[OSM-talk] URL for trace pages?

[Tom Hughes]

In message <89699a0a0805240618y556f5ee3x76d7e8f8a26d89b9 at mail.gmail.com>
          "OJ W" <ojwlists at googlemail.com> wrote:

> is there a reason that you have to know the username before browsing
> to the OSM page for a GPX trace?
> 
> e.g. the URL like this works:
> 
> http://openstreetmap.org/user/MAPconcierge/traces/114312
> 
> but why doesn't the URL like this also work?
> 
> http://openstreetmap.org/trace/114312

Hysterical raisins. Patches welcome.

> there is another page of computer-readable details:
> 
> http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.5/gpx/114312/details
> 
> but that requires authentication to view it?

Because it lets you get your own traces even if they are not public.

Tom

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