[OSM-dev] JOSM plugin for direct serial read

[Nick Hill]

Hello Nick

Such functionality would be good so long as users don't get into the habit of 
uploading GPX tracks directly into Josm then 'forget' to create a file from the 
GPX track and upload it to OSM. In other words, I would only consider such a 
function 'good' if (1) it saved each file onto the user's machine, presumably as 
gpx.gz, and (2) by default, it also automatically uploaded the GPX file to OSM.

The step of converting data from my GPS receiver to a file is of almost no 
effort. I visit the folder where I keep my GPX tracks, then execute a script.

The combined effort of converting data from my GPS receiver to a file then 
uploading to OSM then opening the file in Josm are steps I'd be pleased to have 
integrated into a single step on Josm.



Nick Whitelegg wrote:
> 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.