On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Hilton Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've extracted a boundary definition for Capitol Reef National Park from > Tiger line files, 2006. It's in gpx format, and shows as a continous, > closed line with numerous vertices. I'm new to OSM, but I think this should > show up as an area feature if I could figure out a way to import it. > Unfortunately, I can't. > > This is really frustrating, because I see an area indicating the boundaries > of Zion National Park just east of Saint George, UT, USA. > > OSM rejects my gpx upload because it doesn't have time stamps. > JOSM opens the the gpx file, but only shows points. > Is there a way to get JOSM to open shape files, or to convert the gpx files > to ways, the way the slippy map does when it likes the gpx I upload? > > Thanks, > > Hilton > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:13:40 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Can't figure out how to upload a park > boundary to OSM > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > hi, > > you can just use an simple editor to open your gpx file. > than you maybe see waypoint in this way: > > <trkpt lat="50.7501400" lon="10.8057205"> > <ele>427.4433594</ele> > </trkpt> > > just use the editors "search & replace" function: > > search for "</ele>" > replace it with "</ele><time>2008-09-06T12:00:00Z</time>" > > do it for the whole file and than try to upload it to OSM. > if you don't have an <ele> tag then use > > search for "</trkpt>" > replace with "<time>2008-09-06T12:00:00Z</time></trkpt>" > > hope i can helped. > > ben > > Ben, > Thanks for the tip, but it only half way worked. I was able to get the > server to accept the gpx file, and I got the trace onto the map, but when I > clicked the "Track" button, nothing changed. The only way I could get my > area onto the map, was by tracing over the track to create a way to enclose > the area. > > Is there some sort of size limitation on the trace upload ( the park > boundary was about 100 miles long), or was it a problem with the point time > stamp? I added the same time stamp to every point. > > Thanks in advance, > > Hilton
i don't know anything about limitations for uploading a gpx file. how many waypoints has the file? i fixed some of my own gpx files with the same timestamp and there were no problems. did you try JOSM? ben _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
