Changeset: 90304729
added Shawangunk Ridge and Kittaninny Ridge
Closed by solongago
Tags
created_by | JOSM/1.5 (16812 en) |
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source | National Wetland Inventory |
Discussion
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Comment from ke9tv
I have some misgivings about the labeling here. In partcular, way https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/843528301 is simply not the Shawangunk Ridge according to my understanding.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/843528303 looks all right as far as Roosa Gap, but it veers to the west and follows the divide between the river basins, which is no longer the Shawangunk Ridge. The local naming instead brings the Shawangunk Ridge up through Shawangunk Ridge State Forest (surprise!), and through Sam's Point, MInnewaska State Park, and the Mohonk Preserve down into Rosendale. When climbers talk about going to "the 'Gunks", the Minnewaska area is usually what they mean.
The line to the north is part of the Catskill Divide that separates the basins of the Hudson and Delaware. It's a significant ridge and deserves mapping - particularly farther to the north, at least as far as Grand Gorge or Stamford. Beyond that, it would hit an ambiguous flat section. The wetland in Whiting Hollow drains in both directions. A hydrologist could probably work out a dividing line, but I surely can't!
The separation between the Shawangunks and Catskills is, of course, indefinite, but pretty much everyone would say that once you're inside the Catskill Park, you're no longer in the Shawangunks.
Also, was this import discussed anywhere? I've had major data quality issues with the USFWS wetland inventory farther north; is it any better where you are? I don't recall seeing anything on the 'imports' or 'talk-us' mailing lists about it.
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