[Openstreetmap] Editor question

[Tom Carden]

On 1/25/06, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net> wrote:
>
> Country roads are mapped in conditions of perfect GPS reception and are
> junction-light (per mile travelled). Being able to pick up a 100-mile
> track of a motorway drive, and turn it into a mapped road, is a real
> time-saver. This is _especially_ true of B-roads, canals etc., which
> are also bend-heavy...
>

Ah but "pick it up" and "turn it into" are entirely compatible with my
suggestion that *converting* GPS tracks into nodes/lines if they look
right is a good idea.  It's the offline/automatic this and that which
is setting my alarm bells ringing.

Tom.