Re: [OSM-talk] Personal maps tool similar to my maps

[Tanveer Singh]

Thanks!
Will try all of these and see what works best!



On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Alex Barth  wrote:

> Umap's great. There's also http://geojson.io/
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar 
> wrote:
>
>> Try uMap: http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:34 AM, Tanveer Singh 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In google maps world you can create your own map, with waypoints, POIs
>>> etc., of your choice and export it as KML etc., etc.,
>>>
>>> IS there a similar website/tool/system available for OSM where I can
>>> create a POI map online and then export
>>>
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[OSM-talk] Personal maps tool similar to my maps

[Tanveer Singh]

In google maps world you can create your own map, with waypoints, POIs
etc., of your choice and export it as KML etc., etc.,

IS there a similar website/tool/system available for OSM where I can create
a POI map online and then export

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[OSM-talk] Android routing application - With some level of OFFLINE address search

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I have taken a look at ZaNavi OSMAND etc., on android.
Most of these in offline mode offer only POI search.

If I want to search for an address(need not be house numbers) and enter a
road name, it usually does not work.

Anybody has any success for OFFLINE address search, where I can put in
something like

XYZ Road
And then it gives me names of all XYZ roads in an order dependent on
distance of object from my current location.
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Re: [OSM-talk] How to create very large jpeg from OSM file

[Tanveer Singh]

Thanks robert. I am an active VIKING user. But the usability of this big
map download seems to be limited. If I zoom out a zoom level 9 but want to
download level 14 jpg of a pre selected area, I am unable to do so easily.




On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Robert Norris wrote:

>
> 
> > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] How to create very large jpeg from OSM file
> >
> > If any of the available tile set styles are suitable, simply download
> > the tiles, at the desired zoom level, for your area of interest, stitch
> > together with a tool such as gdalmerge, outputting to a jpg, and print.
>
> This is also possible with the GUI program Viking (
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/viking).
>
> Once you have downloaded map tiles for the area, use the File->Generate
> Image File option.
>
> ATM This is restricted to 5000x5000, although in the next version the
> limits are substantially increased**.
>
> HTH.
>
> ** Disclaimer - this is because I (re)wrote it.
>
> Be Seeing You - Rob.
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[OSM-talk] How to create very large jpeg from OSM file

[Tanveer Singh]

I went to the openstreetmap.org site, and the largest jpg I can export is
around 2000x2000

I was wondering whether there exists a software where I can give it the
.osm file(downloaded from a service like cloudmade), and then create very
big files like 8000x8000 in size?
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Re: [OSM-talk] How to map mountain pass in Poltach 2

[Tanveer Singh]

Thanks!
I know the exact longitude and latitude of the pass. Is there a way for me
to select the node nearest to the said latitude and longitude?


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Gorm E. Johnsen  wrote:

> Tanveer
>
> There is no preset for mountain passes in Potlatch.
> You will have to add it manually as key/values.
>
> This is how you do it in Potlatch 2:
>
> Mark the node for the highest point on the road.
> Click 'Advanced' In the lower left.
> In the grid, enter 'mountain_pass' as key and 'yes' as value.
>
> Typically you may also want to add a 'name' and 'ele' (for elevation in
> meter).
>
> -gorm
>
>
> On 24 January 2013 13:43, Tanveer Singh  wrote:
>
>> I am still confused
>> Road is already mapped in openstreetmap
>> I click on EDIT and it takes me to poltach 2
>> When I click on any point on the road, I do not see any option of marking
>> that single point has mountain pass.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Vladimir Vyskocil <
>> vladimir.vysko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> And this IMHO important feature to have on a map is still not rendered
>>> in Mapnik on the main OSM site... I always saw the request to have it added
>>> in the default style since I joined OSM (more than 3 years ago). I think
>>> this has something to do with the default pgsql import style not having the
>>> following key or keys :
>>>
>>> >
>>> > is there a particular reason to use a new key for this, instead of
>>> > e.g. natural=mountain_pass (or natural=pass)? There is only few of
>>> > these I admit:
>>> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=natural%3Dpass
>>> >
>>>
>>> There was also a problem to have the symbol oriented right with the old
>>> Mapnik version, but now it should be possible, is it ?
>>>
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Re: [OSM-talk] How to map mountain pass in Poltach 2

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I am still confused
Road is already mapped in openstreetmap
I click on EDIT and it takes me to poltach 2
When I click on any point on the road, I do not see any option of marking
that single point has mountain pass.



On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Vladimir Vyskocil <
vladimir.vysko...@gmail.com> wrote:

> And this IMHO important feature to have on a map is still not rendered in
> Mapnik on the main OSM site... I always saw the request to have it added in
> the default style since I joined OSM (more than 3 years ago). I think this
> has something to do with the default pgsql import style not having the
> following key or keys :
>
> >
> > is there a particular reason to use a new key for this, instead of
> > e.g. natural=mountain_pass (or natural=pass)? There is only few of
> > these I admit: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=natural%3Dpass
> >
>
> There was also a problem to have the symbol oriented right with the old
> Mapnik version, but now it should be possible, is it ?
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[OSM-talk] How to map mountain pass in Poltach 2

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Hi
I was looking at some roads in the himalayas which pass through high
mountain passes(marked by signboard).
I want to select a point or node on the road, and then mark it as "mountain
pass". In the left menu which opens, there is no such option. How to do
that?
Do I select two points and then mark the road between two points or
something.
Confused here.
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Re: [OSM-talk] alternative to navit on windows CE

[Tanveer Singh]

Thanks for your replies. I have an android phone, but in Car I prefer to use
my 4.3 inch screen windows CE device. I was using Oziexplorer CE and intend
to use that for offroad applications, but for in city navigation, esp when I
travel abroad, I want something which can allow me to
1. Create tracklogs
2. Navigate along a GPS track(saved from google earth and then edited in
viking or something)
3. Navigate to a POI

I did try Navit on my android, but it has only "address" navigation option.
Navigate to POI is not there. I guess I will read the manual or something

regards
Tanveer

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Kai Krueger  wrote:

