[OSM-dev] GSoC OpenSurveyor week report #7

Fri Aug 23 16:13:05 UTC 2013

Hello. I had some problems that prevented me from working on the project. I
went to teach at a summer school that had no Internet coverage,
surprisingly. And secondly, there was not a single free minute to spend.
Now I returned back, but I still have no Internet at home, so pushing
commits is a pain.

As for the progress, I have implemented a basic map interface that shows
markers that were added to a session and have a gps location embedded.
 Also, I've added GPS altitude 
support as suggested somewhere here on the list.

I am using osmdroid library for map display, and am starting to find its
 functionality very poor (e.g cannot easily create a pop-up for marker). I
am looking to switch to Google Maps API v2, or use my own invention.

 On Aug 23, 2013 7:21 PM, "Viesturs Zarins" <viesturz at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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