I must admit to using Strava the other way around. If somebody leaves a Note to say that "there's another track here" or "this track is closer to the creek", I'll often look at Strava, & add / move the track based on it's results.
Thanks Graeme On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 at 17:57, Little Maps <mapslit...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 Feb 2023, at 9:05 am, Tom Brennan <webs...@ozultimate.com> wrote: > > > > Sounds like the general consensus is: > > - Strava heatmap is good for aligning *existing* tracks > > - Strava shouldn't be used for the creation of new tracks without some > ground truthing. > > Hi all, nice discussion. I agree but would broaden the 2nd point. The > focus for the thread was walking tracks (paths etc in OSM). For vehicle > tracks (fire trails etc), there’s not always a need to compare Strava > against ground truthing (great though this would be) and careful inspection > of imagery may often suffice. OSM’s vehicle tracks / fire trails are > incomplete (or absent) in many areas, and Strava’s heat map is a great way > to prioritise mapping of well used tracks using imagery, using the same > care as all other mapping from imagery. So, I’d suggest broadening the 2nd > point to ‘… without ground truthing or careful inspection of imagery, where > appropriate”. Cheers Ian > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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