[OSM-newbies] Tools & Utilities

[Tancredi Tincani]

I use BSGPSPDA (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/BSGPSPDA) on
my Acer C530, and it works like a charm. You can set the recording
frequency (max: 1 Hz), it saves to GPX, you can select where to save
the tracks to, and it even downloads OSM map tiles to act as a
background (so you can see where roads have been mapped). Plus, it has
an option to keep the PDA out of standby while logging. The only thing
it doesn't do is to manually add waypoints or annotations (OK, it
*does*, but I have found the function to be very impractical), but
otherwise I have been very happy with it.

Tancredi


2008/6/14 Dominik Spies <kontakt at dspies.de>:
> 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.
> --
> Regards,
> Dominik Spies
>
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