I am not relying on the imagery too heavily. I did not map these trails until I did a GPS trace several months ago, so that I could be more confident in what I was seeing on imagery.

I compared the imagery from 2021 and 2024, and where the trails are clearly visible on both, there appears to be essentially no change to their alignment. If you look at a road that has many traces, it appears that the NYS imagery is well aligned, with the median track following the road well. Therefore, it is likely that the GPS trace here is not entirely accurate, especially since the elevation changes and tree cover in this preserve will cause distortions in the readings.

In this case, I believe the previous detail in almost all places was sufficient. There were a couple places where I benefited from your GPS track in addition to mine, and I incorporated those changes. But please, overfitting to GPS when there was already a good level of detail does not improve the data quality.

Also, I did not change the geometry of the path by Avalon. I only split the way and modified the part that was in the woods. The part that went on the grass, that you said went through the parking lot, was added by you and not touched by anyone else.

I do appreciate the work that you are doing, as you have done quite a few good GPS traces and added trails that weren't there at all before. But I also put quite a bit of effort into this park to make sure things were accurate, and I don't want that to go to waste.