[OSM-dev] smoothness data in gpx files for GPS tracks on osm.org?

Tom Hughes tom at compton.nu
Sun Jan 28 16:00:57 UTC 2018


On 28/01/18 07:59, Johannes wrote:

> Therefore a central data repository is needed.
> Do you think it's a good idea to store such enriched GPX data in the public GPS tracks repository on openstreetmap.org and make appropriate changes to the database schema and API so that these additional metadata are preserved when exporting GPX, so that on the one hand the GPS tracks can be made available to the public and on the other hand special client  software can visualize the vibration metadata.

Not really.

There are plenty of general purpose GPX repositories - the purpose of
the GPX tracks stored on osm.org is to support mapping and this doesn't
really seem to be useful for that.

Tom

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