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 trace and tags it with the tags equivalent to the ROW type. > > > > > > User downloads data from OSM and algorithms are used to auto-join the > > user's new ways to existing ways where appropriate (or alternatively, > > the user does this manually) > > This might have been a good idea in the early days, when most mapping > used GPS and most mapping was onto an empty map. These days, I think it > would just cause problems as it would probably delay the proper > association of the GPS tracks with, more accurate, aerial imagery data, > and would not properly account for features that had already been > mapped, but possibly on a different, or more accurate datum. > PROW mapping still requires good gps traces, such mapping simply cannot be done using aerial imagery alone.
Whilst my experienced countryside eye can spot a gate used by farm vehicles, there is no way to tell if a hedge/fence crossing in a stile, gate or kissing gate without an on the ground survey. Any tools which help mapping these can only be a good thing. Phil (trigpoint) -- Sent from my Jolla _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
