[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap GPS Points Map

Stephan Knauss osm at stephans-server.de
Mon Sep 10 19:03:04 BST 2012


On 10.09.2012 11:33, Ilya Zverev wrote:
> Alas, in those months the file has
> only been statistically analyzed (thanks to Pascal Neis and Steven Kay),
> but no practical use for that array of data has been found.

Probably no one is interested in GPS points any more.

I had developed a JOSM plugin and a server backend to download very fast 
blocks of GPS data.
I assumed it be a good companion to the overpass mirror of OSM data. And 
fetching GPS points from the API is sometimes slow as hell.

My demo implementation consisted of a JOSM extension and a server 
backend to provide GPS points (full resolution).

The planned architecture also took intelligent caching and updating into 
account (in case more GPS exports would be available).

I asked around for some feedback, but no one was interested in that plugin.

I considered it useful for aligning aerial images and remapping some 
areas, but as no feedback arrived at all I did not put further energy 
into development.

My server resources would not allow to provide it on a global scale 
anyway. My demo data covers Thailand, in case someone wants to give it a 
try.

Regarding your project: Z11 is way to highlevel. Have you thought about 
better resolution? Maybe Z19 or Z20?

Stephan





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