[Openstreetmap] GPS point submission format
SteveC
steve at fractalus.com
Wed Nov 10 16:42:18 GMT 2004
* Matt Amos (matt at matt-amos.uklinux.net) wrote:
> > The database can be created periodically from the data stored on
> > the server.
>
> imho, this is a very good idea. if we store raw gps data in the most
> basic form (flat files) then it can be backed up or imported into
> other projects more easily.
This is fine, but I chose to go the MySQL way since I expect the laptop
to die (battery-wise) often and don't want to sanity check the data or
worry about commits myself, but leave it to the database to worry about
(in the even of a write error on power-off or whatever).
have fun,
SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/
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