> Another good option for an offline routing application is mapFactor
> Navigator
> Free ( http://navigatorfree.mapfactor.com/en/ ). It runs on Windows PCs,
> Windows Mobile devices and Windows CE devices. The latter covering pretty
> much any current or older PND apart from Garmin and TomTom.
>
> Navigator Free is a closed source application with a closed data format, so
> you can only get map updates from them. However, they do seem to regularly
> provide updates and have a decent selection of countries available and it
> is
> completely free of charge.
>
> On the plus side, coming from an established commercial routing provider,
> the overall quality seems fairly high and appears to be one of the most
> user
> friendly and polished programs I have seen so far (although for a lack of
> an
> iPhone or Android, I haven't seen any of those applications yet).
>
> They do also seem to listen and participate on the OSM forums (e.g.
> http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=9840 ) to try and improve
> the way they handle OSM data and keep up with tagging schemas.
>
> Nevertheless routing with OSM in general (and most routing software in
> particular) is currently still not always without its issues.
>
> Kai
>
> P.S. another option is to e.g. install a JVM ( e.g.
> http://davy.preuveneers.be/phoneme/?q=node/1 ) on your PND device and run
> one of the javaME based navigation programs (
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/J2ME ) like GpsMid (
> http://gpsmid.sourceforge.net/ ), although the overall process is not the
> easiest or most user friendly option.
>
>
>
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[OSM-talk] alternative to navit on windows CE

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I was looking at an OSM routing application(offline routing) like navit.
Tried navit, but its not stable, does not even start on my windows CE
device, and support forum is inactive. I was wondering if there are other
apps which can do offline navigation with OSM data just like navit claims to
do?
MY PND is Windows CE 5.0 device(Mio C320) and I can run moving map apps like
oziexplorer just fine.
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Re: [OSM-talk] Software for GPX stats etc.,

[Tanveer Singh]

Thanks Graham.
Actually its a python program, so its great. I can run it on my linux
machine or on my linux VM in my windows box.
regards
Tanveer

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Graham Jones wrote:

> Tanveer,
> I produced something like that some time ago, but it is not a web service.
> It is a python program that you need to install on your computer.  This is
> easy for Linux systems, but I never wrote a windows installer
> If no one suggests something better you can download it from
> http://code.google.com/p/wherewasi.
>
> Let me know if you need any help.  I have not used it for a long time!
>
> Graham
>
> from my phone
>
> On 14 Mar 2011 07:07, "Tanveer Singh"  wrote:
>
> There are lots of websites onlike like gpsvisualizer and utrack where you
> can load a gpx, and it will tell you track length.
> I want something with a little more features.
> Something like.
> I load the GPX on a background openstreetmap etc., map
> Then I click on a certain point in gpx, and then I click on another point
> in gpx.
> Then with a click I can bring up the states for that track segment, such as
> track length, elevation/speed profiles etc.,
> Currently, I have to edit the track to just have track between 2 points,
> and then load it onto such websites.
> Any softwares around?
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[OSM-talk] Software for GPX stats etc.,

[Tanveer Singh]

There are lots of websites onlike like gpsvisualizer and utrack where you
can load a gpx, and it will tell you track length.
I want something with a little more features.
Something like.
I load the GPX on a background openstreetmap etc., map
Then I click on a certain point in gpx, and then I click on another point in
gpx.
Then with a click I can bring up the states for that track segment, such as
track length, elevation/speed profiles etc.,
Currently, I have to edit the track to just have track between 2 points, and
then load it onto such websites.
Any softwares around?
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Re: [OSM-talk] Zero tolerance on imports

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On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Thomas Davie  wrote:

>
> On 21 Feb 2011, at 07:09, yvecai wrote:
>
> > IMO, 'imports' should be simply considered as datasources, not data.
> > We lack tools to properly use this data. Having great tools like for
> imagery or GPS tracks in the various editors, maybe with a copy/paste
> feature to import data semi-manually would be very valuable.
> > Then the 'import' job could just be to make the datasource easy to use to
> contributors.
> > A server to centralize this datasets could help for visibility.
>
> Just to throw another anecdote out there – I did look at OSM many years
> ago.  At the time I thought "pt, they haven't even got my country on the
> map, let alone the little town I'm in, there's no way this'll get anywhere".
>  A few years later I became a contributer because there was at least *some*
> data available that made the map useful – all I had to do was make it *more*
> useful.
>
> What I'm saying is that to me, no data was more of a turn off than some
> data.
>
> I'd suggest that instead of simply banning imports we need better tools for
> monitoring map quality and for showing users what our monitoring tool thinks
> of their area.  If we tell new users "hey, look at this bug list/source/date
> of origin overlay and see what you can add/change/delete/fix/..." rather
> than simply presenting them with a map that may or may not be correct we
> might get more communities spring up.
>
> Essentially – tell people what they can do to help more clearly!
>
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India had very low coverage, and even now many areas lack coverage.
whenever I go to a new area and try mapping it, I see lot of roads where
there are no roads, infact there cannot be roads.
Just some junk data imported.
Its such a big mess, and often I have to do bulk deletes in remove areas.
Infact sometimes I refrain, because I cannot tell the actual good data from
junk data due to poor quality of satellite imagery.
I would not advocate "banning" imports, but restricting them is a very good
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Re: [OSM-talk] Power-user GPS app for Android?

[Tanveer Singh]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Ivan Petrushev wrote:

> MapNav

HI Ivan,
Oruxmaps, and many other apps do everything mapnav does. Including Waypoint,
track or route navigation.
However, none of these apps do "routing". For example, on a car GPS from
Garmin/Tomtom you give an address, and it plots a route over freeways and
roads etc., That is the only functionality missing from most of these apps.
Oruxmaps will do it all, ditto for Androzic.
I love androzic for the "look ahead" feature. Basically it shows more map
for the direction I am going towards.
With mobile atlas creater you can create maps for all these programs. You
can choose OSM or google.
All these apps support track recording, even background track recording, so
if you just want to lay down a track you can do other things on your phone.
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Re: [OSM-talk] Power-user GPS app for Android?

