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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Steve Chilton, Learning Support Fellow<br>
Learning and Technical Support Unit Manager<br>
School of Health and Social Sciences<br>
Middlesex University<br>
phone/fax: 020 8411 5355<br>
email: steve8@mdx.ac.uk<br>
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Chair of the Society of Cartographers: <a href="http://www.soc.org.uk/">http://www.soc.org.uk/</a><br>
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SoC conference 2007:<br>
<a href="http://www.port.ac.uk/special/soc/">http://www.port.ac.uk/special/soc/</a><br>
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Mind the (Map) Gap:<br>
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5413010.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5413010.stm</a><br>
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talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-bounces@openstreetmap.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>80n<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 15 October 2007 14:53<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> David Earl<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> talk_at_openstreetmap<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [OSM-talk] voice
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I've been using the
built-in voice tagging capability of my camera for this purpose. It works
exceptionally well.<br>
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Most digital cameras have a method of recording a voice tag along with a
photograph - although its often an obscure and poorly documented feature. <br>
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I don't actually take photos of a specific object - just press the shutter
button to get a time stamp. You can then load the photos into JOSM and
synchronise them with your tracklogs. You can then play the associated
voice tag to tell you what happened at that point. <br>
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It works really well once you get over the fact that some people think that you
are a nutter because you're talking to your camera.<br>
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80n<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 10/15/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>David
Earl</span></b> <<a href="mailto:david@frankieandshadow.com">david@frankieandshadow.com</a>>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On 15/10/2007 13:58, Jeffrey Martin wrote:<br>
> I was thinking of getting a voice recorder. Do they have clocks?<br>
> Can you synchronize the times and use that to find your<br>
> location on the track?<br>
> Can I ride on the bus and say, "Tunnel begins.... Now"? <br>
> to mark a point?<br>
><br>
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In principle yes, but I quickly abandoned the idea. If I had some<br>
software to support it it might be easier (e.g. point at a location on<br>
the track to jump to the relevant bit of commentary) <br>
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My Olympus VN-480PC<br>
(<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Audio_mapping">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Audio_mapping</a>)
does have<br>
date/time (timestamps the file), though it would have to be calibrated <br>
to the GPS like you would a camera timestamp. You would have to start a<br>
new recording (file) for each POI (it doesn't timestamp each<br>
pause/resume, only new recordings), and then measure the time into the<br>
recording when you say 'now'. Also bear in mind you'll be moving at<br>
10m/s or so.<br>
<br>
I found the easiest way on a bike was simply to do a circle in the road<br>
so it is marked on the trace. But obviously you don't have that luxury <br>
on a bus. Waypoints on the GPS were just too tedious - I would need to<br>
stop cycling; but it may be easier on a bus.<br>
<br>
I wish my recorder had voice command activated start/stop. The voice<br>
activation is too sensitive to car and breathing (using a headset) to be <br>
of any use. If I had the "jump to commentary" software I
mentioned,<br>
I'd just leave it running and wouldn't have to listen to hours of heavy<br>
breathing!<br>
<br>
David<br>
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