Andrew,<br>That is a really good summary - you have found some applications that I hadn't heard of - I'll go and try them.<br>I don't know if there is a decent Android page on the wiki, but the info you have collected would be good to go on that.<br>
<br>Graham.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 March 2010 17:05, Andrew Chadwick (email lists) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrewc-email-lists@piffle.org">andrewc-email-lists@piffle.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">(Argh, let's try that again from a subscribed email address)<br>
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Nick Whitelegg wrote:<br>
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> The other thing I have in mind to do is a POI collector for Android<br>
> devices. I seem to remember there being an interest in this before<br>
> Christmas when the Mapzen collector for the iPhone was launched - and I've<br>
> just got hold of an Android phone (HTC Hero) and fancy having a play.<br>
> Would there still be interest in this? What I'll probably do is work on<br>
> both apps - time permitting - but prioritise the one which has the most<br>
> current interest.<br>
<br>
</div>Other people have mentioned Vespucci and BTC Mapper, which are closer to<br>
what you're probably thinking of. I think they're both incomplete and<br>
buggy though, and release very infrequently for Android 1.5. I tend to<br>
work with GPS export traces and photos, and I've dug around a bit in the<br>
marketplace for stuff that seems to work (for me): mini-reviews:<br>
<br>
<br>
For offline data gathering, I'm using GPS Logger for Android <<br>
<a href="http://gpslogger.codeplex.com/" target="_blank">http://gpslogger.codeplex.com/</a> > most right now, which allows text<br>
annotation and produces GPX that plays quite nicely in JOSM. That plus<br>
my Hero's camera app. It's said to be comparatively frugal with battery<br>
use if dialed down to infrequent polling. Under fairly enthusiastic<br>
development and release, good stuff.<br>
<br>
OSM Tracker for Android[tm] <<br>
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/osmtracker-android/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/osmtracker-android/</a> > is looking good too, and<br>
gets updates about as often: it's recently grown the ability to make<br>
photo records as well as voice notes, and seems to have some hardcoded<br>
presets. Faintly funky WinMo-esque UI that seems to be improving :)<br>
<br>
I'm hoping that Open GPS Tracker <<br>
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/open-gpstracker/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/open-gpstracker/</a> > will show OSM background<br>
layers in a future release: currently it only displays Google Maps maps,<br>
so it's of no use to OSMers. But it behaves very nicely, it's open<br>
source, seems to be updated fairly frequently, and I'd really quite like<br>
to use it for the task of -seeing where I've been- when out mapping.<br>
Looks like a good project to hack on, or at least to vote up wishlist<br>
items you want on :)<br>
<br>
RMaps < <a href="http://code.google.com/p/rmaps/" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/rmaps/</a> > can show various OSM layers<br>
including the public transport one, but doesn't seem able to cache<br>
downloaded tiles. Open-source. Annoying bug that sometimes crashes the<br>
app when tapping around in the map display.<br>
<br>
Maps(-) (no source URL; think it's just freeware) can cache downloaded<br>
tiles on the SD card for offline use, but can't be worked on publicly<br>
(AFAICT), and has had "ad releases" in the past without any warning,<br>
behaviour which I dislike intensely.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
And, erm, that's what I actually use.<br>
<br>
--<br>
<font color="#888888">Andrew Chadwick<br>
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