[OSM-talk] Old GPS data

Simone Cortesi simone at cortesi.com
Tue Jul 28 08:37:17 BST 2009


On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 09:21, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason<avarab at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Does OSM invalidates GPS data after some time? Otherwise, roads
>> continuously changes and after we will have a big cloud of points that
>> don't make any sense.
> No, it doesn't. GPX tracks stay where they are forever and continue
> being served by the GPS API.

anyway this is something that we might need to consider in the future.

GPS are becoming more precise. older tracks are, on a general basis,
less precise than actual ones. and road modifications will become more
apparent as we progress.

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-S




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