Hi, > > > Merkaartor cannot be used to upload GPS traces (GPX). > > But that is just because it is not implemented yet, or was it a concious > decision > to leave it out? I could imagine, it might be nice if one could upload them > to the > server directly from merkaartor.
It was like that when I "met" Merkaartor. > > > My current workflow is: > > 1. Download tracks from logger with separate tool > 2. Load them, edit, tag and upload ways > > I basically never upload tracks anymore, after I stopped using potlatch. > This > is partly due to privacy considerations, but maybe also because I'm just > too > lazy to take the extra step :-) Same workflow as yours (besides the separate tool because I don't need it). I'm not convince there is any utility of GPX tracks upload/download. when you use Merkaartor or JOSM. When downloading in crowded areas, you basically end up with an unusable screen full of black dots ;-) If you want to map places you don't have tracks for, Yahoo is better, I think. Still needed for Potlach, though, I guess. > > > Speaking of gps traces. I'm not completely happy with the (my) recent > addtion of > segmenting raw tracks if two subsequent nodes in the track are further > apart > than a certain distance. > > I mainly wanted to fix the raw track download from the server (lots of ugly > connection from the bounding box rectangle) and didn't notice at first that > this also affects the usual track import/open. If you import a track where > the gps logger tried to be smart and removed the points inbetween on a > long straight road you end up with quite a split track. This might look > strange to new users. > > They have to figure out the option in the preferences to disable that. And > by doing that they also loose the benefit of clearer raw tracks from the > server. > Not mine to answer as I basically don't use GPX. My GPS only export NMEA. Regards - Chris -
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