[OSM-dev] Bugged GPX parser?

[Richard Fairhurst]

Nick Whitelegg wrote:

> Not sure about "EVER"! :-)
>
> e.g. what if you got lost when trying to map a footpath, then later find
> your way, you might want to chop off your diversion so that some later
> user doesn't try and draw a path over your track!
>
> Likewise if I'm mapping an area and searching out footpaths, I might end
> up going 1/2 mile along a road in order to (unsuccessfully) find a
> footpath. If the road is already mapped, I might chop out this diversion
> so I get a nice aesthetically-pleasing circular track :-)

So maybe we are an artistic work for licensing purposes after all. ;)

Seriously, I'd contend it doesn't matter. People shouldn't be mapping  
just from GPXs without any knowledge of the area anyway.

cheers
Richard