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Using Strava traces

Posted by HubMiner on 26 August 2017 in English.

I add to my previous post… In a recent note conversation someone mentioned something visible as Strava trace.

First, I confirmed that Strava is allowed for data tracing: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Strava

Main benefit of Strava is that it contains many more GPX traces compared to uploaded OSM tracks.

To use it, you have to login through another tool: http://strava.github.io/iD/

Be sure to checkout multiple options under background.

Hopefully, one day this will be integrated with ID editor!

Discussion

Comment from Glassman on 26 August 2017 at 23:38

Strava works as a layer in JOSM. Place it on top of an image layer to trace roads or trails. It can be added to iD, but only as a background image instead of a satellite image.

I would encourage you to look into JOSM. It isn’t that difficult. [LearnOSM]{http://learnosm.org) has some JOSM tutorials to get you started.

Best, Clifford

Comment from aharvey on 27 August 2017 at 06:50

You can track progress for iD integration at https://github.com/osmlab/editor-layer-index/issues/294

Comment from Alan Trick on 30 August 2017 at 00:22

For what it’s worth, the large number of gps points that strava has is great, but the consequence is that it does result in sharp details of a route getting smoothed out. It’s much better than a low quality gps trace, but I’m not sure how much better it is than a good gps trace + some local knowledge.

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