[OSM-talk] Easy to use system for countryside surveying

DavidD thewinch at gmail.com
Sat Aug 16 23:59:22 BST 2008


2008/8/16 Nick Whitelegg <Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk>:

> A track simplification algorithm could be applied and ways generated from
> the GPS trace automiatically. This could then be uploaded to OSM for a
> more expert user (who could subscribe to an RSS feed to inform them of
> such uploads in their area) to refine the way, i.e. remove extraneous
> points and connect the auto-generated way to existing ways.

How would that work with tracks like these?

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/1062/81194205lu0.png
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8888/64915628hx4.png
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/300/39116477hh7.png

Either because I got lost or because it was easier to walk around the
boundary of a field than straight across it.
I don't think gpx traces contain anywhere near enough info on their
own to produce a decent map.

-- 
DavidD




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