Have you tried deleting using Mapsource? It would seem a bit manual but pretty easy job.
Paul On 5/10/2008 8:08 PM, Graeme Wilson wrote: > Hello All, > > I need a mentor, preferably in the Canberra region. > > I am a drive test technician and monitor mobile phone coverage across > Australia. I do approx 120,000km + per year and I have been collecting > masses of GPS data in two formats. > > Firstly, which I will process last, from October 2007 to June 2008 is > data in Excel format. The 'problem' with processing this is how to > eliminate the periods of time when I am stopped. I'll worry about that > later, but I will need someone to advise me on how to convert Excel > format data to gpx or whatever it is, and then up load it. > > Secondly, which I want to do firstly, all data recorded since June is > straight ASCII text from the RS232 port of a Garmin eTrex. I can process > this info to eliminate the stationary info, and can extract lat and long > easily to form another text file, from which I could import to Excel and > then up load, or even to directly make gpx files myself. I can write > console applications in Delphi to do simple conversions of text to text, > and I would prefer to make the gpx files directly from the straight text. > > I need to know: > > 1: Just what is needed in the gpx files, particularly the header? I have > a basic understanding of xml and html (it's all text). The header is > what's holding me up at the moment. > > 2: Is the date and time stamp needed? I presume not. > > 3: One of my main 'holdups' is that I wanted to upload altitude as well > as lat and long, but I have been told that altitude is deleted by OSM. > Is it OK to upload altitude or is this just overloading the system with > unnecessary info? My thoughts are that lat long and alt will give 3D > pix for some future generation of OSM, but if the general opinion is not > to upload it, then I wont. > > 4: I see references to GPSBabel, but cannot make any sense of it. I > downloaded something, but it doesnt work. > > 5: Are there any clubs/groups/meetings of OSM people in the Canberra > region who meet on a regular basis? > > Thanks, > > Graeme Wilson VK1RE > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
