How to edit/delete bad GPX data on OSM?

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I recently noticed some wrong GPX traces on the map in Tehran. Someone(s) tried to write some text on the map in this way. These entries need to be removed but I couldn’t find any way to do so.

Is there any way to edit the GPX data on OSM?

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GPX data can be removed from the database, but the rendering that is available as a raster layer will not reflect deletions (if you can identify the account that uploaded the data, the DWG should be able to remove it).

That said, I wouldn’t bother. “misusing” the GPX facility in multiple ways, including for note taking, has a long tradition and given that it only ancillary data that can easily be ignored when not appropriate trying to keep it “clean” would seem to be a lot of effort for very little gain.

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It would be worth more effort if someone created some highly offensive/spammy/destructive GPX tracks.

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Thanks for your reply.

I find these traces very spammy and noisy. Thankfully these cases are not offensive.

May you give me some hint on how to find out who uploaded these traces?

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I would report it to the DWG (data@osmfoundation.org) in that case, the OSM GPX-API has a number of quirks that make searching for anything but your own tracks essentially not possible.

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If I right-click > “Save as …” on the GPX layer in JOSM I get:

  <trk>
    <name>OSMsketch20170330_120305A.gpx</name>
    <desc>دروس -عراقی-اختیاریه</desc>
    <link href="/user/madjidf/traces/2380512">

(JOSM API call: https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/trackpoints?bbox=51.4595551,35.7492139,51.4647049,35.7518261&page=0)

So the trace is:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/madjidf/traces/2380512
And more:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/madjidf/traces

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Not much of a vandal though if they set their tracks to identifialbe.

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Yes, we are lucky here. This doesn’t work in (probably) most cases, as the other trace visibility modes are anonymous without a link to the user.

I just noticed that the table entry in the German wiki page DE:Visibility of GPS traces for the anonymous property (“Upload-Nutzer erkennbar”) seems wrong for public (“Öffentlich”), as it contradicts the description and the original English page (since 2011)?