[OSM-newbies] Tracing tracks with waypoints

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Matt Maxon wrote:
>Sent: 03 March 2009 2:08 PM
>To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-newbies] Tracing tracks with waypoints
>
>Greetings
>I have been adding my large collection of GPS data to OSM
>
>When tracing uploaded GPS traces if I click on a waypoint along the way
>it is included as a node
>
>when done all "appears" well
>
>When done rendering...another story appears
>
>http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=34.22865&lon=-
>118.29514&zoom=16&layers=0B00FTF
>
>While my kluge is to click on the waypoint and then delete it I'd prefer
>it to be included as it has information encoded into the waypoint name
>along with the elevation etc....
>
>Why is the happening?

Unclear on what you are trying to do/not do here. Waypoints that are not
physical objects should not be uploaded to OSM, stick to mapping the
physical landscape and you can't go wrong. Nodes that form part of a way
that contain additional information are however valid. For example where you
have some node with ele=443.530518 is fine. However you should delete the
other non relevant data that's also there such as wpt_description and
wpt_symbol because these have nothing to do with the point on the ground,
just your reference.

Let us know if this answers your question or if you have further
clarification to share.

Cheers

Andy