[talk-au] Mapping tracks from Strava heatmap

[Tom Brennan]

Sounds like the general consensus is:
- Strava heatmap is good for aligning *existing* tracks
- Strava shouldn't be used for the creation of new tracks without some 
ground truthing.

cheers
Tom
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On 26/02/2023 6:19 pm, Tom Brennan wrote:
> 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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