the densely populated areas of town, there are still several more sparse subdivisions & other areas that are completely untouched. There are also a few buildings within town that I missed, was unable to find an address for, or were otherwise not properly surveyed.

There are also some areas that have no building footprints added yet. They are almost exclusively outside the town administrative boundary but are addressed as in Pinedale. Additionally, there is a strip of buildings & businesses just off of Pine Street (the “buffer” between residential & business) that remain to be mapped (mostly they just need addressing & other tags added).

While not part of my declared goals, there are also lots of other features that are unmapped such as sidewalks, road signs, land uses, etc. Many of these can be mapped just from the Bing imagery but many will also require a proper survey.

Other

As part of my work on this project I have (re)discovered the loc_name tag. It is a wonderful tag that lets mappers distinguish between an official and colloquial name for a feature. I have been able to use it twice already.

I have mentioned Omnific and RoadGeek_MD99, but thanks also to Piskvor for working on the New Fork & Green rivers and Pine Creek. Waterway mapping is probably one of my least favorite parts of contributing to OSM as it is (in my opinion) rather boring.