Rather than just say public or private for each GPS trace in the list, instead state the new permission levels. Green colour means that it will be shown in the trace list to other users. Red means that other users won't see the trace in the list. Have added two new translations for the other trace permissions.

app/controllers/trace_controller.rb

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
     # four main cases:
     # 1 - all traces, logged in = all public traces + all user's (i.e + all mine)
     # 2 - all traces, not logged in = all public traces
-    # 3 - user's traces, logged in as same user = all user's traces 
+    # 3 - user's traces, logged in as same user = all user's traces
     # 4 - user's traces, not logged in as that user = all user's public traces
     if target_user.nil? # all traces
       if @user
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
         conditions = ["gpx_files.visibility in ('public', 'identifiable') AND gpx_files.user_id = ?", target_user.id] #4
       end
     end
-    
+
     if params[:tag]
       @tag = params[:tag]
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
         conditions[0] += " AND 0 = 1"
       end
     end
-    
+
     conditions[0] += " AND gpx_files.visible = ?"
     conditions << true
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
         end
       end
     end
-    
+
     # final helper vars for view
     @action = action
     @display_name = target_user.display_name if target_user
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
       @trace.visibility = visibility.v
     elsif @user.preferences.find(:first, :conditions => {:k => "gps.trace.public", :v => "default"}).nil?
       @trace.visibility = "private"
-    else 
+    else
       @trace.visibility = "public"
     end
     list(@user, "mine")
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
         begin
           do_create(params[:trace][:gpx_file], params[:trace][:tagstring],
                     params[:trace][:description], params[:trace][:visibility])
-        rescue
+        rescue => ex
+          logger.debug ex
         end
 
         if @trace.id
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
         @trace.visibility = params[:trace][:visibility]
         if @trace.save
           redirect_to :action => 'view'
-        end        
+        end
       end
     else
       render :nothing => true, :status => :forbidden
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ class TraceController < ApplicationController
       conditions << params[:tag]
     end
 
-    traces = Trace.find(:all, :include => :user, :conditions => conditions, 
+    traces = Trace.find(:all, :include => :user, :conditions => conditions,
                         :order => "timestamp DESC", :limit => 20)
 
     rss = OSM::GeoRSS.new
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ private
     else
       @user.preferences.create(:k => "gps.trace.visibility", :v => visibility)
     end
-    
+
   end
 
   def offline_warning

app/views/trace/_trace.html.erb

@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@
       <%= link_to t('trace.trace.more'), {:controller => 'trace', :action => 'view', :display_name => trace.user.display_name, :id => trace.id}, {:title => t('trace.trace.trace_details')} %> /
       <%= link_to_if trace.inserted?, t('trace.trace.map'), {:controller => 'site', :action => 'index', :lat => trace.latitude, :lon => trace.longitude, :zoom => 14}, {:title => t('trace.trace.view_map')} %> /
       <%= link_to t('trace.trace.edit'), {:controller => 'site', :action => 'edit', :gpx => trace.id }, {:title => t('trace.trace.edit_map')} %>
-      <% if trace.public? %>
+      <% if trace.visibility == "public" %>
         <span style="color:green"><%= t'trace.trace.public' %></span>
+      <% elsif trace.visibility == "identifiable" %>
+        <span style="color:green"><%= t'trace.trace.identifiable' %></span>
+      <% elsif trace.visibility == "trackable" %>
+        <span style="color:red"><%= t'trace.trace.trackable' %></span>
       <% else %>
         <span style="color:red"><%= t'trace.trace.private' %></span>
       <% end %>

config/locales/en.yml

@@ -1239,7 +1239,9 @@ en:
       edit: "edit"
       edit_map: "Edit Map"
       public: "PUBLIC"
+      identifiable: "IDENTIFIABLE"
       private: "PRIVATE"
+      trackable: "TRACKABLE"
       by: "by"
       in: "in"
       map: "map"