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Qbus

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Registered: 2009-08-06

Posts: 2

edit a track before makeing it public.

I just made my first track.  I had to use my netbook and an old delorme eathmate gps because I don't have a handheld gps with a data cable and couldn't get the tomtom 3rd party software to work... anyway there were some points in the track where gps jumps.  is there a program or a way in the website to edit the track before making it public, to take out the few bad points of data?

http://www.openstreetmap.org/trace/471314/view

BennieD

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Registered: 2009-05-22

Posts: 10

Re: edit a track before makeing it public.

Are you familiar with JOSM?
Plugin editgpx provides editing facilities for tracks

http://josm.openstreetmap.de
http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Plugins
http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applicatio … ditgpx.jar

JOSM = Java OSM Editor
You will need at least Java 1.5. available from the JOSM site

Note of caution: If the edited track does not upload to OSM, try to export it as an Anonymous track in JOSM, which will add time data.

BennieD

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Registered: 2009-05-22

Posts: 10

Re: edit a track before makeing it public.

Note:
When a track jumps, the rest of the track is sometimes inaccurate by the amount it has jumped.
What I do to get a more reliable track is to track the same route several times, and create a track from the average of the results, before I convert it to a way.
Don't let this stop you from uploading your tracks!
If 5 different people upload their own tracks of the same way (and make it public), the average of the 5 tracks will be that much more reliable.

Qbus

Member

Registered: 2009-08-06

Posts: 2

Re: edit a track before makeing it public.

I did a few more tracks and I have the same problem.  I am not worried about the tracks being off though becuaes i have checked after each jump and it seems to line up normaly and it also stays more or less the the same with the yahoo images.  I will look into the java app when i go home from vaction and i have something more than a netbook to work with.

3 new cape cod tracks
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Qbus/traces/474608
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Qbus/traces/474610
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Qbus/traces/474622