How to edit the area along a GPS trace in Josm

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Let’s imagine I want to edit the area along the first GPX file in this list, (this one). I can click on the name TS2090b.GPX
which takes me to this page. This trace has got 1514 points in it, and it’s basically linear. When I click “edit” an unfeasibly large area around the start point is load (lots of data that I don’t want to touch, none of what I actually do), but I can zoom in on the start location.

What I can’t see is any of the information from the GPX file - not the track that’s in there, nor the (in this case) 70 waypoints that have the useful information that I want to add.

Without having to separately download the .gpx file and open that in JOSM, how do I get Josm to open:

  • at the start point of a GPX trace
  • with the information in the GPX trace (track and waypoints) visible?
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IIRC the waypoint data is striped from the gpx files when uploaded on OSM.org… Hope you still have the original file.

Edit : I’ve checked the file, waypoints are still there. Josm puts them in a separate layer.

According to this page, it’s possible to download along a trace, not sure I’ve ever tried… ;-)

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In JOSM you can right click on the gpx track layer and select “Download from OSM along this track”.