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On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Ivan Petrushev  wrote:

> Can you suggest me a power-user GPS application for Android?
> I've recently switched from my Sony Ericsson K800 to Android and
> r 
>

> - Navigation
> -- ability to calculate route from point A to point B w/o Internet
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Unfortunately, there are lots of apps which allow you to use mapping and
track logging and waypoints etc., routing is mostly done by paid apps. For
example Ndrive etc.,
You can try ANDNAV2 which is based on OSM routing.

If you are not too big on routing, 2 full featured apps I recommend are
Androzic and Oruxmaps.
they do everything you ask, except for routing.
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Re: [OSM-talk] Tropic of Cancer(Slightly OT)

[Tanveer Singh]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Toby Murray  wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:23 AM,   wrote:
> > you should be able to construct this with a text editor as a gpx file is
> > written in xml
>
> For a little fun before bed I wrote a quick utility to do this. Result:
>
> http://ni.kwsn.net/~toby/OSM/tropic_cancer.gpx
>
> It has one trackpoint for every degree of longitude starting at 0
> going east to 179 then -180 to -1. All at 23.5N obviously.
>
> JOSM is happy with it. No guarantees beyond that :)
>
> Enjoy
>
> Toby
>
Thanks. I get the drift. I will write a modified perl script which will do 1
point for every .1 of degree for my requirement,
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[OSM-talk] Tropic of Cancer(Slightly OT)

[Tanveer Singh]

Hi,
I was just wondering is there a GPS track somewhere which actually marks the
tropic of cancer. While downloading maps for oziexplorer, I have the option
of overlaying a gpx track. With tropic of cancer track, my map would have a
nice red line crossing it marking the tropic of cancer.
regards
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[OSM-talk] Software which can read in .osm on Windows CE

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There are quite a few softwares which involve mgmaps or nonigpsview software
to download JPG tiles and view them. for example Oziexplorer.
I am wondering is there a free software out there for windows CE which
1. Reads .osm directly
2. Can write gpx trails with timestamp and altitude(any format will do since
formats are convertible)
3. Has some limited routing capability(like as the crow flies navigation)
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[OSM-talk] how to see lat lon on map

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I have a set of lat lon coordinates.
On maps.google.com, I just enter that in the search field and click go, and
it shows me that. however, no such feature in OSM. Of course I can edit the
URL to point to lat/lon, but copy pasting a set of coordinates is much
easlier.
anyway to do that in OSM?

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Re: [OSM-talk] How to view villages etc., at lesser zoom levels

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On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Alexandr Zeinalov  wrote:

> > Is there a way to see all features at lesser zoom. The idea is to print
> > out
> > a jpg map from OSM which has everything written.
> > regards
> > Tanveer
>
> You may use Kosmos or any other OSM renderer with you own rules for this.
> I made this map to print on B&W printer with all villages using Kosmos:
> http://shurik.aliki.ru/p3map.png
>
>
>
>  Sadly, it does not run properly on linux. Is there some way to make this
happen on openstreetmap web page or something?
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[OSM-talk] How to view villages etc., at lesser zoom levels

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I was looking at the map of ladakh region in J&K. It has been mostly mapped
my be. Its a sparsely populated region with lots of villages at great
distances from each other.
I noticed that if I wanted to see village names, I needed to zoom in. Also
some features mapped, such as "Chandra telescope at Hanle" were visible only
when I made a data overlay.
Is there a way to see all features at lesser zoom. The idea is to print out
a jpg map from OSM which has everything written.
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Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Tanveer Singh wrote:

>
>
>> There is no easy way...? I was hoping there is one. We are also planning
> to have a 50 vehicle event, and we will give garmin GPS units with
> gmapsupp.img created with the track as part of map.
> I know we can load track, but garmin allows loading of 500 point track
> only. If there was a way of loading 100,000 point track, things would be
> simple, but since there isn't it would be great to have a red colored line
> on the map which the driver has to follow.
>
> I may have found a way by using a style file. Basically add a
highway=rally_track and then garmin style. Now the problem is where do I
find a key with garmin style codes!
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Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:36 PM,  wrote:

> Tanveer Singh (tanveer1...@gmail.com) wrote:
>
> > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Tanveer Singh  >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Jukka Rahkonen <
> >> jukka.rahko...@mmmtike.fi> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Tanveer Singh  gmail.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Thanks, this is exactly what I am looking for. Now one question, on
> the
> >>> generated gmapsupp.img, is it possible that the track I create is of
> >>> different
> >>> color or something altogether. For example, lets say there are other
> roads
> >>> in
> >>> the area, and I follow the offroad track, I should not get confused
> with
> >>> the
> >>> other roads.
> >>>
> >>> To do it properly I guess you should use your own tag like
> >>> highway=my_track in
> >>> JOSM map side and make a rule for colouring it with your favourite
> colour
> >>> on the
> >>> Garmin map. Or then you can just tag for the renderer. Tag your
> off-roud
> >>> tracks
> >>> as highway=motorway and I suppose you will easily distinguish them.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I guess I will use the former. For example highway=rally_track.
> >> In JOSM is there a way to assign a color and thickness to such a track.
> It
> >> should be visible at all zoom levels more detailed than 9
> >> regards
> >> Tanveer
>
> The way the line appears in the final gmapsupp.img is controlled by
> mkgmap's style rules.  Different OSM tags are assigned different
> Garmin line types by the style rules.  So you can control how your
> tracks appear by selecting the specific Garmin line type that is
> assigned to them.  If you want to go beyond this and use a custom
> style* for your lines you will need to delve into the dark art of TYP
> files.
>
> * i.e. one that isn't a Garmin default for your particular GPSr
> --
> Charlie
>
> There is no easy way...? I was hoping there is one. We are also planning to
have a 50 vehicle event, and we will give garmin GPS units with gmapsupp.img
created with the track as part of map.
I know we can load track, but garmin allows loading of 500 point track only.
If there was a way of loading 100,000 point track, things would be simple,
but since there isn't it would be great to have a red colored line on the
map which the driver has to follow.
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Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Tanveer Singh wrote:

