[OSM-talk] Quality of Sirf star 3 tracks disappointing...

Nick Black nickblack1 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 10 09:20:17 BST 2006


On 7/10/06, Emil Vaughan <emil79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just started recording tracks with a Sirf Star 3 GPS sending data
> to my N80 phone, and recording it with GEtrack (python isn't available
> yet for my phone) - and I'm a bit annoyed to find my tracks are all
> over the place, and only rarely seem to coincide with the roads
> already in osmeditor...  So do I need to get a proper GPS unit......?
> I haven't made my tracks public as they are so bad!
>
> Also, most of the roads near me are not named - can I name them ?
> (from memory, not from a map of course). Do I need a photo of the
> street sign before I can name them?

Emil: Are you mapping in an urban area or in the countryside?

Nick




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