[OSM-talk] opencycleroute.org

[Frank O'Dwyer]

Hi,

I'm in the process of starting up a project to collect machine & human 
readable cycle routes under a CC license at opencycleroute.org.

 From looking at the OSM site it looks like the two projects have some 
overlapping aims and could usefully exchange info. I would like to use 
GPX files to represent cycle routes as far as possible, and it would 
seem to make sense to make these as "OSM-friendly" as possible so that 
you can use them too. With this in mind I have some questions:

- can OSM handle GPX files with waypoints as well as tracklogs?
- are GPX containing only waypoints any use to you, or do you need 
tracklogs?
- would GPX files including text annotations, links to photos etc cause 
any problems? [ I would like to put route instructions and links to 
waypoint photos into the GPX file - easy enough to strip them out if 
they cause problems I guess ]
- is there / will there be an API to overlay routes onto OSM maps a la 
google maps?
- any other tips/pitfalls I should know about?

Cheers,
Frank