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Plotting GPS coordinates on a map

Hi All,

First time poster so please be gentle. I've looked for help on this but can't find any. Does Open Street Map have any tools to help me create (and export) a map with GPS markers plotted on it?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Edit: I would be providing the GPS coordinates.

plot coordinates gps

asked 25 Sep '11, 13:06

cag8f
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edited 25 Sep '11, 13:14

Could you precise what kind of export do you want: static map (image) or web map?

(29 Sep '11, 09:14) NicolasDumoulin

Thanks for all the answers. I haven't had time to follow up on any of the suggestions yet, but I will, I promise :-)

To answer the last question, I need to create a static map right now, but I would like to know how to create a web map in the future.

(01 Oct '11, 12:27) cag8f

6 Answers:

Quick & dirty reply presuming you are using Potlatch 2 as your editor:

1 Connect GPS to PC and open OSM
2 Click on 'GPS Traces' tab
3 Click on 'Upload a trace' link
4 Click 'Choose file' button and locate your file
5 Complete Description and tags then select Visibility you want
6 Click 'Upload' button to upload your file to the server (may take a while to be published - you'll get an email when done)

When done:
7 Click on Edit tab in OSM
8 Click 'GPS data' dropdown button in blue bar at top of map and select My tracks
select your track and job done! :-)

Hope this helps.

answered 25 Sep '11, 15:20

FollowMeChaps
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edited 25 Sep '11, 21:31

SomeoneElse ♦
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Thanks to you both. When I get some time I'll try both of those and let you know.

(26 Sep '11, 08:24) cag8f

You can achieve that easily with the javascript library OpenLayers or using a web service such as ShowYourJourney. For the home-made solution, using OpenLayers, you can find some examples on the wiki. For example, I've also published an example.

answered 28 Sep '11, 10:10

NicolasDumoulin
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Thanks Nicolas, you helped me discover OpenLayers.

(27 Jan '12, 20:28) gerdami

Checkout Viking GPS. It's FOSS that runs on Linux and Windows. You can enter GPS Coordinates manually, or read them from a GPS. It can dispay them on top of almost any tile server, including ones that use the OSM data (e.g. Mapnik, Cloudmade). You can also export created map to a file.

I personally user Viking when I am creating maps for road rallies so I can show people where they should have been.

answered 28 Sep '11, 18:14

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1	Download Maperitive and run it. Drag and drop your GPX file into it. Choose one of the export options from the menu. answered 27 Jan '12, 21:53 Breki 2.0k●5●18●43 accept rate: 10%

0	you should digg in direction of Mapnik, not openstreetmap answered 25 Sep '11, 14:37 Gevork 234●12●14●22 accept rate: 0%

Thanks for all the answers. I haven't had time to follow up on any of the suggestions yet, but I will, I promise :-)

To answer the last question, I need to create a static map right now, but I would like to know how to create a web map in the future.

answered 01 Oct '11, 12:26

cag8f
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