[talk-au] Mapping tracks from Strava heatmap

[Tom Brennan]

Sorry, my bad! I should have linked the "track" on the other side of 
Whalania Creek:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/963735356

cheers
Tom
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Canyoning? try http://ozultimate.com/canyoning
Bushwalking? try http://bushwalkingnsw.com

On 26/02/2023 8:20 pm, forster at ozonline.com.au wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Am I missing something? I looked at way 952248376 and found a user 
> Pieseczek with 2 changesets and 4 new ways over a year old. If there was 
> any reference to Strava heat maps then I missed it. Is there any 
> indication whether Pieseczek is resident in Australia apart from the 
> likely origin of the name?
> 
> If the ways are solely based on heatmaps, they should be deleted because 
> they can not be ground truthed. But they appear to map ridge lines. Were 
> they made from the satellite photos or contours? Ridge lines can be 
> ground truthed and belong on OSM.
> 
> I agree with Cleary on mapping of illegal trails but that may not be 
> relevant in this case.
> 
> Tony
> 
>> Do people have a view on the armchair mapping of tracks from Strava 
>> heatmaps?
>>
>> I can see a bunch of tracks in Kanangra-Boyd NP that have been mapped
>> by an overseas mapper off Strava heatmap.
>>
>> They almost certainly don't exist on the ground. They are known
>> bushwalking routes (off track), but would be very unlikely to have a
>> track even in good times, let along after the fires and 3 years of La
>> Nina!
>>
>> Example:
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/952248376
>>
>> cheers
>> Tom
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>> Bushwalking? try http://bushwalkingnsw.com
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