[HOT] Feedbacks about smartphones use for OSM field surveys

[Guttorm Flatabø]

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Jaakko Helleranta.com <
jaakko at helleranta.com> wrote:

> Some quick thoughts.
>

ditto


> * gps a major problem. Seems to b the concl of others, larger ngos with
> tech teams, too
>

Yes, and the to make matters worse, in my experience accuracy is usually
highly optimistic. However, quality varies a lot, remember phones are used
for navigation in cities with bad signal quality all the time so it cannot
be too bad. Also, high end phones usually have the latest and greatest GPS,
including ability to use Russian system etc.


> * I'm working with a Finnish mobile data survey platform provider (
> poimapper.com) and they are looking into creating a more directly
> osm-compatible version of their mobile app. The license is currently 250 or
> 500eur/mo (for upto 25 devices) for ngos/businesses, respectively, but if
> there's an interest within HOT to participate in helping create the
> osm-geared app/solution I'm quite sure that we could get one a free license
> for HOT.
> .. I'm going to be testing the usability of Poimapper "as is" with some
> OSM presets in the (more or less) near future in any case. If someone's
> interested I can create a test account on individual basis. Let me know.
>

There are very good free software apps already available, especially for
Android. However, they all need lots of love to get better:
Vespucci: Editor with support for points and ways. Great once you get a
hang of it, but could be so much better with further development.
OSMTracker: Tracker with most of the tracking functionality one could want,
but could also be much better with some loving.
GPSLogger: Simpler and easier than OSMTracker.

An app with the improved functionality from Vespucci and OSMTracker would
be great, but these apps are already very much usable.

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Guttorm
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