[OSM-newbies] How to contribute my gps track logs

[Dan Karran]

On 4/11/07, Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can also compress the files using the gzip compression tool, which will
> make the uploading quicker.  If you are using Windows, you can get gzip
> from:
>
> http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gzip.htm
>
> Should make things a bit quicker for you.

I hadn't realised you could do that... does it only work for
individual files, or can you gzip a collection of them together for
upload? The wiki page (Upload) implies just a single file I guess.

There's also a perl script which does batch upload if anyone is interested:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Batch_Upload


Dan

> On 4/10/07, Dan Karran <dan at karran.net> wrote:
> >
> > On 4/10/07, Paulb <paulb at dds.nl> wrote:
> >
> > > I am new to this but not new to GPS.
> >
> > Welcome to OSM  :)
> >
> > > I've been recording GPS tracklogs for over a year now here in Amsterdam
> > > and am wondering how I can contibute to openstreetmap with them. Who
> > > wants them that can turn them into something useful?
> >
> > The best thing for you to do would be to upload them through the
> > 'traces' tab on the website, which will make them available to anyone
> > who wants to use them, whether through the online applet or JOSM.
> > Sadly there's no batch upload though, so it could take a while to
> > upload each file individually if you've been collecting them for a
> > year.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dan
> >
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