Thanks, now obvious! And very useful as GPS tracks recorded in the mountains have a lot of "jitter" (100 to 200m back and forth is not uncommon)
If of interest, this jitter effect is described in more detail at GPS in the Mountains: the Good the Bad and the Ugly <https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxtb3VudGFpbm1lYW5kZXJzd2lraXxneDo3Nzk1ZWMwMjI4YzMyYTUz> _______________________________________ Tony Heher +27 82 654 5582 On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 10:09 AM John <john....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Tony, > > I would suggest browsing through the help forum, here's an example. > > https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/70677/gps-trace-is-not-searchable > > Traces in OSM are intended more an aid for editing than as usable data. > > You may want to rather consider creating routes and editing OSM. I know > it's more work but also more useful long term. Perhaps you can get others > to help in the Mountain Meanders group as a project. I'm sure you may also > find some sort here when needed!! > > Just some thoughts, > Good luck, I like what you are doing! > John > > On Fri, 28 May 2021, 13:10 Tony Heher, <tony.he...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have been using OSM for some time but am new to adding tracks. Is this >> the right forum to ask a question? >> >> I have uploaded tracks and received an email confirming that they have >> been accepted and published. However, they do not appear on the map if I >> click *View Map.* >> [image: image.png] >> But if I click *Edit Map*, they are there. >> >> Can anyone advise what I am doing wrong? >> >> *Background*: This is part of the Mountain Meanders >> <https://sites.google.com/view/mountain-meanders-new/Home> wiki which is >> documenting around 200 climbing and scrambling routes in the Western Cape. >> >> _______________________________________ >> Tony Heher >> +27 82 654 5582 >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ZA mailing list >> Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za >> >> _______________________________________________ > Talk-ZA mailing list > Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za >
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