[OSM-newbies] placing a POI at a precise location

Phil! Gold phil_g at pobox.com
Tue Apr 5 00:40:47 BST 2011


* Steve Doerr <doerr.stephen at gmail.com> [2011-04-04 23:32 +0100]:
> Perhaps. The way you've done it, the final position is only as
> accurate as your ability to 'drop' a new icon on to your waypoint.

Note that GPS points have a certain degree of inaccuracy to them, as
well.  Most consumer-grade GPSes aren't going to do better than 3-meter
accuracy, and might well be worse for any given reading.

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