On Tuesday 22 April 2008 20:01:20 Mark Williams wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 April 2008 13:13:05 ael wrote: > >> Andy Robinson wrote: > >>> On 22/04/2008, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > Can you confirm what you have the tracklog interval set at. If its > >>>> > not set to 1 second interval then do so and take a walk around the > >>>> > block (after getting a good fix). > >> > >> Actually, on recent eTreks, the auto setting is really rather good. It > >> eliminates redundant points in a track. So I think that the advice to > >> set to 1 second intervals is historical. > >> > >> Of course, everything else is right: you should edit the data layer by > >> hand in the light of the errors and resolution inherent in gps and from > >> your memory/photographs of the geography. And download the active track > >> with the timestamps. > > > > How do I do that, though? I can see a shrunken image of the walk in the > > screen, so I know it has it. It also has the waypoints that I used to > > denote changes in street names. I know there's enough info there to do a > > decent job. It's just a matter of getting it :-) > > > > Anne > > Having cleverly lost my old unit, I now have the same unit as you, I think. > > Personally I don't use gpsbabel to get tracks; partly because my current > setup will NOT do it, g.o.k. why not, but anyway, I prefer to use the > USB feature (setup, interface, USB..) & take the daily track log off the > memory card that way. (I also use it to copy files from desktop-laptop > while I'm at it) > Garmin have a 'save' option within the tracks section, which is the one > to avoid; tracks written as-you-go to the micro-SD card are fine for OSM > use. > > Having copied the file(s) across, I would delete old ones from the card > (via USB access) as they stay indefinitely else; and 'clear saved > tracks' does NOT remove them. > > These daily files will be called eg 20080422.gpx (for today). You can > edit them, process them how you like, or just upload them as they come. > They will load into josm as-is, so I wouldn't bother editing if you're > not going to upload them.. > Having loaded them in, you can zoom it /out to get the area of interest; > quite a good way to get the right area; then download the OSM data over > it, and start adding stuff. > In the morning I'll have a look at that. You seem to be saying that it is seen as a storage device?
I'm thoroughly confused by the other method. I used gpsbabel as instructed, and it most certainly did not give the trace that I see on the eTrex screen. Fingers crossed that your method gives me better results. Anne
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