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Re:OpenStreetMap proven to be a highly accurate map in top U... by sorenjan on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @06:56PM (#26084177)
Strava even has their own fork of the OSM online editor iD[0], that uses the heatmap data to align (or "slide" [1]) paths to where people have been. I haven't used it in a while, it was pretty slow when I did and I don't know about licensing etc, but it looks like it still works. So if you want to add the trails you could try it out.

[0] https://strava.github.io/iD

[1] https://labs.strava.com/slide/

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Re:OpenStreetMap proven to be a highly accurate map in top U... by reportingsjr on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @09:37PM (#26085178)
Slide unfortunately hasn't worked for years. Not long after Paul Mach, who created slide, left strava, there was that whole national security incident with the heat map.

The heat map was changed to hide military bases, etc, but it broke slide and no one cared enough to fix it.

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Re:OpenStreetMap proven to be a highly accurate map in top U... by c0nsumer on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @12:03AM (#26085896)
This is incredibly unfortunate because Slide is ideal for mapping trails in the woods. Lacking something like it I end up tracing them by hand, which is a pain. (I do a lot of trail mapping in Michigan.)
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