[OSM-dev] JOSM plugin for direct serial read

[Nick Whitelegg]

Hello Imi,

I'm quite keen to add the direct serial port read functionality to JOSM as 
it would enable people to use one application to read from their GPS and 
create new data for OSM. I'm thinking of my particular OSM user-base of 
interest (walkers) in particular. I'm quite happy with the gpsbabel/josm 
approach but I'd imagine that new users could be attracted to the project 
if they have just one piece of software for the whole process.

I tried emailing the other guy who's doing this but haven't had a response 
yet. Is it worth me carrying on with it or would I just be duplicating 
effort?
(the approach I would take is the cross platform 'GPSylon' Java library 
for GPS serial communication)

Thanks,
Nick