Mark Williams wrote: >Sent: 26 February 2008 7:55 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Losing tags > >Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: >> Anne Wilson >>> Sent: 26 February 2008 10:32 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Losing tags >>> >>> On Tuesday 26 February 2008 10:11:12 Anne Wilson wrote: >>>> On Tuesday 26 February 2008 09:59:55 Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: >>>>> Make sure you are not downloading a "saved" track from the Garmin. >That >>>>> doesn't have timestamps and the OSM import process requires there to >be >>>>> timestamps on the trace points. You only get timestaps when you >>> download >>>>> the "Active" log. There doesn't need to be any waypoints in the file. >>>> Now you've got me. Do you mean that I have to download immediately I >get >>>> back from walking, without saving? If so, everything I've done so far >is >>>> no good at all. >>>> > >Just to clarify one point, 'Saved tracks' here means saved by menu on >the Garmin - If you have a memory card or can set your device to >function as USB stick (eg Vista Cx which I use), the tracks saved on the >card as you use it normally, are fine. > >So you can clear your tracks, carry on mapping, and still have 2 months >worth of useful data on board, and upload tracks much later. > That won't work for Anne. The eTrex Summit is an older model with no internal memory stick
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