[OSM-newbies] Did somebody put the milky way in OSM?

[Andy Robinson]

On 16/03/2008, Andrew Allison <andrew.allison at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello:
>
>         I been reading,(well only about 5 months of email archive) It looks
>  like a huge amount of gps coordinates have been put on the OSM map
>  server. Is there some way to remove them, or clean up the area?
>
>         This area for example is some small apartment buildings so I can't
>  fathom what all these points are doing there
>
>
>  North West London, Ontario, Canada
>
>  42.9930772 N    -81.296802
>
>         Andrew
>
>         New to the game but hanging in there so far.
>
Welcome Andrew,
GPS trackpoints (GPX files) are imported into the OSM database and
stay there unless the original uploader deletes the original file.
However we encourage all to upload and keep their GPS tracks on the
server since they provide verification of where the streets are.

In this instance you are almost certainly looking at the location of
one of the OSM Users. The dense point cloud will be the beginning/or
end of a log or if the User has had their unit turned on and logging
in the same location for a while.

I have a similar point cloud where I live. I think of it as my homing beacon ;-)

Cheers

Andy (blackadder)

Andy Robinson