[OSM-talk] Why does OSM need timestamps in gpx trails

[Tanveer Singh]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Alex S. <maps at swavely.com> wrote:
>> Tanveer Singh wrote:
>>> I use a lowrance unit, and there are no timestamps dumped in tracks.
>>> When I convert to gpx, OSM refuses to accept the tracks!
>
> See :
>
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-October/030846.html
> or
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-September/029941.html
>
These links state that its easy to insert timestamps.
So you can get gpx data from "tainted" sources and still have timestamps.
So all this is doing is stopping people with older gps systems to
upload tracks to the database.
Its just a hindrance, and in no way will stop tainted data in the osm.
For example lets say somebody opens google maps, and then looks at the
google maps, and maps osm, using copy by mind method.
This is somewhat like DRM.
Somebody with malicious intent can work around the system, and genuine
users feel the heat.