Re: [Talk-GB] MapThePaths update - GB1900 footpath locations

2018-07-27 Thread Nick Whitelegg 

A possible revised approach (which would be relatively easily implementable) 
could be to allow users to create the way in-app by tapping along their GPX 
trace - this way the user can disregard any obvious anomalies. The tapped 
points could then be autoconverted to OSM ways and added to existing ways using 
much the same code as the current approach.


The main goal of the app is to produce something (hopefully) easy to use which 
allows users to survey and to add to OSM in one place, and to hide the details 
of tagging by allowing a user to select ROW designation (footpath, bridleway 
etc) and route type (grass path, dirt path, track etc) which are converted 
automatically to appropriate highway, designation and surface tags.

The actual GPX traces (or specifically, the individual  segments) are 
tagged using OSM tags as the user does the survey.


Nick



From: Dave F 
Sent: 27 July 2018 16:15:26
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
Cc: Nick Whitelegg
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] MapThePaths update - GB1900 footpath locations

Hi

Can I please urge caution if using this feature. GPS traces are rarely accurate 
enough in their raw state to be included directly. Dense woods, deep valleys & 
solar winds etc will all introduce errors into the traces & walkers will often 
wander 'off-piste' when crossing fields. Using an editor allows comparisons 
with existing traces.

>From experience of my own & other user's traces, you can often end up spending 
>more time & effort editing the uploaded way than tracing over it.

Cheers
DaveF

On 26/07/2018 17:21, Nick Whitelegg wrote:


Hello everyone,


Also coming soon - a MapThePaths app which will allow users to survey footpaths 
via GPS and automatically add them to OSM without the need for a separate 
editor. An initial version of this is almost ready but just needs a bit of 
debugging and testing.

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Re: [Talk-GB] MapThePaths update - GB1900 footpath locations

2018-07-27 Thread Dave F 

Hi

Can I please urge caution if using this feature. GPS traces are rarely 
accurate enough in their raw state to be included directly. Dense woods, 
deep valleys & solar winds etc will all introduce errors into the traces 
& walkers will often wander 'off-piste' when crossing fields. Using an 
editor allows comparisons with existing traces.


From experience of my own & other user's traces, you can often end up 
spending more time & effort editing the uploaded way than tracing over it.


Cheers
DaveF

On 26/07/2018 17:21, Nick Whitelegg wrote:



Hello everyone,


Also coming soon - a MapThePaths app which will allow users to survey 
footpaths via GPS and automatically add them to OSM without the need 
for a separate editor. An initial version of this is almost ready but 
just needs a bit of debugging and testing.


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Re: [Talk-GB] MapThePaths update - GB1900 footpath locations

2018-07-26 Thread Nick Whitelegg 

 oops forgot the url: www.mapthepaths.org.uk.


Nick



From: Nick Whitelegg
Sent: 26 July 2018 17:21:49
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
Cc: humphrey.south...@port.ac.uk; Chris Fleet
Subject: MapThePaths update - GB1900 footpath locations



Hello everyone,


Just a quick update on MapThePaths - I've imported the GB1900 footpath 
locations into my database and show them on the map as markers (the layer can 
be turned on and off).


Also coming soon - a MapThePaths app which will allow users to survey footpaths 
via GPS and automatically add them to OSM without the need for a separate 
editor. An initial version of this is almost ready but just needs a bit of 
debugging and testing.


Nick




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[Talk-GB] MapThePaths update - GB1900 footpath locations

2018-07-26 Thread Nick Whitelegg 

Hello everyone,


Just a quick update on MapThePaths - I've imported the GB1900 footpath 
locations into my database and show them on the map as markers (the layer can 
be turned on and off).


Also coming soon - a MapThePaths app which will allow users to survey footpaths 
via GPS and automatically add them to OSM without the need for a separate 
editor. An initial version of this is almost ready but just needs a bit of 
debugging and testing.


Nick




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