[OSM-newbies] Tools & Utilities

[Kevin Peat]

Hello,

I've had good success using TrekBuddy (www.trekbuddy.net) for OSM 
mapping on my Acer WM5 PDA running on the IBM J9 JVM. Some work is 
required to set it up but it produces GPX files, can be set to log 
tracks by time and/or distance + you can package OSM (and other) maps 
for it.

Rather than letting the PDA go into standby (which you can turn off) I 
find it better to use one of the utilities around that just turns off 
the screen. I'm using tMan (http://pda.jasnapaka.com/tman/) although I 
guess there are plenty of others.

I was also recommended to NoniGPSPlot by another OSMer but haven't got 
around to trying it out yet.

I've tried a few other programs which didn't work for me:

- OSMTracker which didn't work properly on my PDA's VGA screen but might 
work for you.
- BSGPSPDA which for some reason lags really badly on my PDA and isn't 
usable.
- GPSMID for which you can compile OSM maps but for some reason I have 
forgotten I couldn't get working.


Kevin



Dominik Spies wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I started mapping a few weeks ago, today I wanted to track a little 
> more, ans some problems occured..
> 
> I use a PDA with GPS (PPC, Windows Mobile), a HTC TyTN II.
> I tried odgps, which is unable to save gpx on the SD-Card. Also 
> waypoints are not near enough, there is some storage optimzation with 
> 1Degree thing..
> I tried Visual GPSce and logging NMEA and then transfering to GPX with 
> RouteConverter. This was okay, but I have trouble with Visual GPSce: 
> After a few minutes, PDA goes to standby and stops logging.
> 
> What tools can I use? I would prefer finer then one second (storage is 
> no prob) and it would be nic if that tool does not stop to log when PDA 
> goes to StandBy (Black Screen) or when programm is in background.