[OSM-dev] GSoC OpenSurveyor week report #7

[Viesturs Zarins]

Hi Pavel,

I have been following your OpenSurveyor updates and I'm excited on the
"walking papers idea". I tried the built app and worked so far without
crashes.

So far you seem to be duplicating the OsmTracker functions. It would make
sense to start with the hardest / most useful feature first (the map) - as
it would impact the app design greatly. I would hate to see the SOC done
without getting to the most valuable feature. Getting an OsmTracker clone
is not of any use.

Anyway, it's nice to see somebody picking up where OsmTracker stopped.
Some stuff I really would like to see implemented (in no particular order):
- recording for images heading (automatic or manual) (check out how Ingress
is doing it with portal submission GUI).
- ability to save POIs by manually placing a point in a map.
- selectable map background (OSM render, Bing maps, other sources,
preferably full WMS support)
- drawing freehand shapes on the map, (select a preset and draw an outline).
- deletion/editing of POIs (you already have this).
- displaying existing POIs in a separate layer, because raster maps often
omit POIs close to other map features.

Keep in mind that there are two quite different use cases for a surveying
app:
- a fresh region with no precision data - the GPS track is the main
reference. OsmTracker is already doing pretty good job here.
- densely mapped region possibly with precision data import / high
precision imagery tracing - main activity is adding features to existing
map. Placing a point relative to existing lines is more precise than GPS.

Also how can I use the export files? A plugin for JOSM?

Cheers,
Viesturs


On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Pavel Melnikov <positron96 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone.
> I am having problems with my Internet provider (and he is having problems
> with hardware) and that limits my ability to code very much. So "done" list
> for this week is not that impressing:
>
> *Done this week:*
>
>    - "Take photo" action is implemented (Closes #2)
>    - Markers can be deleted from the list (if they contained external
>    files, those are also deleted)
>    - New version of XML preset file, with localization postfix applied to
>    titles. One preset can be used for several languages. See
>    https://github.com/positron96/opensurveyor/wiki/Preset-XML-format#localization
>    - Almost full localization into English and Russian.
>    - Reworked button layout. It handles various number of buttons nicely,
>    leaves no extra space on edges. With >9 buttons it reduces sizes of buttons
>    - POIs can be edited after creation by clicking on the item in the list
>    - A lot of fixes and small improvements
>
> *TODO: *
>
>    - Start work on a map UI
>    - Make session persistent (autosave and continue unsaved session)
>
> *Problems:*
> Damn internet provider!! Can't code anything without stackoverflow and
> google.
>
> As the last week, binary package can be found here:
> https://github.com/positron96/opensurveyor/releases/tag/soc-week7
>
>
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