Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread ael
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:23:34AM +, David Woolley wrote: > On 25/02/16 17:04, Nick Whitelegg wrote: > > >User can also enter relevant POIs like stiles, gates etc when they are > >encountered. > > This might have been a good idea in the early days, when most mapping used > GPS and most mappi

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread David Woolley
On 26/02/16 12:44, Chris Hill wrote: I disagree. GPS traces can only be found by being on the ground. Aerial imagery is useful but being there and seeing what is really on the ground is still the gold standard in my view. Aerial imagery is not guaranteed to be well aligned, is guaranteed to be be

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread Marc Gemis
But a gate is some kind of important nagivational point. I'm pretty sure that when someone removes a bench in my hometown, it will take me a pretty long time to notice. m On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Andy Townsend wrote: > On 26/02/2016 07:59, Marc Gemis wrote: >> >> How do you detect that s

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread Chris Hill
On 26/02/16 11:23, David Woolley wrote: On 25/02/16 17:04, Nick Whitelegg wrote: User can also enter relevant POIs like stiles, gates etc when they are encountered. When user returns home, track simplification algorithm used to make a way from the GPX trace and tags it with the tags equiva

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread Andy Townsend
On 26/02/2016 07:59, Marc Gemis wrote: How do you detect that stuff is gone ? I'm thinking of benches, waste-bins, telephones, etc. All those little things that are not or hardly visible on aerial imagery ? Do you constantly look at the screen of your smartphone or GPS to see whether there is suc

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread Philip Barnes
On Fri Feb 26 11:23:34 2016 GMT, David Woolley wrote: > On 25/02/16 17:04, Nick Whitelegg wrote: > > > > > User can also enter relevant POIs like stiles, gates etc when they are > > encountered. > > > > > > When user returns home, track simplification algorithm used to make a > > way from the GPX

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread David Woolley
On 25/02/16 17:04, Nick Whitelegg wrote: User can also enter relevant POIs like stiles, gates etc when they are encountered. When user returns home, track simplification algorithm used to make a way from the GPX trace and tags it with the tags equivalent to the ROW type. User downloads da

Re: [Talk-GB] New users and P2

2016-02-26 Thread Marc Gemis
How do you detect that stuff is gone ? I'm thinking of benches, waste-bins, telephones, etc. All those little things that are not or hardly visible on aerial imagery ? Do you constantly look at the screen of your smartphone or GPS to see whether there is such a "small" thing mapped ? regards m O