On 16 Aug 2008, at 16:52, bvh wrote: > On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 04:57:17PM +0100, Nick Whitelegg wrote: >> >> A track simplification algorithm could be applied and ways >> generated from >> the GPS trace automiatically. This could then be uploaded to OSM >> for a >> more expert user (who could subscribe to an RSS feed to inform them >> of >> such uploads in their area) to refine the way, i.e. remove extraneous >> points and connect the auto-generated way to existing ways. > > Why do track simplification and way generation before uploading? Why > not > work with tags on the nodes of the gpx file and upload that? This > would > preserve more of the original data and would give the more expert > user a > change to judge on the accuracy of the way nodes/way guessing.
Because it's a pain to convert an overly detailed way into a less detailed way but it's not too hard to add nodes to a simplified way? So long as the original GPS data is also submitted as a GPX file you could still check that it hasn't over-simplified. John _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
