[Talk-us] Best iOS app for GPS wander, GPX to laptop into OSM?

Simon Poole simon at poole.ch
Tue Oct 6 16:10:58 UTC 2015


Besides having all the issues Keypadmapper has squared, how do you
prevent IP leakage from google to OSM? For example do you know if it
employs any "lock on road" or similar technology?

Simon

Am 06.10.2015 um 17:47 schrieb Adam Franco:
> For trail surveys and other GPS recording on Android I've been very
> happy with Google's "My Tracks" app:
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks&hl=en
>
> It's pretty easy to use just hit "record", then allows the addition of
> markers & photos while recording -- though I have only used markers
> myself.
> After one is done recording, the track can be exported as a GPX file
> and then sent to a computer via USB/Bluetooth/Dropbox or any other
> transfer method enabled on your phone.
>
> I've also tried doing surveys with OsmAnd, but found that the
> recording was much less stable and would often get interrupted and
> need to be restarted -- quite frustrating.
>
> Adam
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Greg Troxel <gdt at ir.bbn.com
> <mailto:gdt at ir.bbn.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at gmail.com <mailto:marc.gemis at gmail.com>>
>     writes:
>
>     > Keypadmapper can send the recorded data via email.
>
>     Keep in mind that keypadmapper is spyware :-) In all seriousness, it
>     uploads locations and cell ids to a public database whenever it's
>     running.  If you're out explicitly doing mapping, that might be
>     fine at
>     times, but it's bad behavior in general and I must therefore recommend
>     against recommending it.
>
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