Ah! Missed the bridge=yes tag! Other than that it looks fine. On 20 December 2013 13:05, Andrew Errington <[email protected]> wrote: > Apologies if I underestimate what you know, but a gps trace will not > show up on the map. We use the gps trace as a guideline to draw roads > and trails on the map itself. It looks like you have done this and > drawn a way on top of the trace, and it's tagged highway=footway > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/249319492 > > What is strange about its appearance? It looks ok. > > The only thing you can (and should) do is make sure the way is tagged > properly. If you think it is, then you're done. The way the way (!) > is drawn is dependent on the rules for the specific renderer that you > are looking at. If you select a different map layer from the menu on > the right you will see your path drawn in a different style (and > sometimes not at all). It's up to the renderer to decide what to > render and how to render it. > > What you *must not do* is alter the tags to make something look the > way you want it to on the map. For example, maybe you'd like a road > to be drawn blue (because you like blue), so you could tag it as a > river. It would look blue, but it would be wrongly tagged. It's an > extreme example, but illustrates the point. > > What do you think needs to be fixed? If you want the entire trace to > be used then you must draw a way along the entire length. It's > possible that somebody else already did some parts of it, so you could > re-align the existing ways to your trace, or you could leave them as > they are. Don't forget that the gps trace may be offset by several > metres in any direction, so it might not be in exactly the right > place. > > Best wishes, > > Andrew > > On 20 December 2013 12:31, Fred Felter <[email protected]> wrote: >> My first post here. >> I recently contributed a GPS trace to complete a foot/bike path near where I >> live. The result in OSM has a strange appearance and I cannot figure out how >> to fix it. Since this is new to me I could really use some personal tutoring >> to get me through this problem. Is this an appropriate forum for that? And >> if not, where? >> >> My trace is http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/frefel/traces/1614067. I >> wanted my entire trace to be used but only a section was. What I added looks >> more like a road than a foo/bike trail and I don't see why? >> >> Thanks for any help. >> Fred >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> newbies mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies >>
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