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

[Thomas Wood]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 April 2008 13:13:05 ael wrote:
>  > Andy Robinson wrote:
>  > > On 22/04/2008, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
>  > >>  > Can you confirm what you have the tracklog interval set at. If its
>  > >>  > not set to 1 second interval then do so and take a walk around the
>  > >>  > block (after getting a good fix).
>  >
>  > Actually, on recent eTreks, the auto setting is really rather good. It
>  > eliminates redundant points in a track. So I think that the advice to
>  > set to 1 second intervals is historical.
>  >
>  > Of course, everything else is right: you should edit the data layer by
>  > hand in the light of the errors and resolution inherent in gps and from
>  > your memory/photographs of the geography. And download the active track
>  > with the timestamps.
>  >
>  How do I do that, though?  I can see a shrunken image of the walk in the
>  screen, so I know it has it.  It also has the waypoints that I used to denote
>  changes in street names.  I know there's enough info there to do a decent
>  job.  It's just a matter of getting it :-)
>
>  Anne
>
The standard method of download on an eTrex gets the active log in
addition to all the saved logs.
As may have been noted, it is not good to 'save' the log, the button
should probably be renamed 'mangle'!

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Regards,
Thomas Wood
(Edgemaster)