The Irish Mountain Views service provides GPS information for mountain
summits. As noted in the instructions
for downloading this data, some of the data has significant
inaccuracies, particularly in horizontal position. |
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The purpose of this feature. |
This feature allows you to contribute information to the Mountain Views service
to progressively correct errors.
Once you have visited an area and taken averaged readings for summits using your GPS, you can upload the data you acquire through the facilities here. |
You must have |
As with downloading GPS data, you require certain facilities.
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What happens. |
All the data that you have brought back is displayed on a page. This is
then compared with the original approximate positions that Mountain Views
holds. Where the data you have returned is likely to be a correction on
the original data, you are offered the chance to accept the data. These
corrections are held in a database file and are periodically merged into the
data that Mountain Views presents. |
Procedure for uploading GPS coordinates |
** This should be the same as whatever data you originally obtained from the
Export Feature in Mountain Views. Usually 10. |
Your data. |
Your data will usually come from direct readings from GPS. Readings
enhanced by "EGNOS" will, of course, be particularly welcomed as
these becomes available.
It is also possible to upload data read off maps using a tool such as GPSU. These can represent a considerable improvement on existing data so such redings may be accepted. Please contact Mountain Views if you want to do this. |