[OSM-newbies] Converting GPX to ways

[Dave F.]

Dirk-Lüder Kreie wrote:
> Am 23.04.2010 00:07, schrieb Richard Weait:
>
>   
>> Yes, the gpxedit (or is it editgpx?) plugin in josm allows this.  The
>> josm plugin will also display a very helpful and serious warning about
>> not converting gpx tracks into ways for openstreetmap.  So please
>> don't convert gps tracks to ways and upload them to OSM.  They don't
>> meet the standard of quality that we can accomplish with human
>> editing.  
>>     
> [...]
>
>   
>> You might ask why such a task is possible when it is not recommended.
>> (I might ask that as well)  I don't know.  ;-) 
>>     
>
> For areas where there aren't that many roads and you are at first
> travelling great distances it's quite handy to have a gpx to osm convert
> function, because tracing some hundred miles from gpx track *is* tedious.
> So in my experience the only way to sensibly use the gpx->OSM way
> feature is to
> a) preprocess the GPX (remove stops, remove obvious junk, basically
> keeping only the stretch of road you're really interested in)
> b) convert to OSM Way
>   

Whilst I fully agree that raw GPX tracks shouldn't be uploaded unedited 
I disagree with this:

> c) *simplify* the way in JOSM before uploading.
>   

The route should be *accuratized* (Is that a word?).
Change the route to where you actually went, not where your inaccurate 
GPS showed.

Simplifying makes it less inaccurate.

Regards
Dave F.