On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Andy Robinson (blackadder) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Frederik Ramm wrote: > >Sent: 28 March 2008 5:10 PM > >To: Raphael Mack > >Cc: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] JOSM update / why does API return GPS points in > >descending order? > > > >Hi, > > > >> mh, I guess this cannot be fixed in josm, since the the server returns > >the > >> stored gps points in arbitrary order. I would even suggest not to draw > >any > >> direction arrows for gps data from the server. > > > >But they can't be too arbitrary since drawing lines in between the > >points would reveal a completely chaotic picture otherwise. I think > >David Earl is right about sorting by timestamp since this is what's in > >the API source: > > And since its rare for two people to have the same time period for the > same > area by chance it generally works (just back to front). But of course that > cant be guaranteed, especially if the area is large. > > Cheers > > Andy > > On the increasingly likely (as our userbase grows) chance that two or more users upload tracks with overlapping times, would it be possible to do a "group by" user so that the tracks will be logically clustered? I don't know the table schema--I'm not even sure if that table has a "user" column. Karl
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