>
>
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Jukka Rahkonen <
> jukka.rahko...@mmmtike.fi> wrote:
>
>> Tanveer Singh  gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>
>> > Thanks, this is exactly what I am looking for. Now one question, on the
>> generated gmapsupp.img, is it possible that the track I create is of
>> different
>> color or something altogether. For example, lets say there are other roads
>> in
>> the area, and I follow the offroad track, I should not get confused with
>> the
>> other roads.
>>
>> To do it properly I guess you should use your own tag like
>> highway=my_track in
>> JOSM map side and make a rule for colouring it with your favourite colour
>> on the
>> Garmin map. Or then you can just tag for the renderer. Tag your off-roud
>> tracks
>> as highway=motorway and I suppose you will easily distinguish them.
>>
>>
>> I guess I will use the former. For example highway=rally_track.
> In JOSM is there a way to assign a color and thickness to such a track. It
> should be visible at all zoom levels more detailed than 9
> regards
> Tanveer
>
oops, reply button goes to Jukka, and not talk, I wonder why OSM is set that
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Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

[Tanveer Singh]

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Martin Simon  wrote:

> 2010/5/10 Tanveer Singh :
>
> > Actually the tracks are not roads, they are just a off road path that I
> did.
> > So no road there. No point adding it to the osm database
> > I just want to convert the area to garmin file with the track added
>
> Simply take josm, draw your track, save it as .osm and launch mkgmap like
> this:
> java -jar mkgmap.jar --gmapsupp main-osm-data.osm your-own-data.osm
>
> mkgmap will then compile both sources into one map containing two map
> tiles.
>
> -Martin
>
Thanks, this is exactly what I am looking for. Now one question, on the
generated gmapsupp.img, is it possible that the track I create is of
different color or something altogether. For example, lets say there are
other roads in the area, and I follow the offroad track, I should not get
confused with the other roads.
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Re: [OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

[Tanveer Singh]

2010/5/10 Iván Sánchez Ortega 

> El 10/05/2010 18:33, Tanveer Singh escribió:
> > 1. Download .osm file for a region
> > 2. Open it in some GUI tool
> > 3. Add a few tracks and waypoints
> > 4. Re-save the OSM data, with the tracks now saved as roads or whatever
> as
> > part of my .osm data
>
> I think you can either:
>
> - Use osmosis to cut a small chunk of data, edit it with JOSM, then
> commit the changes to the big .osm file with osmosis again.
>
> - Set up a local rails port. It's more complicated than osmosis + JOSM +
> .osm file, but you'll need that if the area is very big, you have to
> make lots of changes, or let lots of people make changes.
>
>
>
> Also, please be aware of the nature of OSM's license. If you add data to
> to a file or database with OSM data in it, that new data inherits OSM's
> license. In the end, it's easier to add that data directly to the main
> OSM server.
>
>
> Cheers,
> --
>

Actually the tracks are not roads, they are just a off road path that I did.
So no road there. No point adding it to the osm database
I just want to convert the area to garmin file with the track added
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[OSM-talk] Create custom map from OSM data

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Hi,
I am aware that I can download .osm file for a certain region and then
create gmapsupp.img for my garmin receiver.
I was wondering if I can do the following
1. Download .osm file for a region
2. Open it in some GUI tool
3. Add a few tracks and waypoints
4. Re-save the OSM data, with the tracks now saved as roads or whatever as
part of my .osm data
5. Create garmin map
This will enable me to have custom tracks for region where there are no
maps.
Any help?
regards
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[OSM-talk] Google Earth equivalent for Openstreetmap

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Sometimes when I have to plan a route, I can simple open the city in
google-earth, and then draw a path, and save it as kml, and then convert it
to the format my GPS understands.
So In GPS I just have to load the track and follow it.
Is there a similar software in openstreetmap which downloads openstreetmap
data, allows me to create a track based on that.
I am not interested in ariel imagery, just the map.
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Re: [OSM-talk] Need openstreetmap url for googlemv

[Tanveer Singh]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:49 AM, Etric Celine
 wrote:
>
> Am Sonntag 26 April 2009 23:03:24 schrieb Tanveer Singh:
>> I want to know if I want openstreetmap, whats the download url?
>
> You can use the Export tab on the main page, BigMap [1] or MapOf [2]
>
> Cheers
> Joerg
>
> [1] http://openstreetmap.gryph.de/bigmap.cgi
> [2] http://tah.openstreetmap.org/MapOf/
>
I want it with .map file, for oziexplorer. So I want to use googlemv,
just like gpsmapmaker

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[OSM-talk] Need openstreetmap url for googlemv

[Tanveer Singh]

In googlemv, you can download google maps or any maps.
For google, the download url which you enter in config is
http://mt.google.com/mt?n=404&v=w2p.89&x=
I want to know if I want openstreetmap, whats the download url?

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Re: [OSM-talk] best GPS for trekking

[Tanveer Singh]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Joe Richards  wrote:
>
> I will be trekking in Nepal later this year, and would like to keep some nice 
> GPX trails and waypoints (both on the trekking trails and in the 
> towns/roads), since it looks relatively unmapped...  I usually use a windows 
> mobile device with a bluetooth GPS but this strikes me as way to flimsy and 
> the battery life would be far too short.
>
> What is my best option given the requirements of:
>  * reasonable robustness - ie can be put in the top pocket of a backpack and 
> forgotten about for a day, even if I slip over or sling my bag around
>  * excellent battery life, ideally a few days' tracking before a recharge 
> (although I could carry other power sources, I'd rather not)
>  * a little feedback, not just a GPS 'brick' - e.g. a display and/or the 
> ability to enter waypoint names would be nice
>
I am a late comer to this thread, but I will chip in.
I have a Lowrance Ifinder Expedition C which I used on some hikes.
the key features are
1. 15 hour backup time if I don't leave backlight always on. This is
with 2 Duracell batteries
2. Altimeter(barometer based)
3. Weather detection system based on atmospheric pressure
4. You can mark parameters while taking tails(good for scounting)
5. mp3 player
6. Magnetic compass
7. Sunrise/moonrise blah blah stuff
8. WAAS
9. Waterproof, mine fell in a shallow pool(2 feet deep). I took it out
within 20 seconds, but no damage or problem :)
The bad parts?
1. Trails do not have timestamp and altitude info, so useless for OSM purposes
2. The car charger cable went kaput, poor design I must say

Since I havent used garmins and all, so no idea about what other
drawbacks this unit may have

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Re: [OSM-talk] GPX trace vandalism?

