[OSM-talk] Route/flight tag

[Paul Youlten]

Yer but, no; but, yer but...: Ferry routes don't "represent any aspect 
of the physical landscape" either - but you wouldn't want to miss them 
from OSM would you?

...and, seeing as GPS trace size is mostly a function of time; my flight 
from LGW to ALC (2 hours) will use up much less server space than the 
Plymouth-Santander ferry (21 hours).

I am not saying render it - just allow it to be collected.

PY

 
Andy Robinson wrote:
> There is no justification for GPS traces collected in the air making their
> way into OSM. They do not represent any aspect of the physical landscape
> that we are mapping (other than once the aircraft has landed). It would be
> easy to add a small note on the upload page to confirm to users that GPS
> traces from the skies are not wanted and will only confuse and if
> appropriate a link away from OSM to a better repository for their traces if
> one exists.
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> Cheers
>
> Andy
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> Andy Robinson
> Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>> bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Dave
>> Sent: 28 November 2006 11:08 AM
>> To: Paul Youlten
>> Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Route/flight tag
>>
>> On 11/28/06, Paul Youlten <paul.yellowikis at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 	I think it has value to OSM - just think of the thousands of people
>> that
>> 	fly every day.
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>> 	Clearly there is a lot of variation in the flight paths - but with
>> 	enough data, combined with altitude information you could make a
>> useful
>> 	map for people thinking of buying a house near an airport (for
>> example).
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>> The problem is that there isn't any obvious way at the moment to exclude
>> sources of GPS data when you ask for points for a region. Coupled with
>> people who see a GPS track and segment it without knowing anything about
>> the area, you could end up with some interesting maps being formed. I think
>> there's someone flying around SW london in a helicopter judging by some of
>> the tracks there are here... and as someone who's trying to map the area
>> under the heathrow approach path, if this whole GPS on a plane thing gets
>> popular, it's gonna make it difficult to see what's going on, london's a
>> mess as it is, but with the way the planes just go round and round and
>> round waiting to land, most of SE England would look like a roundabout ;-)
>>
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