[OSM-newbies] help editing a trail contribution

[Andrew Errington]

Ah!  Missed the bridge=yes tag!  Other than that it looks fine.

On 20 December 2013 13:05, Andrew Errington <erringtona at gmail.com> wrote:
> Apologies if I underestimate what you know, but a gps trace will not
> show up on the map.  We use the gps trace as a guideline to draw roads
> and trails on the map itself.  It looks like you have done this and
> drawn a way on top of the trace, and it's tagged highway=footway
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/249319492
>
> What is strange about its appearance?  It looks ok.
>
> The only thing you can (and should) do is make sure the way is tagged
> properly.  If you think it is, then you're done.  The way the way (!)
> is drawn is dependent on the rules for the specific renderer that you
> are looking at.  If you select a different map layer from the menu on
> the right you will see your path drawn in a different style (and
> sometimes not at all).  It's up to the renderer to decide what to
> render and how to render it.
>
> What you *must not do* is alter the tags to make something look the
> way you want it to on the map.  For example, maybe you'd like a road
> to be drawn blue (because you like blue), so you could tag it as a
> river.  It would look blue, but it would be wrongly tagged.  It's an
> extreme example, but illustrates the point.
>
> What do you think needs to be fixed?  If you want the entire trace to
> be used then you must draw a way along the entire length.  It's
> possible that somebody else already did some parts of it, so you could
> re-align the existing ways to your trace, or you could leave them as
> they are.  Don't forget that the gps trace may be offset by several
> metres in any direction, so it might not be in exactly the right
> place.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Andrew
>
> On 20 December 2013 12:31, Fred Felter <felterf at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My first post here.
>> I recently contributed a GPS trace to complete a foot/bike path near where I
>> live. The result in OSM has a strange appearance and I cannot figure out how
>> to fix it. Since this is new to me I could really use some personal tutoring
>> to get me through this problem. Is this an appropriate forum for that? And
>> if not, where?
>>
>> My trace is http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/frefel/traces/1614067. I
>> wanted my entire trace to be used but only a section was. What I added looks
>> more like a road than a foo/bike trail and I don't see why?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>> Fred
>>
>>
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