[OSM-newbies] GPS inaccuracy
Richard Owlett
rowlett at atlascomm.net
Tue Jun 9 12:01:46 BST 2009
David Read wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I did my first track last night using my GPS and was surprised to see the trace wandering far from the road I was supposed to be on. See the yellow line here:
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=25q662s&s=5
> I was cycling in a pretty straight line down the road I can assure you! Yet the line goes up to 20m either side of the map line.
>
> Anyway, I did this with my Nokia 95 and WhereAmI+ software (will try Sports Tracker next too), but this wild result doesn't seem good enough to do mapping with.
>
> Is this because I have a rubbish GPS receiver or could it be that the buildings of Islington are causing sufficient reflection/disturbance to the signal?
>
> David
>
>
Take a look at links on http://users.erols.com/dlwilson/gps.html
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