[OSM-dev] JOSM plugin for direct serial read

[Andy Robinson]

Nick,

I'm sure this is of interest to all those using a serial Etrex or Geko. At
the moment it's a two stage process of downloading using gpsbabel. Very
rarely from my Etrex do I need to set any gpsbabel filters so it's a step I
could happily cut out. The other neat trick would be to download photos from
my camera into JOSM too (including geotagging them) rather than having to do
the import separately.

All part of an integrated software platform which I'm sure will have great
appeal to the newer users and also those who use the Windows platform who
might be less used to doing things outside a single gui.

Cheers

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: dev-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:dev-bounces at openstreetmap.org]
>On Behalf Of Nick Whitelegg
>Sent: 01 December 2006 12:16 PM
>To: immanuel.scholz at gmx.de
>Cc: dev at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-dev] JOSM plugin for direct serial read
>
>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
>
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