[OSM-talk] What should be Uploaded

Wed Jul 5 20:24:41 BST 2006

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> <P>Are We supposed to upload All routes we do onto the OSM site?  i.e.
> roads, track, footpaths, river trips, rock climing, Walking around a field,
> or trespacing even?, and then go on and desifer what is what later on in
> the editing programs?  Or are we just supposed to upload roads at
> present?  Where is the cut off point?</P> <P>Also, if the anwser is
> that we can uplaod anything, Should we make tracks/routes for things that
> arnt roads?</P> <P>Thanks<BR><BR>Ben </P></DIV>
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Generally I upload my entire GPX track. I either just "know" or mark via 
waypoints which bits are irrelevant (e.g. wander round the garden of a pub). 
One interesting recent example are some GPX tracks of Ben  Nevis and other 
Scottish peaks. I don't intend to construct segments and ways from the whole 
track - as some of the route was cross-country in some cases. However, from 
the SRTM contour data, waypoints and bends I can deduce which parts were 
paths and which parts are cross country. If you think you might forget, mark 
as waypoints. osmeditor2 is reasonably good at dealing with this sort of 
thing :-) 

Nick