[OSM-newbies] Data layer doesn't look like track shape

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 22 April 2008 07:28:16 Lauri Hahne wrote:
> 2008/4/21 Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com>:
> > I've opened track1 and track1-waypoints in josm, but when I convert
> > track1 to a data layer it looks like a child's scribble, joining the dots
> > of a grid - long, zig-zags that bear no relationship to the walk I did. 
> > What's wrong?
>
> You shouldn't convert anything to data layer directly because it will
> look like crap and include noise and other errors. Instead you should
> draw your roads using the tracks as reference. This is because you
> have some insight into what sort of streets you're doing and you know
> what should be a straigth road or a sharp corner etc.

Sorry, I don't understand.  I thought that you couldn't do any editing of any 
kind on the original layer?  I'm sure the wiki said it had to be converted to 
a data layer first.

My intention was to simply remove the bit that refers to my garden path, so 
that the recording started at the road-side.  I was then going to upload the 
trace, then do the download and edit bit.

Anne

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