[OSM-dev] trace file extension in links to data

[Tom Hughes]

Stefan Baebler wrote:
> My previous patch probably conflicts with
> http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/534 and
> http://trac.openstreetmap.org/changeset/6562
> 
> which allows compressed (eg .gpx.gz) data usually served by
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/trace/137465/data
> to be served as uncompressed gpx xml if requested as
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/trace/137465/data.xml
> 
> Why .xml extension instead of simply .gpx?

Not sure to be honest. I probably just thought it was more likely that a 
client would do the right thing with .xml than with an extension it had 
probably never seen before (yes I know they should use the mime type, 
but it's not unheard of for them not to).

> Can we link that in the trace detail page or is there a good reason for
> not doing so?

I don't want to encourage people to use the uncompressed version unless 
they have a good reason - it is really only there for potlatch.

Tom

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