On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Mike N <nice...@att.net> wrote: > On 9/30/2015 2:40 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> I do find two things remarkable about this plugin's >> output: >> >> 1. It seems to have picked out an incomplete set based on the paths >> relative to imagery. >> 2. I have no way of being able to survey the exact location of the GPS >> output from the plugin from the ground (it's inside a fence factory, >> /of course/ it's fenced off!), so I can only assume the GPS was >> located on one of those big diesel-powered forklifts. >> > > I had a look at the plugin - it does find some interesting things. I > find that truckers use the Scout App, and the profile where they drive > around a huge factory to pick up / drop off a load appears the same as if a > car is going through a previously unknown subdivision. >
Wow, that's both awesome and a little toe-curling, though would be nice if Scout had some of the alarm and vehicle parameter options of Osmand. > So once the plugin identifies an area of interest, confirm with imagery > or TIGER for the next step > - add driveways to a factory > Done. Might have to check > The odd cloud of points comes from random inaccuracies of a smartphone > inside a vehicle, and excluded for a certain distance from existing roads > to minimize false positives. > OK, that makes a bit of sense. Wonder if there's a way to enable that edge case data to see other routable approaches.
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