[OSM-newbies] Losing tags

[Andy Robinson (blackadder)]

Anne Wilson wrote:
>Sent: 26 February 2008 9:52 AM
>To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Losing tags
>
>On Monday 25 February 2008 23:03:35 Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote:
>> >My upload failed, so I'll have to try again tomorrow and hope that I can
>> >find
>> >what's wrong.
>>
>> Well, that shouldn't happen. So tell us what you did and we should be
>able
>> to get you back on track.
>
>I think I know the cause.  The report said '0 points parsed ok. Do they all
>have lat,lng,alt,timestamp?'  I did realise that I had not got waypoints on
>that trace - my mistake in handling the garmin.  Since it was a small area
>I
>didn't think it would matter too much, but I realise now that without them
>essential information is missing.
>
>It's not too important.  I've learned quite a lot this week.  I have a
>second
>trace downloaded from the garmin to hdd and this one does have good
>waypoints.  I'll upload it raw this morning.  If that works I'll know the
>reason.  I can re-do the short one after this.

Ann,

Make sure you are not downloading a "saved" track from the Garmin. That
doesn't have timestamps and the OSM import process requires there to be
timestamps on the trace points. You only get timestaps when you download the
"Active" log. There doesn't need to be any waypoints in the file.

Andy