USFS Recreation Sites

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mt_kim

• June 27, 2021 13:22

On a recent drive in the Kootenai Nation Forest, Montana, I discovered that a fire lookout/rental cabin was incorrectly mapped. On the Gaiagps - USFS Recreation Sites layer, Webb Mountain Lookout is mapped at 48.84583 -115.35833. This is the location given on the USFS web page for the lookout, so they have it wrong. The actual location is 48.81798 -115.34385, about 2-miles to the south.

Noticed another error also a USFS problem; Little Therriault Lake, a campground and lake access I've stayed at, is mapped at 48.943439 -115.889317. The actual location is 48.94327 -114.88919, about 45.4 miles to the east.

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  Jay Crooker

  • June 30, 2021 15:35

  Hi there,
  
  Thanks for using Gaia GPS.
  
  Gaia Topo, as well as several other sources in the app, are based on OpenStreetMap data, an Open-source and public mapping project.
  
  You can actually contribute to OSM in order to add trails and features to the map. Read more about this and find instructions here: Contribute to OpenStreetMap
  
  If you decide to contribute any updates to OpenStreetMap, you'll see the changes in Gaia GPS in two to three weeks.

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