Guttorm Flatabø

Average elevation

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GPX tracks often contain elevation data from the GPS device. A function to average the elevation data would make the script more complete.

See article: http://users.erols.com/dlwilson/gpswtavg.htm

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

Sometimes trails will take slightly different turns around big stones, houses, or other obstructions. If you average tracks that have taken these different turns, you might end up with a...

I've been thinking that this could be great to use on mapping parties, perhaps on a big screen or projector. Then it could be extra motivating for the attendants of...