[OSM-talk] GPS scribble in JOSM

[Ed Davies]

On 9/4/06, Ed Davies <edavies at nildram.co.uk> wrote:
>> When I download some GPS data from OSM into JOSM they
>> come out as scribble lines.  E.g., here's a screenshot
>> of tracklogs downloaded half an hour or so ago for the
>> Basingstoke area: ....

For some reason this message and a few others by other people from a
few days ago have reappeared in the digest.  Spooky.

Adam Cripps replied:
> I have a feeling that may be some traces of mine, which will have been
> uploaded some time ago. The traces were taken at different times,
> hence the jumps. <hangs head in shame for not wiping his GPS unit more
> regularly>

I don't think extra traces are a problem unless they're not
along highways (e.g., they're of going across fields) which
might be a bit confusing when somebody comes to mark up ways.

Also, I just happened to use the Basingstoke data as an
example.  I've seen the same problem in Reading and High
Wycombe.

> I've now made those traces private, so perhaps refreshing your
> download will look cleaner?

I wouldn't worry about it.  It's not specific to your data.

Ed.