[OSM-newbies] Arghh ... GPS traces not loading

[Tom Taylor]

Just to follow up on this: I discovered a few things about how my Garmin 
eTrex Vista Cx stores tracks and recorded my observations in the OSM 
user diary. Fortunately my log was written both to memory and to the 
data card, where it could be fully retrieved and was fully accepted by 
OSM -- something over 3000 points. I gather far larger tracks have been 
uploaded successfully, so I'll stop worrying about that.

Thanks to Cartinus, Craig Wallace, and Vclaw for useful advice.

TomT5454

On 24/12/2012 10:13 PM, Tom Taylor wrote:
> I spent the afternoon driving about nearby neighbourhoods (which are
> mostly terrace housing threaded with little access roads) with my GPS
> (Garmin Etrex Cx). Experimentally, I divided my data into three parts,
> to keep the upload files a reasonable size. After each segment, I saved
> a named file, then cleared the track log. (I've found from experience
> that if I don't clear the log, the tracks accumulate and all I've done
> is save partial snapshots along the way.)
>
> Unfortunately, it seems like clearing the track log deleted something
> vital. My two earlier segments won't upload because they lack
> timestamps. This is true even when I try to upload them as Public rather
> than Identifiable.
>
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