[OSM-talk] relating trace points to gpx files

Nick Black nickblack1 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 12 01:04:19 BST 2006


On 7/12/06, Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se> wrote:
> Etienne wrote:
>
> > For privacy reasons, once tracklogs have been uploaded to the
> > server it is not possible to tell which points come from which
> > log file,
>
> This mantra is being repeated so often, that it is almost becoming
> a truth.

What do you mean?  The reason tracklogs aren't public is because of
legal concerns , mainly relating to future contraints of the Freedom
of Information Act.  It isnt a Mantra - its a legal opinion.

NIck
>
> > unless the user has explicity marked them as public, and even
> > then you can only get this information by finding their original
> > track log file, not via the applet.
>
> Is the lack of support really limited to the edit applet?  Does
> the API provide support for tracing the tracklog file for
> individual trackpoints?
>
>
> --
>   Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
>   Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se
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