Hello and welcome to OpenStreet Map,

You can easily download GPS traces with JOSM map editor.

Googling for “download osm gpx traces”
http://www.google.com/search?q=download+osm+gpx+traces&ie=UTF-8
gives lots more help.

Regards Bernard

“Unfortunately I found I need to edit a lot of very small segements”

Hello Govanus,

If you use JOSM you can highlight/select several sections of way then edit them all at the same time. Your edit is inserted into each section.

Regards Bernard

Hi, No problem, the three problems are fixed. Not sure exactly where the gate should be though. If wrong it can be fixed later on when you’ve mastered JOSM. I’ll have another look at it in the morning anyway. Any more problems feel free to mail me. Regards Bernard

Hi, Yes all problems are still there and I agree not easy to put right with Potlatch2, though fairly simple to fix with the JOSM editor. Would you like to have a go at fixing it as aseerel4c26 suggests above. If you wish I can sort it out (with JOSM) for you but you’ll have to say exactly where the gate is supposed to be. At the moment the gate looks closest to the north south path, just south of where your new path joins. Regards Bernard

Welcome to OSM, and please don’t be disappointed by what I have to say, I think all learning makes for a positive attitude.

I took a look at your newly mapped path and it needs a few adjustments.

To the western end, if the footpath joins the north south path (which I think it does), then your last node needs to be joined to the N S footpath. The gate you mapped close by, if the gate is a barrier to one of the footpaths (ie the path goes through the gateway), then the gate node needs to be joined to the way at the correct position. Same thing applies to the stile in the middle of your path, needs to be joined to the path.

Have a look at the JOSM editor osm.wiki/JOSM I find it much easier to use than Potlatch.

There are hundreds of folk out here ready and willing to help so please just shout if you get stuck. Regards Bernard

Very much easier to read and navigate through. Well done.

Zoom out and north past the lake to see the airfield it took off from. Zoom in to see the pilot spilling his coffee trying to peer up at the Bing aircraft taking photos!

Hello Morsa, Another welcome. Have you looked at Walking Papers it’s the next best thing to a GPS, print out a map section and fill in detail with your pencil, they may well be of assistance to you. http://walkingpapers.org/
Regards Bernard

Hi, I spent several hours yesterday going through the map squares designating by mouse click those that contain buildings as then requested. Today I see you want dams marked as well. I’m sorry to say that yesterday I did not mark several squares with dams on them. So your dams count will be out! Regards Bernard PS I’m now going to mark to the finish, only a couple of thousand to go.

It might be better to tag the sections that are now absolutely non-existent (some are ploughed up and reverted back to farm land), as railway=dismantled.

Regards Bernard

Hello There and welcome to OSM,

I’m sorry to have to inform you that you have placed on the map a railway that no longer exists and in a manner as if it does exist. If you look at other old sites of railways nearby (Marriots Way for example,) you’ll see them tagged as railway=abandoned. Please see this link for further information :- osm.wiki/Talk:Railways#Abandoned_railways_where_all_evidence_has_been_removed

In my opinion something that cannot be seen on the ground, as is the case with a lot of the old railways, ought not to be mapped. However to be completely open this thread advises otherwise, https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/650/does-osm-use-any-historic-data-or-want-to

Regards Bernard

Hi leuty, Hi-light/select the particular node, choose the VIEW menu then click HISTORY or ADVANCED INFO.
Regards Bernard

Hi,

"I can't seem to convince JOSM to make multiple holes in a polygon, one yes but not multiple "

Create/draw all the areas, place the descriptive tags on each area. Select all of the areas including the overall area (by holding CTRL down and clicking on each area) when all are selected/highlighted click on Tools, and Create Multipolygon.

Regards

Hello, Had time to look at your work, Very Good, yes a shame the 2011 bing doesn’t zoom in.

I see you’ve made a multipolygon for the park area as a whole. If you now add all the inner areas to the outer multipolygon you’ll find it renders a lot better Also it’s easier to see the different areas in JOSM, At the moment in JOSM if the outer area is clicked/highlighted the whole park gets shaded in a colour including all inner areas and is rendered such. I’ve done one of the lower pitches so you can see the differences. Some areas will have to be nested multipolygons.

These pages might help:- osm.wiki/Multipolygon osm.wiki/Multipolygon_Examples

Regards Bernard

Hi,

You can edit the file in GpsPrune which you are using, don’t ask me how as I don’t use it, (GpsPrune HowTo says you can edit). You can edit the file in JOSM before uploading it to OpenStreetMap. I have a Garmin GPS and edit my tracks (gpx files) in Garmin MapSource (I remove track section directly to my house and trashy sections recorded when the GPS is first getting a signal.

I’m now going to look at GpsPrune, it seems to be a very neat piece of software.

Regards Bernard

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, yes I found the email contact for the site and got a very fast reply from Sarah. I’ve implemented her suggestions and will see later on if it turns out well. Being very favorably impressed with the hiking map I was prompted to look at other routes in my area and have started trying get them properly displayed. Regards.

Hi,

That’s a very good map and representation of routes. So please tell, how would I get a trail to appear on the Waymarked Trails-Hiking map? Regards

Hello,
Set the unit to "Log Track to Data Card" (as above) and all track waypoints will be recorded to the SD card, other waypoints ie POI, car, hotel are held on the units memory as usual.
The wrap around function only has a relation with the unit memory, hence the need for wrap around. Wrap around (on or off) has no effect on the SD card recording.
Get out and enjoy that sun, it's cloudy and gusting to gale force winds here in the east of England.
Regards

Hello,
You obviously have the unit set to record your track log as you say it's 90% full, leave that as it is.
Then yes just set it up as ablansinger says. Then all track/tracks will be recorded in full on the card for a 24 hour period. If you switch the unit on to check say a waypoint a track section will be recorded to the card. If in the middle of a trip you reset the track data another section of track will be recorded, switch the unit off and on, another section is recorded. And so on for the whole day. The unit knows the time of day and will start recording a new days track a second after midnight if it's left on, (mine has on occasion been left on all night). Your track log data will not be optimised in any way.
Regards

Yes do as ablansinger says. The GPSr makes a file on the data card for every day it is switched on. Today's would be named 20111126 in that file is stored all tracks for the day. No matter how you play with the unit, even resetting the track data has no effect on the track data stored to the card. Resetting track data resets the data within the unit memory.
Regards