[OSM-talk-be] STUK Leuven & Some idea's

[Michel Brabants]

Hello,

I try to map from time to time. I operate mostly within Limburg. Just a 
possibility: People who have bluetooth-cellphones with java-support and some 
kind of sd-card-support don't need dataloggers, but just a bluetooth gps.  
Cellphones with gps don't need the bluetooth-gps of course. I think ... that 
a lot of cellphones have these features (except maybe for the sd-card ...?) 
nowadays.

Install Trekbuddy (embedded java program.), use the bluetooth-gps and of you 
go. TrekBuddy connects to the bluetooth gps (or internal gps) and can record 
in nmea- or gpx-format. You can also record waypoints and someone even 
created a small front-end to import osm-maps for TrekBuddy (I didn't really 
test the map-import yet).

Greetings,

Michel

Op Tuesday 22 January 2008, schreef François Cauwe:
> Hi,
>
> I'm already a mapper for a while (I'm mapping parts of
> zuid-oost-vlaanderen, train lines, tram lines and everywhere new I
> drive/walk) and I just discovered the mailing list.
>
>
> I would like to join in Leuven for the talk at STUK on 24/01.
>
> Like Mark mentioned we had some brainstorm sessions about OSM and how to
> enlarge the Belgium OSM community.
> One of the current idea was something like:
>  * find money for some gps-dataloggers (done?)
>  * Organise a event in a central place like brussels (I know it has
> yahoo images) to explain OSM, to give a demo, let people try and give
> lend a data logger to these people for a certain period. They stay
> responsible for it but they are encouraged to share it with friends.
> (The idea: Most people don't want to buy a GPS data logger, but they are
> willing to map their environment. When your environment is done you
> won't use a datalogger so often more, and you should give it to
> friends.)
>  * Advertise this event in a wide base of possible interested people
> that have time to map. The aim is mainly non tech people.
>  * Make some noise in different intrest groups about OSM.
>
> What do you think of this?
>
> François
>
>
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