[OSM-talk] Raw GPS layer

[Mark Williams]

Stephen Hope wrote:
> This would be good.  But even better, let me select a portion of a
> track log and upload it.  My track logs tend to be a nightmarish
> tangle, with possibly hours of stuff before, after and during the
> interesting bits.  I can use them because I was there, and know where
> I went, when and why (this is why I take notes).  But somebody looking
> at the raw track would actually be confusing, and possibly wrong.
> 
> However - bits that I'm actually mapping tend to be much better -
> actually tracking roads, paths etc.  If I could easily select the bad
> bits of the track log (just points) in JOSM and remove them, then
> upload the rest, I'd be willing to put them up.
> 
> I keep meaning to go back over my old track logs (all of which I have)
> and clean them up with some 3rd party tool, bit I always seem to have
> new stuff to work on instead.
> 
> On 22/02/2008, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>>  I think we should provide a track upload facility within JOSM. I
>>  started work on that once but got distracted, maybe its time to
>>  revisit that.
>>
> 
> Stephen

One other point is that a track layer will highlight all our homes in a
very public way; at present you have to download something eg josm + GPX
trackdata to see this at a meaningful scale (ie not Potlatch, for this
purpose). This effectively reduces the casual browsers chance of
noticing the possibility, but posting it publicly hangs out a banner.

I am aware of at least one user with a node marking his home, so we
don't all care, but it's worth considering first!

Also, I don't really see the utility of this, even after reading the
preceding posts. You can't use the data from a visual map of traces for
much, and areas where doubt exists eg changes to roads, will have a mass
of new & old to make a mess there...

Mark