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

[Paul Johnson]

I'm curious what the DOCTYPE is on the XML being put out, that might
provide some clues.

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Ángel de Vicente <
angel.vicente.garrido at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> sorry, let's see if I can explain myself better. The attachment in my
> previous mail is what I got from the page https://mapmatching.3scale.net/
>
> That file contains good data but in a format that I don't know how to deal
> with. I would like only to convert that .xml file to a .gpx file with
> latitude and longitude coordinates. But when I try to open with JOSM that
> file (output.xml), it complains that no data was found (and thus I don't
> see any Convert option when I right click the "output.xml" layer.
>
> I hope now it is a bitt more clear.
>
> Thanks a lot
> Angel de Vicente
> <https://mapmatching.3scale.net/>
>
> On 6 May 2015 at 14:21, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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