[OSM-dev] Thoughts on an enhanced GPX api

[Richard Fairhurst]

Frederik Ramm wrote:
> To be honest, I think that GPS traces are horribly overrated and 
> will only further diminish in importance for OSM. I wouldn't spend 
> a lot of time reinventing anything to do with GPS traces.

Why's that?

For those of you in countries with NMAs that release things, or in urban
areas where there's satellite imagery, maybe you can do without them. But in
95% of the British land mass there is no other way of mapping.

Personally I'd like to see _more_ emphasis on going out there with a GPS,
and less on "oh, we'll find an import" or "oh, you can do it from satellite
imagery". OSM as an agglomeration of imports is little more than one of
those terrible "geodata catalogs" that seem to be discussed interminably on
OSGeo mailing lists.

cheers
Richard
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