[talk-au] Camping/rest stop POIs

[Darren Osborne]

This week I was clearing through my list of GPX files that I had  
recorded over the past 18 months.

Amongst them was a zipped folder of POIs I received about a year or  
so ago. The data is free from copyright and is associated with a book  
about camping.

It took some work as they were .wpt files, which had to be  
reformatted, converted to GPX and then to OSM/XML format.

Needless to say they're all uploaded.

However, I have noticed there were a few 'errors' in the data. For  
example, rest stops were listed as campgrounds, some co-ords are  
slightly out. There has also been a few incidences of duplication.

Overall though, I believe it's added to the map, even if there is  
some post-upload quality control now needed.

Therefore, if in your mapping adventures you notice that one of these  
is not correct, please adjust it as you see necessary.

If any one else has a copyright free wpt files that they would like  
to upload, I'm happy to assist.

BTW - There are sets of speed and redlight cameras POI files around.  
Have they been uploaded yet?

Darren

Darren Osborne
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