<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Adam Schreiber <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sadam@clemson.edu">sadam@clemson.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Ian Dees <<a href="mailto:ian.dees@gmail.com">ian.dees@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Adam Schreiber <<a href="mailto:sadam@clemson.edu">sadam@clemson.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Ian Dees <<a href="mailto:ian.dees@gmail.com">ian.dees@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Adam Schreiber <<a href="mailto:sadam@clemson.edu">sadam@clemson.edu</a>><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Would there be any interest in getting together a box of GPS devices<br>
>> >> to be sent around for North American mapping parties similar to what<br>
>> >> they have across the pond? [1] Maybe Garmin would sponsor something?<br>
>> >> [2]<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > I will start a sponsorship request form now unless someone else has<br>
>> > already<br>
>> > done so.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone know if the OSM Foundation is a 501(c)3 org here in the US?<br>
> Perhaps we should start one...<br>
<br>
I'm not sure how non-profits incorporated in a different country are<br>
handled in the US. I suppose you're saying set up a OSM US Foundation<br>
to facilitate such donations? This might also be good if there were<br>
ever to be a US mirror of the API/tile serving.<br>
<br>
> Also, what are our "job titles" and when are all of the US mapping parties?<br>
<br>
The currently planned Clemson, SC party is Oct 11, which is within<br>
their 6 week window.<br>
<br>
Adam<br>
</blockquote></div><br>If you're going to approach Garmin, and you have a choice, see if you can get the 60CSx series, because the new eTrex HCx series and the Garmin Colorado have significant "drift" problems where under challenging reception conditions (i.e., tree cover or urban canyons), the reported position can drift away from your true position by up to 700 feet in some cases. It will sometimes recover on its own after a long time, but a power cycle will fix the problem immediately. However, it's sometimes difficult to tell when it's occurring, so it would be bad to get invalid data for OSM use. There is also the new Oregon touchscreen device which uses a different GPS chipset and doesn't have the same problems, but it is still new and its accuracy not fully trusted yet.<br>
<br>I'm not sure how excited Garmin will be to sponsor OSM anyway, since one of the ultimate uses of this project is to supplant the maps you currently have to buy from Garmin to use on their GPS receivers.<br><br>Karl<br>
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