[OSM-talk] uploading gpx files. how to?

Nick Whitelegg nick at hogweed.org
Sun Sep 10 22:49:14 BST 2006


On Sunday 10 Sep 2006 22:24, Wollschaf wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:48:20 +0200, Lars Aronsson wrote:
> > JOSM is the source of so much garbage.
>
> There should be a bold red warning that a direct conversion from tracklog
> to osm data is a bad thing and generally should not be done using high-res
> (not reduced) tracklogs.
>

That said, IMX, direct conversion works well with a Garmin Etrex Legend on the 
default settings on stretches of main road or railway without junctions. But 
no, I wouldn't try it on a footpath or an exploration of a housing estate :-)

Nick




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