[Tanveer Singh]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Richard Fairhurst  wrote:
>
> Tom Hughes wrote:
>> That said, my understanding is that Potlatch puts a break in the
>> track whenever there is a jump in the timestamp. Richard can
>> probably explain in more detail what it does.
>
> (Oooh, look at all that lovely untraced Yahoo imagery...)
>
> Yep. Potlatch connects points, breaking whenever there's a time difference
> of 3 minutes or more.
>
> It works very nicely if you have a "natural" GPS track, but can foul up when
> someone, say, uploads a track with faked timestamps all the same. Please,
> people, if you're going to fake your timestamps, do something like make them
> ascend at 1s intervals from 1st June 1970 or something.
Okay, I enabled just my track, and at one point, its done the same
even with my track. Well its dumped from oziexplorer, and shows up
perfectly well on my PC GPSTRACKMAKER etc.,
Now Oziexplorer and many other programs have this auto trackpoint
dump. So if you travel in an arrow straight line , you will just get 2
points. These may be spaced apart by more than 3 minutes.
Can't OSM just intelligently join the tracks like GPS trackmaker etc., do.
This is a big nuisance. Many times while logging, I may park car,
switch off GPS, and go out for 30 minutes. When I come back I will
turn it back on, and gps will start writing track from where I left
off. Moreover, if I am in a big traffic jam on a straight road, I may
not get points every three minutes. I have been stuck at same location
without moving an inch for 15 minutes on occaisons. Yes we have
traffic jams so bad. I guess why New Delhi area is such a mess when it
comes to GPS tracks. I guess some fundamental change has to be done in
Poltach software so that it does not ruin things like this!

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Re: [OSM-talk] GPX trace vandalism?

[Tanveer Singh]

I think this should go to main talk list.
Apparently, if you load multiple tracks under one file OSM connects
the end points which leads to the weirdness I am seeing. Can somebody
tell me if its possible just to view my tracks in poltach?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Tanveer Singh  wrote:
> I decided to do some mapping, and since I had taken a GPS trace, I
> decided to turn it on. And whoa. It was craziness. It appeared that
> traces had been drawn by flying over the city
> Look here
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=28.5753&lon=77.3342&zoom=14
> Its impossible to do anything with such traces.
> Is there a way to see only your traces, and turn off everybody elses?
>

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Re: [OSM-talk] Any oziexplorer CE users in here? Help required

[Tanveer Singh]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Jukka Rahkonen
 wrote:

> OziExplorer should indeed be able to change the maps automatically. The Ozi 
> .map
> file has a few moving map parameters which are used for defining the active 
> area
> of map. Usually img2oxzf3 program is creating them automatically but you can
> check it. Map file is pure ASCII. In addition you may need to build a map
> catalogue.  OziExplorer has an active mailing list.
I am using taho.pl. and I contacted oziexplorer team. Apparently the
.map file create by taho.pl is not proper. It has the same problem as
the map file created by nonimap. The solution they offered me is to
load the map file in oziexplorer, and then resave it. But I have 100
map files for the region I am looking at. This means manually saving
hundred files which is not practical. I am currently looking how to
modify taho.pl
So if you could let met know the mailing list for ozi, so that I can
post map file there and they can point to me whats wrong with the map
file generated by taho.pl.  I can probably play around with taho and
see how it goes

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[OSM-talk] Any oziexplorer CE users in here? Help required

[Tanveer Singh]

Hi,
I am currently trying out oziexplorer on my my c320
It loads up fine, runs fine, but there is a slight problem.
It does not load up the maps automatically.
I basically use taho.pl to download multiple map and png files, after
which I use the img2oxzf3 script to convert the date into the format
the oziexplorerCE can understand.
After that I copy the maps to the maps folder in oziexplorer installation.
After that I fire up oziexplorer, and get gps fix, but even in moving
map mode it does not pick up the required map. I have to manually load
the map file for the said area, and its a tad big annoying. from the
oziexplorer docs it should be automatically be picking up the required
map file as I move across the regions.
Anybody got around to that?
If anybody among you is successful in doing so, please let me know the steps.
I don't own oziexplorer, and am not planning to buy the PC version,
but only the Windows CE version. So if your steps involve just stuff
like taho,pl and img2ozfx3 script etc., it will be great!
Tanveer

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[OSM-talk] Which win CE 5.0 software to use with OSM

[Tanveer Singh]

I am currently experimenting with noniGPSplot, gosmore etc., and sadly
none of them have been upto the mark.
Osmtracker seems good, but the funny screen size of my unit 480x272 is
a downer, so thats out for now.
Gosmore is working as far as I can tell, but I see no X or car sign on
the screen to show where I am. And lack of documentation does not
help.
That leaves me with commercial stuff like oziexplorer and garmin
mobile XT, but I won't have any routing with those.
Hence the dilemma.
So what do you suggest should get.
My requirements are simple,
So OSM map with road names.
Ability to record tracks, I should be able to stop recording track at
any time, and start recording a new track, so multiple tracklog
support kind of thing. Most of these free softwares record everything
to same track.
Any suggestions or help welcome
Tanveer

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[OSM-talk] gosmore, osmtracker... lack of documentation

[Tanveer Singh]

Are there some good userguides out there to these software.
For example I want to know how to use a downloaded osm file in
osmtracker, but can't find a way how to.
Ditto for gosmore options and screen help.

