[OSM-talk] Potlatch doing source=GPS in error?

Liz edodd at billiau.net
Thu Sep 24 21:57:37 BST 2009


On Fri, 25 Sep 2009, Apollinaris Schoell wrote:
> you might be shocked. I rarely add this info. many edits are a mix of  
> gps, yahoo tracing, best guess, averaging and interpolation  with  
> other existing data, topo maps if free version available, free shape  
> files.
> why would I add all this info?
It is really important for us aussie mappers to know whether a road has been 
genuiinely surveyed - that is someone went there
as opposed to traced from Landsat images.
Because we plan routes depending on what hasn't been mapped, or what needs 
checking for accuracy.






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