[OSM-talk] So how *do* you get GPS waypoints into OSM?

[martyn]

My GPS unit produces separate POI / waypoint files in addition to 
trackpoint files. Combining the two produces a file that can be 
visualised and traced in Potlatch:

Waypoint files may not be timestamped, so using a text editor, add 
timestamps to each waypoint in the format

<time>2010-10-06T11:15:27Z</time>

Then cut the block of waypoints and paste at the end the list of 
trkpoints.  You might want to edit the trkpoints to just a few in the 
vicinity of the waypoints.  The resulting file:

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gpx> version="1.1" creator="" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0" 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0 
http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0/gpx.xsd">
<trk>
<trkseg>
<trkpt lat="51.838455" 
lon="-1.6299166"><ele>0</ele><time>2010-10-06T11:15:20Z</time><cmt>0.0 
kmh</cmt></trkpt>
<trkpt lat="51.838456" 
lon="-1.6299165"><ele>0</ele><time>2010-10-06T11:15:21Z</time><cmt>0.0 
kmh</cmt></trkpt>
<trkpt lat="51.838456" 
lon="-1.6299163"><ele>0</ele><time>2010-10-06T11:15:22Z</time><cmt>0.0 
kmh</cmt></trkpt>
<trkpt lat="51.838456" 
lon="-1.6299162"><ele>0</ele><time>2010-10-06T11:15:23Z</time><cmt>0.0 
kmh</cmt></trkpt>
</trkseg>
</trk>
<wpt lat="51.838451" lon="-1.63011829" 
 ><time>2010-10-06T11:15:27Z</time><ele>0</ele><name>POI 1</name></wpt>
<wpt lat="51.846776" 
lon="-1.62686897"><time>2009-01-05T12:55:17Z</time><ele>0</ele><name>POI 
2</name></wpt>
<wpt lat="51.842417" lon="-1.62943171" 
 ><time>2009-01-05T12:55:18Z</time><ele>0</ele><name>POI 3</name></wpt>
<wpt lat="51.846719" lon="-1.62930629" 
 ><time>2009-01-05T12:55:19Z</time><ele>0</ele><name>POI 4</name></wpt>
</gpx>

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Upload the file with visibility as "Private", edit with save, and the 
wpts show up as orange spots.  The name is revealed on mouse over.
Delete file when finished.