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Re: [OSM-talk] gosmore weirdness

[Tanveer Singh]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Nic Roets  wrote:
> Hello Tanveer,
>
> The rebuild only works under Linux, *BSD and MacOS. Also note which SVN
> version you will need for WinCE compatibility.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Gosmore#Pak-File_generation_on_Windows_platform
>
> I'm not distributing files for US states at the moment. But if you want
> California and / or a few others, I can add them. Just ask.
>
Thanks, I have access to linux m/c also so I build the stuff there :)
I am going to use gosmore on the mio c320(my device is unlocked)
Lets see how it goes

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[OSM-talk] gosmore weirdness

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I downloaded gosmore.zip for windows, and on the cygwin terminal tried
a ./gosmore rebuild ./california.osm
However it gives error message that gosmore.pak not found. Any idea
what to do about that?
Does it work only on linux m/c?

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[OSM-talk] Any way to convert OSM maps to miomap(iGo) format

[Tanveer Singh]

I have recently purchased a c320. Wanted to know if there was a way to
use opensreetmap with the miomap(iGo myway) software.
I can probably unlock the device and use Gosmore, but would like it if
there was a native way of reading or converting OSM maps to the igo
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Re: [OSM-talk] Which entry level budget garmin

[Tanveer Singh]

2009/1/6 Tanveer Singh :
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Ulf Lamping  
> wrote:
>> Stephen Hope schrieb:
>>> It's not hard to test.  When I was unsure if my device was doing this
>>> or not, I set it to snap to road, and then took it for a little walk
>>> along the edge and then cut some corners in a park, then looked at the
>>> tracks.  For my specific device (not a Zumo), I discovered that the on
>>> screen and main track log snapped to the roads, but I could also turn
>>> on a background data saving log that saved the raw data, which was
>>> quite usable.
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>>
>>> 2009/1/6 D Tucny :
>>>> I think ULFL's point was that with his Zumo there isn't such a 
>>>> configuration
>>>> option, so while it does save track logs, he's not confident that they are
>>>> acceptable due to the potential that it is just snapping to road and as
>>>> such, copying the copywrited built in maps rather than saving tracks based
>>>> on the GPS recorded position... A nuvi could have this problem too if this
>>>> is not configurable...
>>>>
>>
>> Well, the zumo 550 (which is very certainly a somewhat roughetized nuvi)
>> has no "snap to road" setting (it has not a lot of options in that
>> regard at all).
>>
>> I did made experiments with the track log. Some of the tracks did
>> *suspiciously* looked like a snap to road while others did not. So if
>> its useable for OSM or not - I don't know and care (I'm still using my
>> WBT201 for tracking which has no maps :-).
>>
>> @Stephen: Instead of "For my specific device (not a Zumo)" it might be a
>> lot more helpful if you would tell us what your "specific device" really is!
>>
>> Regards, ULFL
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>
> Anyways, here is the answer from garmin support site
> Question:  What is Track Log and what Automotive GPS units have Track
> Log capabilities?
> Answer:
> A Track Log provides an electronic 'bread crumb' trail of points, so
> you can see where you've been on the map.
>
> Following is a list of the Automotive GPS units that have the Track
> Log capabilities.
>
> nuvi(R) 750, nuvi 760, nuvi 770, nuvi 780, nuvi 850, nuvi 860, nuvi
> 880, nuvi 5000, nuvi 900T, StreetPilot(R) 2720, StreetPilot 2730,
> StreetPilot 2820, StreetPilot 7200, StreetPilot 7500, Quest(R), Quest
> 2, zūmo(R)

I guess garmin is not the right choice. I think I will get mio c230
which can be unlocked and then run gosmore on it, with OSM
I won't need to run gosmore if I am able to convert osm maps to igo
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Re: [OSM-talk] Which entry level budget garmin

[Tanveer Singh]

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Ulf Lamping  wrote:
> Stephen Hope schrieb:
>> It's not hard to test.  When I was unsure if my device was doing this
>> or not, I set it to snap to road, and then took it for a little walk
>> along the edge and then cut some corners in a park, then looked at the
>> tracks.  For my specific device (not a Zumo), I discovered that the on
>> screen and main track log snapped to the roads, but I could also turn
>> on a background data saving log that saved the raw data, which was
>> quite usable.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>> 2009/1/6 D Tucny :
>>> I think ULFL's point was that with his Zumo there isn't such a configuration
>>> option, so while it does save track logs, he's not confident that they are
>>> acceptable due to the potential that it is just snapping to road and as
>>> such, copying the copywrited built in maps rather than saving tracks based
>>> on the GPS recorded position... A nuvi could have this problem too if this
>>> is not configurable...
>>>
>
> Well, the zumo 550 (which is very certainly a somewhat roughetized nuvi)
> has no "snap to road" setting (it has not a lot of options in that
> regard at all).
>
> I did made experiments with the track log. Some of the tracks did
> *suspiciously* looked like a snap to road while others did not. So if
> its useable for OSM or not - I don't know and care (I'm still using my
> WBT201 for tracking which has no maps :-).
>
> @Stephen: Instead of "For my specific device (not a Zumo)" it might be a
> lot more helpful if you would tell us what your "specific device" really is!
>
> Regards, ULFL
>
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Anyways, here is the answer from garmin support site
Question:  What is Track Log and what Automotive GPS units have Track
Log capabilities?
Answer:
A Track Log provides an electronic 'bread crumb' trail of points, so
you can see where you've been on the map.

