[OSM-dev] GSoC OpenSurveyor week report #7

Fri Aug 23 12:21:28 UTC 2013

Hey, how is open surveyor going?

Haven't seen any messages or commits for a few weeks.

Viesturs

On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Viesturs Zarins <viesturz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, can you expand on the idea of recoding just timestamps.
> Nowdays every device has GPS. The only benefit I see is saving battery
> with dedicated GPS logger...
> You would need subsecond precision time on the device running OpenSurveyor
> - can you read that off GPS sensor? Network based time sync?
>
> How is the JOSM plugin going? I would like to do an end-to-end test.
>
> Viesturs
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Viesturs Zarins <viesturz at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Cool, i really hope that we have a great app at the end of week #13.
>> Meanwhile what is the most useful way I can help you along? Unfortunately
>> I don't have the free time to do actual coding.
>>
>> Waiting for week 8 :)
>>
>> Viesturs
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Pavel Melnikov <positron96 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> 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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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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