[HOT] An instant PC?

[Matt Sayler]

POSM & Red Cross had an excellent presentation at SOTMUS, and Seth
mentioned he'd be willing to set some up for the cost of hardware and
brownies (I assume that will become dependent on demand/appetite):
http://stateofthemap.us/2016/field-mapping-at-scale/


Nutshell: POSM is for mapping in low/no service areas. It can serve as a
local, disconnected OSM server, which can later push changes up to the main
OSM when in an area with service. They primarily use Intel NUC's (~$350 for
all hardware, runs off ~6w), but have installed it on Rasberry Pi, Intel
Edison, Beagle Bone, etc. I'm not aware of them doing a usb bootable
install, but might be possible? Red Cross uses $50 Android phones & Field
Papers for doing the mapping.

Pretty freaking cool project!

https://github.com/AmericanRedCross/posm


On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 10:13 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> One of the mappers I talk to from time to time had a machine die, they
> were knowledgeable enough to rebuild it using Unix but after playing with
> freePBX and knowing it can be done that's where the thought came from.
>
> Wasn't the POSM project something like this?  I seem to be seeing more
> mappers from different places and I wondered if something along these lines
> might be useful.
>
> External USB connected DVD drives are fairly inexpensive, could an ISO
> image be booted from a USB stick?
>
> I haven't looked at the OSGeo live DVD yet, I have an old dell laptop
> lying around so I may try it shortly.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 15 August 2016 at 13:03, Laura O'Grady <laura at lauraogrady.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi Johns,
>>
>> I think using the USB thumb drive option would be better as fewer
>> computers have DVD drives nowadays.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> On Aug 15, 2016, at 12:26 PM, John Bocan <jmbocan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> John,
>>
>> Would the OSGeo Live DVD fit the bill?  Welcome to OSGeo-Live 10.0 —
>> OSGeo-Live 10.0 Documentation <https://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html>  It
>> has JOSM installed and ready to go--along with tons of other GIS software!
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> John Bocan
>>
>> Welcome to OSGeo-Live 10.0 — OSGeo-Live 10.0 Documentation
>> <https://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
>> *To:* "hot at openstreetmap.org" <hot at openstreetmap.org>
>> *Sent:* Monday, August 15, 2016 12:13 PM
>> *Subject:* [HOT] An instant PC?
>>
>> I prefer windows but it does have a cost.  For FreePBX I think someone
>> has set up a DVD image that loads the Uinx operating system plus the
>> software preconfigured.
>>
>> Does such a CD or DVD image exist for say Unix and JOSM or even Unix
>> preconfigured with a browser?
>>
>> The idea would be to make it easier for people to map especially in
>> locations where money is tight and technical support hard to come by.
>>
>> Thanks John
>>
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