[OSM-talk] Bogus GPS Uploads

[Richard Weait]

On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 13:29 -0400, Adam Killian wrote:
> I have found what I believe to be bogus data in the GPS track database.
> 
> If you open JOSM and download GPS data for this area:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=41.067&lon=-76.766&zoom=9
> 
> You will find a trace for a very long elliptical area, oriented 
> East-West..  I am very familiar with this area, and I can't imagine how 
> anyone would have generated such a trace by any legitimate means.
> 
> Is there a way to figure out who did this and see if we can have it 
> corrected?

Looks like a trace from a flight.  It does a couple more of these
racetracks further East.  Nothing to worry about.