[OSM-dev] GSoC OpenSurveyor week report #7

[Pavel Melnikov]

Hello Viesturs and thank you for report!

Yes, so far the app looks much like OsmTracker, though one fundamental
difference is data format for export - it is not an .osm file, but a data
that will be used in JOSM plugin to create an osm file manually there. A
plugin is being created by Ilya Zverev who is a mentor for this project.
One more fundamental difference is that OpenSurveyor can work without GPS
present on the device (and without map). It records marker timestamps that
could be used on desktop to assign position based on external GPS track
recorded by other navigator system (garmin, etc)

And yes, most of the features related to map UI that you mentioned are on
the todo-list, including freehand drawing and manual placing predefined
markers on the map. Though I do not think WMS will be implemented
(Simplified TMS as used in web-based maps probably will)

On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 3:47 AM, Viesturs Zarins <viesturz at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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