[OSM-talk] potlatch and gps data with no time stamp

[Nicola Ranaldo]

On Tuesday 26 June 2007 18:04:36 Richard Fairhurst wrote:

> > I'll use this time schema in the future, but i have a doubt: if i upload
> > several gpx of the same area both timed with "epoch +x", they may appear
> > mixed? the same may happen if several users not faking time tracks upload
> > traces taked in the same hours (imagine a mapping party) ?
>
> No, you'll be ok in that case. It actually does "ORDER BY fileid
> DESC,timestamp", so they're grouped by GPX file first, timestamp second.

Good, how is usually detected when a gpx files ends and a new begin to avoid 
the connection from the last point to the first one of the new file?

> > Howewer, returning to the original issue, in the mean time may you
> > implement an option in potlatch to hide lines between points as done in
> > other editors?
>
> Hm, could have a look but I'm not 100% sure it'll work easily; Flash
> doesn't actually have a 'point' primitive, only lines. I guess drawing
> a very very short line might work, but I'll have to see how well it
> works.

Thanks! hoping it will work well as for nodes, becouse this would result in 
another important benefit too as having a lots of small gps points in dense 
area helps in correcting gps errors.

Best Regards

	Nicola Ranaldo