{
  "id": 237699,
  "title": "How waypoints were exactly measured?",
  "url": "/competitions/indoor-location-navigation/discussion/237699",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2021-05-09T21:28:39.029346Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 3,
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  "content": "<p>I was not able to find much information on how ground truth was exactly collected. Is \"waypoint\" a dot on a ground whose coordinates were precisely measured? I think that this is an important issue which could indicate how accurate our predictions can actually be :)</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1299615",
      "postDate": "05/09/2021 21:28:39",
      "content": "<p>I was not able to find much information on how ground truth was exactly collected. Is \"waypoint\" a dot on a ground whose coordinates were precisely measured? I think that this is an important issue which could indicate how accurate our predictions can actually be :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I was not able to find much information on how ground truth was exactly collected. Is \"waypoint\" a dot on a ground whose coordinates were precisely measured? I think that this is an important issue which could indicate how accurate our predictions can actually be :)",
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    },
    {
      "id": "1299620",
      "postDate": "05/09/2021 21:40:53",
      "content": "<p>In the github link (<a href=\"https://github.com/location-competition/indoor-location-competition-20\" target=\"_blank\">https://github.com/location-competition/indoor-location-competition-20</a>) there is a link to a webinar on youtube (<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt3OzMC-XMU\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt3OzMC-XMU</a>) which says the waypoints were collected by volunteers going around shopping malls while holding their phone flat in front of them, and tapping as they passed by certain waypoints</p>\n<p>There are some other details in the webinar as well, which may or may not be relevant for prediction </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "In the github link (https://github.com/location-competition/indoor-location-competition-20) there is a link to a webinar on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt3OzMC-XMU) which says the waypoints were collected by volunteers going around shopping malls while holding their phone flat in front of them, and tapping as they passed by certain waypoints\n\nThere are some other details in the webinar as well, which may or may not be relevant for prediction",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1299629",
      "postDate": "05/09/2021 22:00:08",
      "content": "<p>Thank you Chris for your reply :) I am still confused about what is exactly meant by \"waypoint\". A dot on the ground? </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you Chris for your reply :) I am still confused about what is exactly meant by \"waypoint\". A dot on the ground?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1299635",
      "postDate": "05/09/2021 22:12:36",
      "content": "<p>Yes, I mean a point in the data defined by \"TYPE_WAYPOINT\" (so yes, a spot on the ground with an x,y position). </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes, I mean a point in the data defined by \"TYPE_WAYPOINT\" (so yes, a spot on the ground with an x,y position).",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1299620,
      "author_name": "chris62",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/09/2021 21:40:53",
      "content": "<p>In the github link (<a href=\"https://github.com/location-competition/indoor-location-competition-20\" target=\"_blank\">https://github.com/location-competition/indoor-location-competition-20</a>) there is a link to a webinar on youtube (<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt3OzMC-XMU\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt3OzMC-XMU</a>) which says the waypoints were collected by volunteers going around shopping malls while holding their phone flat in front of them, and tapping as they passed by certain waypoints</p>\n<p>There are some other details in the webinar as well, which may or may not be relevant for prediction </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1299629,
          "author_name": "olaf2000",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/09/2021 22:00:08",
          "content": "<p>Thank you Chris for your reply :) I am still confused about what is exactly meant by \"waypoint\". A dot on the ground? </p>",
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        },
        {
          "id": 1299635,
          "author_name": "chris62",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "05/09/2021 22:12:36",
          "content": "<p>Yes, I mean a point in the data defined by \"TYPE_WAYPOINT\" (so yes, a spot on the ground with an x,y position). </p>",
          "votes": null,
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        }
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    "1299615": "I was not able to find much information on how ground truth was exactly collected. Is \"waypoint\" a dot on a ground whose coordinates were precisely measured? I think that this is an important issue which could indicate how accurate our predictions can actually be :)",
    "1299620": "In the github link (https://github.com/location-competition/indoor-location-competition-20) there is a link to a webinar on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt3OzMC-XMU) which says the waypoints were collected by volunteers going around shopping malls while holding their phone flat in front of them, and tapping as they passed by certain waypoints\n\nThere are some other details in the webinar as well, which may or may not be relevant for prediction",
    "1299629": "Thank you Chris for your reply :) I am still confused about what is exactly meant by \"waypoint\". A dot on the ground?",
    "1299635": "Yes, I mean a point in the data defined by \"TYPE_WAYPOINT\" (so yes, a spot on the ground with an x,y position)."
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