[OSM-dev] Filtering OSM data on the server

[Andreas Volz]

Am Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:02:45 +0100 schrieb Andreas Volz:

> Hello,
> 
> Some minutes ago I uploaded an GPX to OSM. I've forgotten to filter
> the data with gpsbabel before upload. Because of this I had an idea.
> 
> Downloading raw points from OSM needs a lot of time in some regions.
> So why not filtering the raw points on the server? I could think of
> two scenarios:
> 
> Scenario 1) A periodic process on the server filters all uploaded raw
> data. Settings for filtering could be e.g. 5m distance. Other settings
> could be discussed about. The filtered points are really removed from
> the database. (They're still available in the uploaded gpx files.)
> 
> Scenario 2) The raw points are filtered on the server before the
> downloading (e.g. in JOSM). No points are deleted. This costs some
> server load, but perhaps the save of bandwidth worth it.
> 
> I think there's no information lost if the data is filtered with some
> smart settings. There're some highways where're so many points that
> it looks like a big line and not like individual points. :-)
> 
> What do you think about this?

No coments? Is this idea so bad?

regards
Andreas