One things that Adventurer's Project does is supports the Buckeye Trail Association. The chapters are requested to take on the mission of the BTA with providing outdoor recreation, education and access to the varied natural resources according to http://www.buckeyetrail.org/chapters.php.
I interpret that as the chapters could appoint a digital cartographer to be a liaison to the Digital Mapping Subcommittee. In our efforts, I would appoint myself at the moment. Our digital cartography is already pretty far along.
One of the things that I'm working on is getting waypoints for everything mentioned in the Road Fork Section - Buckeye Trail (North Country concurrent) map & guides. When they were published in those paper documents, their distances mentioned were measured by a surveyor's wheel. As I understand, there's no digital equivalent for their positions yet. Whipple's are already done.
I used Google Earth Pro's internet search and satellite imagery to plot as many places as I could find from the desk. Then I made a list of the ones that I didn't find so that later, I could go down trail and waypoint them in person with a dedicated GPS.
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