[OSM-talk] GPX upload: description vs tags?

Steve Coast steve at asklater.com
Tue Oct 16 10:52:13 BST 2007


On 15 Oct 2007, at 22:12, Corey Burger wrote:

> On 10/15/07, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>    this is a bit embarassing for someone who has almost been with the
>> project for a year ;-) but can someone enlighten me about the
>> difference between "tags" and "description" when doing GPX upload?
>> What should I put where?
>
> Description is mostly about where you went. Tags are the locations you
> were at and possibly the method of travel you took.
>
> Thus a bike ride from my house to my school might be described as:
>
> Oak Bay to Camosun College
>
> and be tagged as
>
> Oak Bay Victoria British Columbia Canada

... bike bicycle home school ?

>
>
> Corey
>
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have fun,

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