[OSM-newbies] Help Needed regarding data transfer from GPS to JOSM

[Ishtiaque Ahmed]

Thank you all.

We can now upload necessary data to OSM. Thanks for your explanations,
suggestions and advice :-)

Regards,
Ishtiaque

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:31 PM, ael <law_ence.dev at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 07:17:06PM +0600, Ishtiaque Ahmed wrote:
> > Hello Ael,
> >
> > We finally could upload the gps file after a number of attempts. Now we
> can
> > see the taces over OSM. However, the waypoints that we tagged with our
> GPS
> > unit are not being shown on the map. Is is normal? Or we are missing
> > something?
>
> Eh. Yes, I think so. Why do you expect to see your traces, waypoints or
> not, rendered on the map?.
>
> Traces are uploaded so they help other mappers: consumer gps units are
> not very accurate. All gps signals are subject to (essentially random)
> errors. More traces allow more precise positioning.
>
> Another reason for uploading traces is to provide evidence for the
> ways (etc). This could be important if it was necessary to prove to
> some part of the map was not copied from a copyright source.
>
> ael
>
>
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