[OSM-talk] Speeding

[Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany)]

On Thursday 30 November 2006 09:48, Nick Black wrote:
> Just because you're paranoid, Scott...
>
> Indeed, this is a real concern and one that is taken seriously by the OSM
> admin.  When you upload a track, you can select "Public".  This allows
> other users to see your traces using a URL like:
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/traces/user/Nickb
>
> If you do not check the "Public" box, your traces cannot be seen to the
> public.  Traces need to be tagged with a particular user because of
> copyright issues.  A malicious individual could traces a road off google
> maps, convert it to GPX and upload it.  OSM needs a way to remove all of
> this users traces in such an event.  Individual privacy is also considered,
> which is why all data in planet.osm is anonymysed.
>
> Am I wrong in thinking that there is a script floating around that fiddles
> with the GPX timestamps to prevent deriving speed anyway?


That's my point to jump in ;-)

osmfilter.pl 

is one of the scripts that does something like you describe.