Following is a list of the Automotive GPS units that have the Track
Log capabilities.

nuvi(R) 750, nuvi 760, nuvi 770, nuvi 780, nuvi 850, nuvi 860, nuvi
880, nuvi 5000, nuvi 900T, StreetPilot(R) 2720, StreetPilot 2730,
StreetPilot 2820, StreetPilot 7200, StreetPilot 7500, Quest(R), Quest
2, zūmo(R)
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Re: [OSM-talk] Which entry level budget garmin

[Tanveer Singh]

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:26 AM, D Tucny  wrote:
> 2009/1/6 Tanveer Singh 
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Ulf Lamping 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > In the end it might be easier (and not even a lot more expensive) to buy
>> > a
>> > cheap car navi (Garmin 200W ~100EUR) for navigation and a cheap GPS
>> > logger
>> > (Wintec WBT 201 ~ 100EUR) or Outdoor GPS (Garmin eTrex ~150 EUR) for
>> > logging.
>> >
>> > To me this is far more useful than having one device doing nothing right
>> > ;-)
>> >
>> > Regards, ULFL
>> >
>>
>> If you use track type=off road and turn off snap to road in settings,
>> it will not snap track to map.
>
> I think ULFL's point was that with his Zumo there isn't such a configuration
> option, so while it does save track logs, he's not confident that they are
> acceptable due to the potential that it is just snapping to road and as
> such, copying the copywrited built in maps rather than saving tracks based
> on the GPS recorded position... A nuvi could have this problem too if this
> is not configurable...
If not garmin, then what else? i am looking for an in car unit with
atleast 3.5" screen and ability to read OSM maps as well as save
tracklofs. A windows CE unit will also suffice.
If nothing works, I will get one of those chinese win CE units.
Since its windows CE, software control is with me, but the question is
that how reliable they are

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Re: [OSM-talk] Which entry level budget garmin

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On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Ulf Lamping  wrote:

> In the end it might be easier (and not even a lot more expensive) to buy a
> cheap car navi (Garmin 200W ~100EUR) for navigation and a cheap GPS logger
> (Wintec WBT 201 ~ 100EUR) or Outdoor GPS (Garmin eTrex ~150 EUR) for
> logging.
>
> To me this is far more useful than having one device doing nothing right ;-)
>
> Regards, ULFL
>

If you use track type=off road and turn off snap to road in settings,
it will not snap track to map.

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[OSM-talk] Fwd: Which entry level budget garmin

[Tanveer Singh]

Opps,  I hit reply, instead of reply all


-- Forwarded message --
From: Tanveer Singh 
Date: Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Which entry level budget garmin
To: D Tucny 


On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:45 PM, D Tucny  wrote:
> 2009/1/6 Joseph Scanlan 
>>
>> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, D Tucny wrote:
>>
>>> What sort of control do you have over the tracklogging with the 760?
>>
>> None.  I got mine before I got interested in OSM.  I'm tempted to get an
>> eTrex or something for mapping.
>
> I have the 60CSx, there are some things that could be improved, it's not
> perfect, but, it does the job and is pretty rugged...
>
>>>
>>> Still, expensive...
>>
>> costco.com (here in the US) had a good price for the nuvi 760 when I got
>> mine.  Even then, you should be able to spend less to get a better GPS for
>> OSM mapping.
>
> I already have the 60CSx, what I'm looking for now is something for car
> navigation, but, that can also store tracks, I'd prefer to have a single in
> car unit rather than a nest of wires and a pile of electrical devices,
> though it may come to that :) (anyone know of any pure loggers that can be
> powered off a 12v car supply and automatically power up and start logging
> when that power supply is turned on? ;))

the 60CSx and the HcX etc., tempted me, but to be frank they are not
in car units. Apart from the 200$ price, I also have to spend extra on
car adaptor+mount.
therefore I was looking at the 200 series(nuvi)

If I can't find something in my budget, I will get one of those "no
name brand" chinese 80$ units, which runs windows CE. After that its
gosmore + that unit.

Speaking of windows CE, can you guys direct me to any brand(tomtom
etc, will do too) unlocked GPS unit which can run gosmore etc.,

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[OSM-talk] Which entry level budget garmin

[Tanveer Singh]

I am getting a garmin in car unit(<$200)
Needless to day the following two functionalities are needed
1. Read OSM maps(all nuvi can read from SD card)
2. Write gpx data with altitude and timestamp info

The second point has gotten me stumped a bit, and I am torn between 3 models
205, 260 and 265T.
the 205 is the cheapest, and apparently some sites say I cannot dump
GPX tracks to SD card. Is it true?
Moreover I want to know if there is an auto option for dumping tracks.
I don't want it to dump tracks every second or so(which causes points
to be dumped even when stationary).

Are there any users here of the 205?
What is the longest log you have dumped?

I do a lot of mountain roads through foliage, will the nuvi 205 have
problem getting signal in trees and all, if so what else should I be
looking at.

The budget -> Lower the better!


PS: I chose garmin because OSM->garmin is the least painful and most doable.

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Re: [OSM-talk] Where have all the contributors gone?

[Tanveer Singh]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves  wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 Dec 2008 10:59:15 pm Juan Lucas Dominguez Rubio wrote:
>> there are lots of people in the first world mapping even the most
>> irrelevant buildings in their villages, while in the third world there are
>> large cities with good Yahoo imagery and nobody mapping them. Sad, isn't it
>
> what is sad about it? In India only the very big cities have yahoo imagery -
> and work is going on fairly well there. The rest of the country is a big
> blank, and GPS instruments are not all that affordable. As the price falls,
> things will improve.
I hape mapped many regions around where I live, but many remote places
are blanks. I will start mapping them once I figure out how to upload
gpx trails without timestamps. My lowrance does not dump timestamps,
so until I get a new unit(hopefully soon), You will see lot of rural
India also getting mapped as I get around a lot.

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[OSM-talk] Extract an arbitrary polygon from large OSM file

[Tanveer Singh]

I have a big country OSM.
My area of interest is a small part of the same of arbitrary(non
rectangular shape)
Is there a graphical tool where I can open the country OSM, select the
area, and trim the OSM to smaller?

