[OSM-dev] Workflow for bulk upload of GPX files

marc marc marc_marc_irc at hotmail.com
Mon May 20 14:18:28 UTC 2019


if you want to add yourself all these missing ways in osm,
a simpler workflow :
give a part to each one
load the gpx trace with the editor of your choice
simplify and connect it to the concerned ways, add tags
upload the new ways into osm.
some will say you may send the trace too.
once finished, delete the trace of your computer
or move it to a "done" directory

and so on with the next trace until you finish your part :)

Le 20.05.19 à 15:12, Ajay Singh1 via dev a écrit :
> Hi Joseph,
> 
> Thanks for your response. I've extensively cleaned the GPX data and I'm 
> marking only those roads as 'missing' ones where I'm getting trace more 
> than a threshold number of times, say 5 times.
> 
> Few questions -
> 1. Should I use something like 
> https://github.com/hotosm/tasking-manager to manage the entire process?
> 2. As you mentioned - "/If possible, the mappers should look at more 
> than one GPS trace on the/
> /road: /", do the mapper has to look at GPS in one tab and then make the 
> corresponding change in openstreetmap.org <http://openstreetmap.org>? 
> I've checked various ways to upload GPX data on OSM but I'm not getting 
> it right.
> 
> Is there any documentation/tutorial for this process?
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 5:56 PM Joseph Eisenberg 
> <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com <mailto:joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Ajay,
> 
>     It's great that you are adding more GPS traces for mappers to use.
>     These are really helpful for checking the offset of aerial imagery and
>     finding roads and paths to map.
> 
>     I think you first 2 steps look fine. As far as tags for GPS traces,
>     you can look at some other traces in your area to see what mappers
>     usually add. It's common to mention that the trace was obtained by
>     motorcycle, for example
> 
>     For the 3rd step, make sure you follow the best practice for adding
>     highways to OSM. Don't import the GPS traces directly.
> 
>     A single GPS trace along a road will be offset from the centerline,
>     since the motorcyclist has to travel on one side of the road. Also,
>     GPS traces may have errors due to problems with poor signal or
>     reflections in some areas. And GPS traces have too many nodes on
>     strait sections, but sometimes too few around curves.
> 
>     If possible, the mappers should look at more than one GPS trace on the
>     road: at least one from each direction, so that the center of the road
>     is clear. If possible, also check aerial imagery and compare to the
>     GPS trace. The mappers can use the GPS traces and the aerial imagery
>     together to find the centerline of the highway and map that, using the
>     right number of nodes for straight sections and curves.
> 
>     Because of this, it's not possible to find out exactly how many of
>     your GPX files have become roads. But if you are adding GPS traces on
>     roads that are currently missing in OSM, it's very likely that your
>     work will be a main reason that new roads are added, and it will also
>     make them more accurate.
> 
>     On 5/17/19, Ajay Singh1 via dev <dev at openstreetmap.org
>     <mailto:dev at openstreetmap.org>> wrote:
>      > Hi Team,
>      >
>      > I have got a few thousand cleaned GPX files of motorbikes. These
>     trace
>      > files majorly represent missing roads in OSM (which I have
>     derived by using
>      > months of bikers data and identifying tracepoints which are not
>     near any of
>      > the road segments in OSM).
>      > I want to contribute to OSM on a regular basis and want to take
>     an opinion
>      > on my workflow for submission of these trace files to OSM.
>      >
>      > Workflow:
>      >  1. Upload all GPX files in bulk using OSM UI(
>      > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Upload_GPS_tracks) or using API(
>      > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6).
>      >  2. Pass some GPS-tags, e.g. name, id, status, etc. So, that I
>     can query
>      > data that I have uploaded.
>      >  3. Have a team of 2-3 people who can then use JOSM or other
>     editors to
>      > make ways/roads from this GPX data to OSM
>      >
>      > Questions:
>      >  1. Is this a correct workflow for uploading and making
>     ways/roads from GPX
>      > files?
>      >  2. Can I use GPS-tags to track of how many gpx files have been
>     converted
>      > into ways/roads?
>      >
>      > Also, Is there any alternative to have this capability?
>      >
>      > Awaiting a quick response.
>      >
>      > --
>      > Regards,
>      > Ajay Singh
>      >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Ajay Singh
> 
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