[OSM-newbies] Donation of GPS logs for processing - anybody do this?

[Andy Robinson (blackadder)]

Christopher,

If it's Birmingham then I'm interested and can guide you :-)

Will get in touch off list.

Cheers

Andy (blackadder)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: newbies-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:newbies-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Woods
>Sent: 22 January 2008 10:36 PM
>To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-newbies] Donation of GPS logs for processing - anybody do
>this?
>
>About 18 months ago, I drove around parts of the central Birmingham with my
>GPS unit recording some logs. I imported them into JOSM, but was
>overwhemled with the fiddliness and complexity of the app, and while I
>didn't want to be handheld through all the steps (I did follow the wiki and
>other instructions best I could) I didn't feel that I could accurately
>upload the data I'd recorded without either corrupting or overwriting
>existing good data.
>
>I'm still willing to upload the data, in fact I still record tracks
>occasionally while I'm driving and I'd very much like to upload them (for
>example, I also have some (sadly not quite complete) logs from last year's
>journey all the way to the French Alps for my holidays, a total of almost a
>thousand miles I think, where the GPS software worked and the app didn't
>mess up or crash!) I just don't have the time or knowledge of JOSM (or
>other submission apps) to competently and confidently upload all this data,
>so I'm looking for people to either help or take some of the logs and see
>what they can do with them.
>
>There's some obvious errors with some of the Brum stuff - I got caught in a
>traffic jam at one point so I got that funny zig-zag line (which the
>sirfstar3 chipset is known for, I believe) when I was travelling too slowly
>for it to accurately pinpoint where I was going exactly - I'm somewhat sure
>I can fix that because I also know the aerial view of the roads quite well
>(and it's not rocket science to trace the line using the aerial map
>overlay), but again, I need help.
>
>Can't believe I've held off from sending this message in for such a long
>time!
>
>I'm also willing to just upload the tracks and let people have a crack at
>them, but equally if someone wants to periodically help me then I'd be
>quite happy to accept any help offered. (I'm a pretty competent PC user,
>having used, owned, built, maintained and repaired the things for over a
>decade, and I consider myself to be a fully-immersed ubergeek - I'm just
>totally inept when it comes to JOSM, the thing scares me! ;)
>
>Cheers guys,
>Christopher