[OSM-newbies] Uploading Park Boundaries

[xbenschix at googlemail.com]

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Hilton Long <seldom.seen at verizon.net> wrote:
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> I've extracted a boundary definition for Capitol Reef National Park from
> Tiger line files, 2006.  It's in gpx format, and shows as a continous,
> closed line with numerous vertices.  I'm new to OSM, but I think this should
> show up as an area feature if I could figure out a way to import it.
> Unfortunately, I can't.
>
> This is really frustrating, because I see an area indicating the boundaries
> of Zion National Park just east of Saint George, UT, USA.
>
> OSM rejects my gpx upload because it doesn't have time stamps.
> JOSM opens the the gpx file, but only shows points.
> Is there a way to get JOSM to open shape files, or to convert the gpx files
> to ways, the way the slippy map does when it likes the gpx I upload?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hilton
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:13:40 +0200
> From: xbenschix at googlemail.com
> Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Can't figure out how to upload a park
>        boundary to     OSM
> To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
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> hi,
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> you can just use an simple editor to open your gpx file.
> than you maybe see waypoint in this way:
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> <trkpt lat="50.7501400" lon="10.8057205">
>        <ele>427.4433594</ele>
>      </trkpt>
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> just use the editors "search & replace" function:
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> search for "</ele>"
> replace it with "</ele><time>2008-09-06T12:00:00Z</time>"
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> do it for the whole file and than try to upload it to OSM.
> if you don't have an <ele> tag then use
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> search for "</trkpt>"
> replace with "<time>2008-09-06T12:00:00Z</time></trkpt>"
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> hope i can helped.
>
> ben
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> Ben,
> Thanks for the tip, but it only half way worked.  I was able to get the
> server to accept the gpx file, and I got the trace onto the map, but when I
> clicked the "Track" button, nothing changed.  The only way I could get my
> area onto the map, was by tracing over the track to create a way to enclose
> the area.
>
> Is there some sort of size limitation on the trace upload ( the park
> boundary was about 100 miles long), or was it a problem with the point time
> stamp?  I added the same time stamp to every point.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Hilton

i don't know anything about limitations for uploading a gpx file. how
many waypoints has the file?

i fixed some of my own gpx files with the same timestamp and there
were no problems.

did you try JOSM?


ben