[Openstreetmap] expiring GPS tracks after 30 days

[SteveC]

* @ 26/05/05 10:22:52 AM tom at tom-carden.co.uk wrote:
> Some background: GPS trails are just one planned way to get data into OSM, 
> other methods are in development. For example, tracing out of copyright 
> maps.  GPS tracks are a good sanity check if we're annotating old maps, and 
> they give a great idea about where we should focus (we want maps first 
> where we have lots of activity), but they aren't the be all and end all.

/agree with all this

I shouldn't have said it was a space issue, because it isn't, but it
does slow the applet down (its the slowest thing in it) grabbing points
that people may be layering on top of other peoples tracks continually


> There are interface solutions to this problem too (like offering check 
> boxes for available trails), but I think expiring trails correctly places 
> the emphasis on annotating and translating raw data into maps, not on 
> storing people's daily movements.  On the wiki, Lars has suggested a 
> separate repository for GPS trails - how would that work?

instead of expiring them entirely, we can make it that the server won't
give them to the applet any more, but they can still be got from a
webpage, or something

have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/