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

[tim]

also, tracks tagged with stuff can be "searched" by manually creating a url:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/traces/tag/Glasgow
http://www.openstreetmap.org/traces/tag/party
http://www.openstreetmap.org/traces/tag/walk

so I tend to use them for locations, and big stuff like "party" "walk"

descriptions are not currently searchable, so I don't really do much
in the description, just add a bit more text - more verbose tags
really.

Tim

On 10/16/07, Steve Coast <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>
> 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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