Finding source of GPX data

General talk
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I am sure that there must be a way to do this but I cannot for the life of me find it.

In an area that I am currently mapping there are a series of GPX traces (that download when I download OSM data) that do not look like tracks from a GPS receiver. They are disconnected line segments and seem to closely follow water features.

I am interested to know the source of these and whether they cover just a local area or a wider area - suggesting some form of automation. At worst they could be GPX traces from copyrighted material.

But how do If find, at the very least the originator of these tracks?

Andrew

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Does this topic on help.osm.org help?

http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/1477/identifying-individual-gpx-tracks

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Thanks,

At the very least that has enabled me to find the originator of the traces in question. Turns out that the traces are generated from the OS Street View data by a mapper who seems to know what he is doing. So puts to rest any worry about copyright infringement.

Andrew