[OSM-talk] relating trace points to gpx files

[Nick Black]

On 7/24/06, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere at hungry.com> wrote:
>
> [Erik Johansson]
> > You should always create OSM data layers from a GPX file you yourself
> > have created. Never from traces that is downloaded from the server.
> > And I'm not quite sure why it's not strictly verboten. Imi?
>
> What a strange idea.  I've drawn most of Oslo based on GPS points
> downloaded from the server, and believe it is a very sensible way to
> create the OSM data layer.  Almost none of the GPS points gathered in
> Oslo have been collected by me, and I fail to see the problem with it.

Yes, infact we should encourage people to map based on other peoples
points as this significantly reduces the barrier to entry (owning a
GPS)

Nick

>
>
> _______________________________________________
> talk mailing list
> talk at openstreetmap.org
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
>