JOSM Question

[richard-gNTHUr35LhcAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org]

Dear Colin,

Good to see that you are enjoying OpenStreetMap.  Here are some quick tips
for the josm editor.

> Very late last evening I got back from a visit to see family in
> eastern Ontario. Basicly a very good trip, and yes I did take my $20
> GPS receiver on several drives in / around small town Ontario...

Cool.  Connected to a laptop / portable?

> So, now I have a bunch of .gpx files that look fantastic when plotted
> in the JOSM program. But at the moment I am at a slight loss on using
> some JOSM features and have the following questions:

> - How do I successfully delete parts of a track? Most of the plots
> started and/or stopped in my mother's driveway, and I would like to
> drop that driveway from the data...

gpsbabel will split gpx files into smaller files where there is a gap from
shutting the device off.  Removing an arbitrary beginning/end of a file
can be done manually (insert vi / emacs argument).

A gpx clipper plugin for josm would be handy but I'm not aware of one.

> - How do I tag everything as being roadways? Since everything was done
> from car, all the tracks are roadways. While I would be happy to tag
> what sort of roads things are later (i.e.: residential, commercial,
> secondary highway, etc...), for now I just want to tag these as roads,
> and get them uploaded...

You've loader your GPX file.
Download the existing data for the area. (Ctrl-Shift-D)
Select the Add nodes and ways tool (a)
Click to add nodes and ways, the current way  stay selected / highlighted.
Click "add" in the properties/memberships box to add a tag (Alt-a)
key=highway; value=road, for a generic road
key=highway; value=motorway, divided limited access highways (400-s, DVP,
etc)
key=highway; value=primary, King's Highways Ontario hwy 2-148
key=highway; value=secondary, urban arterial roads, major county roads
key=highway; value=tertiary, connecting county roads, connecting
neighbourhood roads,
key=highway; value=residential, residential roads
key=highway; value=unclassified, other minor roads that are not residential.

See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Canadian_tagging_guidelines


> - Once the above is done any thoughts on uploading?

yes!  Upload your edits.  Upload button or (ctrl-shift-u)

Best regards,
Richard

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