average-tracks
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R script to make an average GPS / georeferenced track by combining/merging two or more into a “line of best fit”
GPX tracks often contain elevation data from the GPS device. A function to average the elevation data would make the script more complete.
I follow instructions in http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Average_tracks I run R on Win 7 64 bits using the GUI interface. File->Source R Code and I specify the .R file I get following error...
See article: http://users.erols.com/dlwilson/gpswtavg.htm
Integrate with josm
For most newbies it is easier to relate to installing a package. Package for ubuntu should be first priority.
Say for example you have tracks from a mountain hike; two tracks have point all the way from the beginning, including the tracks going to the top of the mountain,...
Currently the R script will use the track with the most points as its "authoritative" track. If the user knows the quality of the tracks he should be able to...
Using littler?: http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/littler.html or other solutions: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/750786/whats-the-best-way-to-use-r-scripts-on-the-command-line