OpenStreetMap
After having my bike stolen, its been a while since I did some mapping. The new one is much better anyway, so am trying to get on it as much as possible in between the rubbish weather we're having.
My first attempt on Monday was rather disappointing though. The GPS data I got was completely wrong and traces showed me travelling through large buildings and rivers...
Discussion
په 5 November 2009 په 19:07 باندې د slashme تبصره
Bike mapping is good fun: gets you close to the ground and the exercise is nice. One can still miss some small details on a bike, though: are you sure you didn't travel through some buildings and large rivers and just not notice?
په 5 November 2009 په 19:15 باندې د Steeley تبصره
Nope, definitely didn't travel through the buildings the GPS data said I did.
I'm not sure if it had something to do with the clocks going back an hour this past weekend and the GPS being incorrect. The only other possibility I can think of is a poor signal in the area that day.
په 5 November 2009 په 19:20 باندې د Baloo Uriza تبصره
GPS uses UTC, which doesn't deal with obsolete concepts such as daylight savings time at all.
په 6 November 2009 په 07:02 باندې د harfner تبصره
I have had GPS traces displaced for some hundred meters occasionally with a my Holux M241, which generally works well.
I've got the impression that sometimes the first fix after switching on goes wrong. Switching on the unit in a free space far away from buildings might help.
GPS does knew nothing about daylight saving time, that's not an isssue.
په 7 November 2009 په 00:16 باندې د daveemtb تبصره
Could it be to do with how you are carrying the GPS? It needs to have a clear view of the sky and I've found that it took a bit of experimentation when cycling to find a good arrangement. Putting it in the back pocket of my bag didn't work as well as I expected.
په 7 November 2009 په 11:35 باندې د Steeley تبصره
I've done quite a few trips with it and its never been a problem just having it in my pocket. The GPS also picks up a signal in the house with no problems.
I'm going to just put it down to one of those days.