Re: [talk-au] GPS accuracy

2012-09-23 Thread Russell Edwards
On 22/09/12 10:20, Ben Johnson wrote: That is absolutely fantastic - cant wait to see it. BJ It should be available now if you tell JOSM to download a new plugin list. It's called GPSBlam. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/GPSBlam Please tell me it works as it was a bit of a

Re: [talk-au] GPS accuracy

2012-09-23 Thread John Henderson
Hi Russell, I've installed and run it in JOSM OK. But I see it operates only for straight lines. I was hoping it'd average GPS traces downloaded from OSM in JOSM around corners and curves. That would be a big ask, I know. John On 24/09/12 01:16, Russell Edwards wrote: On 22/09/12 10:20,

Re: [talk-au] GPS accuracy

2012-09-23 Thread Abhi Beckert
On the topic of accuracy, some GPS's also have gyroscopes and accelerometers and compasses to error correct the GPS data. They're getting complicated enough now I don't like to comment on when/where they work well. There's just too many variables the algorithms are tweaked constantly by

Re: [talk-au] GPS accuracy

2012-09-23 Thread John Henderson
On 24/09/12 06:21, Abhi Beckert wrote: Somebody else (or maybe me) will notice eventually and take the time to replace it with more accurate data. Or, having taken great pains to get it very accurate, somebody will correct it with wildly inaccurate data. Sometimes from imagery with a big

[talk-au] OSM Australia Garmin download update timing and method

2012-09-23 Thread Steer
I have been updating OSM in my suburb, and am getting the feeling that while the Garmin maps on OSM Australia update every night, the changes I make don't seem to come through for many days. Can someone please explain the process so I know when to start looking for my updates ? thanks very

Re: [talk-au] OSM Australia Garmin download update timing and method

2012-09-23 Thread John Henderson
Hi Ian, On 23/09/12 22:27, Steer wrote: I have been updating OSM in my suburb, and am getting the feeling that while the Garmin maps on OSM Australia update every night, the changes I make don’t seem to come through for many days. Can someone please explain the process so I know when to start

Re: [talk-au] OSM Australia Garmin download update timing and method

2012-09-23 Thread Brett Russell
Hi I assume that you are using OSM Australia website. Normally i have found it to bet updated every night but once it appeared to miss a night. I thought on the weekend it was a bit late but then released the lake I had traced in was not tagged as a lake. O'well easily fixed when back home.

Re: [talk-au] GPS accuracy

2012-09-23 Thread Ben Johnson
Hi Russell, Congratulations mate. It works - I tested it under both Mac OS/X (Leopard 10.5.8), and Linux (Ubuntu 12.04.1). I reckon this will now be my favorite method to line-up background images! Only a minor thing - (on the Mac at least) your scroll wheel method didn't work for me,