[OSM-talk] Anonymous edits

[Richard Fairhurst]

David James wrote:

> [1 node per 500m]
> Are you saying that is too dense or too sparse?

Too sparse - it might be passable for basic routing purposes but,  
unless the road is straight, looks lousy on a map.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Editing_Standards_and_Conventions#Accuracy

If your GPS has faithfully recorded the shape of a curve, it's a shame  
to lose this information when you put it on the map. If clicking a lot  
of points is too much hassle (which I can entirely understand!), there  
are tools available to simplify your raw track - Potlatch's "convert  
track" mode, and gpsbabel filters for JOSM users.

cheers
Richard