[OSM-talk] openstreetmap

[hy]

Hi everybody,
let me introduce first:

I am doing a similar work as openstreetmap does.
Actually I wanted to start something like this in 2003, when I didn't have
a job and lots of time - but no money to get it up and running.

Well, having just ISDN I didn't catch openstreetmap.org and did my own thing.

My focus was on sports - such as calculating route-lenghts and the like.

In 2003 I bought my first GPSr an started a bloody hack to visualize the
tracks. Currently I have two major maps with about 100.000 WPs each that
are categorized in terms as area (mountain, forest, in-town, ...) and
WP-Types like Roads (gravel, small road, highway, bridge ...), service
(Restaurant, cash-dispenser, gas-station), ways (path, fixed path, stairs,
), area (picknick, park...) hospitals ...

To make a long story short:
How do I get all these into the map?
Is there a forum to discuss things?

I won't have the time now to re-edit 200.000 WPs, but I would take the
time to write a convert routine to make a bulk upload - if it doesn't
require editing afterwards.

I'd be glad to be a part of the community, and as far as I can tell after
a few days of looking around at least 150.000 WPs of my collection are not
in openstreetmap.org - yet.

Any ideas?

P.S. I can write GPX-Files with some of my own extensions.

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