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

[Emil Vaughan]

On 7/10/06, Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>

No central London.....

Emil