[Openstreetmap-dev] Re: [Openstreetmap] upload, applet

Tom Carden tom at tom-carden.co.uk
Wed Oct 5 09:35:02 BST 2005


Tom Carden wrote:
> However, I would prefer that people upload their GPS logs before
> processing them.

Just to clarify this point... I mean I would prefer that we have as much
raw data as possible at our disposal, and that the job of an OSM client is
to enable the creation of map vectors and metadata from that raw data.  If
your OSM client opens a local GPX file, simplifies it and then uploads it
to OSM, without knowing what already exists as vectors on OSM and without
comparison to OSM's other GPS points and image sources, I think it isn't
really an OSM client.

Ideally, an OSM client will deal with multiple image data sources (from
arbitrary map servers, including our own), multiple points of interest
(e.g. from arbitrary geo RSS feeds, wikipedia, etc), and other stuff too
(shape files, GML, anything out of copyright).  It will also deal with
sorting and simplifying GPS track logs from multiple contributors, over a
long period of time.  No OSM client does this yet, of course.

Best,

Tom.





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