gmane.comp.gis.openstreetmap.user

Re: Can't figure out how to upload a park boundary to OSM

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Hilton Long <seldom.seen-H+0wwilmMs3R7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:

I've extracted a boundary definition for Capitol Reef National Park from
Tiger line files, 2006. It's in gpx format, and shows as a continous,
closed line with numerous vertices. I'm new to OSM, but I think this should
show up as an area feature if I could figure out a way to import it.
Unfortunately, I can't.

This is really frustrating, because I see an area indicating the boundaries
of Zion National Park just east of Saint George, UT, USA.

OSM rejects my gpx upload because it doesn't have time stamps.
JOSM opens the the gpx file, but only shows points.
Is there a way to get JOSM to open shape files, or to convert the gpx files
to ways, the way the slippy map does when it likes the gpx I upload?

Uploading this as a gpx is not what you want. GPX files are assumed to be recordings from a GPS. What you have here is just some data that you'd like to upload to the map. What you want to do (in this particular case) is right click on the GPX layer in JOSM, and choose "Convert to Data Layer". You will then have a feature in the data layer that you can apply tags to and upload to the database.

Note that you shouldn't do this with actual GPS tracklogs, you should trace over them instead. Since this is data exported from a shapefile, this should be ok.

-Ted

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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Hilton Long <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:seldom.seen@...">seldom.seen@...</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote">
I've extracted a boundary definition for Capitol Reef National Park from<br>
Tiger line files, 2006. &nbsp;It's in gpx format, and shows as a continous,<br>
closed line with numerous vertices. &nbsp;I'm new to OSM, but I think this should<br>
show up as an area feature if I could figure out a way to import it.<br>
Unfortunately, I can't.<br><br>
This is really frustrating, because I see an area indicating the boundaries<br>
of Zion National Park just east of Saint George, UT, USA.<br><br>
OSM rejects my gpx upload because it doesn't have time stamps.<br>
JOSM opens the the gpx file, but only shows points.<br>
Is there a way to get JOSM to open shape files, or to convert the gpx files<br>
to ways, the way the slippy map does when it likes the gpx I upload?<br><br>
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<br>Uploading this as a gpx is not what you want. GPX files are assumed to be recordings from a GPS. What you have here is just some data that you'd like to upload to the map. What you want to do (in this particular case) is right click on the GPX layer in JOSM, and choose "Convert to Data Layer". You will then have a feature in the data layer that you can apply tags to and upload to the database.<br><br>Note that you shouldn't do this with actual GPS tracklogs, you should trace over them instead. Since this is data exported from a shapefile, this should be ok.<br><br>-Ted<br><br><br>
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