On 18 May 2008, at 08:22, Tom Hughes wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Shaun McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 18 May 2008, at 00:50, Rory McCann wrote: >> >>> I've just got my NaviGPS BGT-31 and I made my first trace today. I >>> got >>> the data off it with gpsbabel 1.3.5 and got it into GPX format. >>> However >>> I wanted to clean it up a bit first. I couldn't find any way to edit >>> it. >>> I was able to convert it to OSM format using gpsbabel with this >>> command: "gpsbabel -i gpx -f trace.gpx -o osm -F trace.osm", I could >>> then open it in JOSM and remove some bad points. However coverting >>> that >>> OSM file back into GPX for upload was troublesome. >> >> JOSM can do these conversions natively. > > > ...but it's generally considered better to trace manually than rely > on automatic conversions.
I know, however JOSM is good for getting rid of garbage in a GPX trace, such as when you are standing still for a while. However to do that, you need to convert to data layer, and then save back to GPX. > > >>> I first tried to save it as GPX format in JOSM, but that didn't save >>> the >>> timestamp data, which broke the import. Then I tried converting the >>> OSM >>> file to GPX using gpsbabel, but that laid out the file differently >>> from >>> before, so the importer couldn't see the points in it. >> >> I think the fact that you converted it using gpsbabel, meant that the >> timestamp info was lost at that point, hence why you need to convert >> it in JOSM. To do this you context click on the GPX layer in JOSM and >> choose "convert to data layer". > > The data layer doesn't need timestamps - the server will add them. > Maybe I should have mentioned the final step, which the original poster already knew about anyway. > The timestamps should be in the original GPX file produced by > gpsbabel so that should be uploadable, and it is the original > trace we want, not something that has been heavily converted. > They are in the GPX file, but how do you edit the GPX file to remove the garbage points? Shaun _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
