[OSM-dev] Thoughts on an enhanced GPX api

[Igor Brejc]

Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
Not only that, but GPS mapping is also the best "selling point" for 
future mapping enthusiasts: going outdoors and doing something in the 
real world, not just tracing over satellite imagery on your computer.

Igor

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