Bjoern In general I'm not convinced that raw GPS tracks are of a lot of use without additional information in areas that might not have a well established road network, that essentially makes the whole simple part already more complex. Historically, before the advent of high resolution imagery being available for tracing, it was not uncommon to have phantom ways in OSM, where a well-meaning soul had turned a random GPS track in to a road where there was none (for example somebody short-cutting across a meadow).
Am 29.06.2016 um 14:04 schrieb Bjoern Hassler: > Hi all, > > first post to the list - hope this is of interest. > > The background to my question is working is areas where map coverage > is poor (e.g. parts of Africa). Sometimes only low-res satellite/bing > imagery is available, sometimes obscured by clouds. In some low > populated areas a GPS trace could be useful to map out roads > connecting settlements (despite inaccuracies of GPS). > > There are many great OSM apps out there, including apps for recording > traces (e.g. OSM tracker, etc). However, unless I've missed it, I > would say that none of those apps is suitable for the "non-technical" > user. Indeed, we've tried using various such apps, and it's been > difficult in terms of usability. > Who is "we" in this context? Simon > Is there interest in (or is anybody working on) creating an very > simple-to-use app that allows "non-technical" users to contribute OSM > information? E.g. a large red button for recording a trace with > automatic upload (optimised for poorly internet connected > environments, e.g. wait for wifi, upload in chunks etc; information > submitted with GPS accuracy information). > > (There are of course issues with GPS traces, so perhaps automated > capture of GPS traces is not that useful.) > > Many thanks! > Bjoern > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
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