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In the database, the streets are expressed as a vector of nodes {points(lat, long)} ... So would you please explain the standards and methods which are depended on taking these specific points to forming the way? what about the distance between two points, and the number of nodes in each vector... Many thanks. |
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There can be a maximum of 2000 nodes in a way. That is about it. Thank you for your time, I really appreciate that. That was helpful, but I want to know the minimum distance between two consecutive points. I would be grateful if you give me some details or references. Best regards.
(19 Jun '18, 12:39)
WijdanMTak
See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Node. Lat and lon both have 7 decimal places. Quoting from there: "The 7 rounded decimal places for coordinates in degrees define the worst error of longitude to a maximum of ±5.56595 millimeters on the Earth equator". So if I understand correctly the minimum distance is 5.5 millimeters and lower, depending on the specific longitude. There is a similar question at https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/7307/how-precise-can-osm-get which has a slightly different answer: around 1 centimeter. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_degrees 1 centimeter is correct for 7 decimal places.
(19 Jun '18, 12:47)
scai ♦
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There are no minimum/maximum standards for any element in OpenStreetMap. The data is sourced by millions of individuals with differing access to the information used to create the map (GPS tracks, visits,aerial and satellite imagery etc.) Therefore the choice of numbers of points will entirely depend on the preferences of the contributor. Some imported data may have many more points than is justified by the original accuracy of the source. So broadly speaking this is a meaningless metric. For road geometries it is not possible to make any wide generalisation. However, in countries and areas which have been well-mapped with, typical several contributors to most road geometries, it is not unreasonable to anticipate the road centrelines will be within 5 m of the same feature where it is surveyed with more accurate methods and to a fixed standard by a national mapping agency. However, even in well mapped countries there will be some road geometries which have not been iteratively refined from the time when they were first added. Note the figure I give is not a proper statistical metric, but a rule of thumb. There are numerous academic studies of road network quality of OSM going back around 10 years. These are probably the best place to: a) get a sense of the data quality; b) discover processes for your own assessment. Certain types of roads are also likely to be less accurate than others:
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It might help if you can give a bit of context to your question - what sort of answers were you expecting to get? What's the context in which you were asking it?