[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap newbie - help/guidance to convert OSM XML data to .gpx

Paul Johnson baloo at ursamundi.org
Wed May 6 13:21:55 UTC 2015


OK, I seem to have misunderstood the situation, then.  You're trying to
convert OSM data to GPX, and vice versa, no?  If that's the case, right
click on the layer and select "Convert to..."

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Ángel de Vicente <
angel.vicente.garrido at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> thanks. I tried JOSM, but probably because I have no idea what I'm doing,
> I cannot open the .xml generated file.
>
> The message that I get is "No data found in file 'output.xml'.
>
> I attach the file that I'm trying to load, in case I'm doing something
> obviouosly wrong.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> On 6 May 2015 at 09:31, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 3:02 AM, Ángel de Vicente <
>> angel.vicente.garrido at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> a complete newbie to Openstreetmap here, so bear with me... Briefly,
>>> what I'm, trying to achieve is the following: I have a .gpx file from a
>>> bike ride, and I want to use the gps data to get images from those
>>> locations from Google Street View. But, GPS not being that accurate, I
>>> first want to massage the .gpx file and obtain a .gpx file where the
>>> coordinates have been matched to the closest road.
>>>
>>
>> JOSM can convert back and forth between the two formats.  Please be aware
>> that Google Street View is widely regarded to be an unsuitable data source,
>> so please do not edit based on Street View.
>>
>
>
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