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[OSM-talk] Easy script etc., to add timestamps in gpx trails(Windows machine)

[Tanveer Singh]

MY Lowrance dumps trails without timestamps, Can somebody give me a
script or something which can be used to add timestamps. I have done a
lot of rural India mapping, and since no satellite images of enough
detail exist for that. I cannot map it without uploading my gpx trails
to OSM

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Re: [OSM-talk] My data got deleted

[Tanveer Singh]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:06 PM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One of the ways that I saw had removed a street is here.
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.57944&lon=77.2855&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF
>
> This is one of the two motorways in New Delhi -> DND Noida Flyover. I
> had made two ways on this for two directions. Im sure about this. I
> don't see two ways instead just one way. I made two ways since the
> routing engine should not assume to take a U turn just whereever.
> there are just three points of U turns on this street. 2 are near the
> toll gate. I use YOURS to verify lots of such bugs or errors which
> makes routing not possible.
>
> Please suggest.
>
> Regards,
> Vikas
Ok, my mistake. I saw many motorways rendered as a single road, and
not multiple roads running parallel.
Thats why I made it like other motorways.
So I guess I will not repeat this mistake again vikas.
You can revert my changes

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Re: [OSM-talk] My data got deleted

[Tanveer Singh]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Tanveer Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:46 AM, ビカス ヤダワ (vikas yadav)
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I checked one of the sections that I had surveyed, mapped and uploaded two
>> months back.
>> Suddenly when I went through that street yesterday, I could not see my edits
>> anymore.
>> It was a plain single street without a one way property while I had neatly
>> placed both one way streets paralell and also given the right points of U
>> turns and traffic signals.
>> I wish to know who delete this data from the server or why is it gone.
>> Please suggest.
 You mean to say that you take a double road, and mark it as 2 parallel
 one way roads??
 This is weird. Why don't you create a single 2 way road with the
 appropriate tag for it?

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Re: [OSM-talk] Why does OSM need timestamps in gpx trails

[Tanveer Singh]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Pieren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Alex S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Tanveer Singh wrote:
>>> I use a lowrance unit, and there are no timestamps dumped in tracks.
>>> When I convert to gpx, OSM refuses to accept the tracks!
>
> See :
>
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-October/030846.html
> or
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2008-September/029941.html
>
These links state that its easy to insert timestamps.
So you can get gpx data from "tainted" sources and still have timestamps.
So all this is doing is stopping people with older gps systems to
upload tracks to the database.
Its just a hindrance, and in no way will stop tainted data in the osm.
For example lets say somebody opens google maps, and then looks at the
google maps, and maps osm, using copy by mind method.
This is somewhat like DRM.
Somebody with malicious intent can work around the system, and genuine
users feel the heat.

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[OSM-talk] Why does OSM need timestamps in gpx trails

[Tanveer Singh]

I use a lowrance unit, and there are no timestamps dumped in tracks.
When I convert to gpx, OSM refuses to accept the tracks!
Why so?
For mapping we just need lat/long, timestamps are not really needed?
I know using some perl I can insert bogus timestamps, but thats
inefficient and requires extra work.

Can I understand the logic of this decision, and the though process
behind it. If I want OSM to allow gpx trails without timestamps, whom
do I argue with?

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Re: [OSM-talk] gpx tool advice needed

[Tanveer Singh]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 November 2008 04:50:13 pm Tanveer Singh wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM, JP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> Is there a way to extract just one trail out of this gpx data and keep
>> >> the timestamps intact
>> >
>> > I use viking http://viking.sourceforge.net to manage my gpx trails.
>> > It can even have a map overlay so you can see how your trail matches the
>> > map.
>>
>> Thanks JP, I will try viking, seems like a nice program,
>> How does it compare to GPS Trackmaker?
>
> the web page looks b0rked

http://sourceforge.net/projects/viking/
is the correct one I think

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Re: [OSM-talk] gpx tool advice needed

[Tanveer Singh]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:42 PM, JP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Is there a way to extract just one trail out of this gpx data and keep
>> the timestamps intact
>
> I use viking http://viking.sourceforge.net to manage my gpx trails.
> It can even have a map overlay so you can see how your trail matches the
> map.
>
Thanks JP, I will try viking, seems like a nice program,
How does it compare to GPS Trackmaker?

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[OSM-talk] gpx tool advice needed

[Tanveer Singh]

Hi,
I have a lowrance GPS.
This has the option of dumping data to SD card.
What it will do is dump all the trails to SD card under 1 file .usr
Then I use GPS Babel to convert usr to gpx.
But this gpx is huge.
Is there a way to extract just one trail out of this gpx data and keep
the timestamps intact
All trails have different names, and when I convert to kml I can see
the tracks individually.
Is there a way where I can do
1. Big .usr file to big .gpx file
2. Extract one track and save to a small gpx file which I can upload to osm?

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[OSM-talk] extracting an area from country osm and saving as a separate osm

[Tanveer Singh]

Hi,
Cloudmade offers country maps in osm format.
Is there a way to load the osm in some software, then select an area,
and save only that area as a separate city.osm or somethiing?
Tanveer

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Re: [OSM-talk] OSM to .. Only Garmin

[Tanveer Singh]

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Nick Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Tanveer,
>
> Speaking from a CloudMade perspective, we went with Garmin IMG because its
> the most popular type of hand held GPS device in the UK/EU.  Is the
> situation different in India - what are the popular devices there? If there
> is enough demand CloudMade can support other formats as well.
>
> Best,
>
> Nick
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for your reply nick.
India is primarily Garmin country too in dedicated GPS(Destinator 7),
but with mobile phone related GPS coming up, and other PDA based GPS
systems coming up, there is increased demand for Route66 and IGo.
In dedicated GPS systems Blaupunkt is making big inroads, as their
pricing is good, and they have a tie up with the german manufactures,
and the other common GPS system used is Magellan.
Infact, I found a lot of Magellan in California.

As for me personally, I have a lowrance(lcm maps), but converting
garmin  format to lowrance is not really a big problem, so I do fine.
Magellan guys have the toughest job, first you convert to polish
format, then shapefile and them magellen img

I can probably talk to other on the talk-in list, and get a clear cut
idea about what else is common apart from garmin.

Thanks
Tanveer

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[OSM-talk] OSM to .. Only Garmin

[Tanveer Singh]

I am a recent user of openstreetmap, and map the Delhi, India area.
I was going through the data, and the wiki, and it seems that if you
have a garmin GPS, OSM data is useful, as cloudmade and others provide
img files, and you can create your own , however if you have other
software like igo/route66/magellen etc., its an uphill task.
Is there a page hidden somewhere in the WIKI which has details about
other GPS systems etc.,

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