Hi Folks,
I’ve loaded a gpx track into iD editor by dragging and dropping the gpx file onto the editor. After clicking it’s now a throbbing red line… But, how do I save it - the save dialogue is greyed out and if I mouse over it it says ‘No changes to save’ - but, here is my lovely track throbbing in red:
How do I save it?
Many thanks,
M
You did Not Change any OSM tagging. To Upload a Track You Need to use the tracks page in your Profile:
If you mean “save to the OSM database”, the GPS track itself is not an OSM object. You need to actually draw OSM objects such as ways tagged as highway=something, and usually connect these to already mapped ways. You can do this by tracing over your GPS track, while paying attention to imagery to confirm the position is reasonable. Note you’ll probably have to zoom in a bit further to do all this.
If you just want to make the “raw” track available to other mappers, then as @karlos said the track upload function is separate from the iD editor.
Hi, Thanks @alan_gr & @karlos - I tried the Traces page before working with the iD editor - with iD editor at least I get to see my track! I’m generating gfx data from OpenRouteService in both ‘ORS API GPX’ and ‘Standard GPX’ formats and then uploading to the Traces page - every time I do, I get and email with:
It looks like your file failed to be imported as a GPS trace.
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… Here is the importing error:
0 points parsed ok. Do they all have lat,lng,alt,timestamp?
So, I guess I’ll add “‘Traces’ upload” to the thread title.
Is OpenRouteService not compatible with OSM?
Thx
That’s not what OSM’s GPS traces are designed for. If you’ve been somewhere, a road or path, that no-one has added to OSM yet, you can capture a GPS trace of where you went and use that (along with other sources) to add the missing path to OSM.
There’s no benefit of uploading a route that was calculated from OSM data back to OSM!
Perhaps you could expand on what you are trying to do by uploading the trace. As @SomeoneElse indicates, it seems rather circular as you have described it so far, given that OpenRouteService uses OSM data.
If you are simply looking for a way to store routes for your own use, openstreetmap.org is not the service you need.
If you are simply looking for a way to store routes for your own use, openstreetmap.org is not the service you need.
I’m looking to share - I upload gfx paths to OsmAnd - and, I was looking for a similar facility to share maps of a planned walk with my walking friends. Surely there must be a similar facility as provided on OsmAnd for the web version?
If not the OSM web version, any pointers?
Thanks
OsmAnd is an independent application that uses OpenStreetMap data (one of many). So openstreetmap.org is not the web version of OsmAnd.
You may be looking for OsmAnd.net, which really is the OsmAnd website. There is some information on this page about storing and synching tracks. But I only use it as an Android app so I don’t know how well it works. Also some of the web features may require payment.
Another option could be to create a map using uMap. You can easily upload one or more GPX files and display them over a variety of backgrounds.
Thank you sooo much @alan_gr !
So, I have been barking up the wrong tree - and thank you for pointing me in the direction of the correct tree: uMap - Online map creator
Here you can find my handiwork (should you care to):
STANDEDGE and MARCH HAIGH
Thx, M
Somewhat at a tangent from the original question, but there’s quite a lot still to map in that area!
The main route of the Standedge Trail is in OSM, but there are many more route markers and guideposts than have been mapped so far (the dots on the OSM relation display are nodes; in this case guideposts / route markers).
The Kirklees Way is similar; there are many Walkers are Welcome trails and there’s also a “Man v Barge” one (which I presume is exactly what it sounds like). Also the Pennine Bridleway, Oldham Way and Pennine Way…
