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

[Adam Franco]

As far as I can tell, MyTracks is a super-simple application that doesn't
seem like it would introduce any Google IP -- though maybe you or others
have better ideas of how such a thing might occur. I've never seen a track
snap to roads or trails (all of the GPX track-points seem to have the
standard GPS offset/errors introduced by terrain/poor-fix/etc) and it
doesn't do routing or provide any external data other than displaying
Google Maps/Satellite tiles as a display underlay when viewing the track in
the application.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:

> 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>
> gdt at ir.bbn.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Marc Gemis <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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On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Simon Poole <simon at poole.ch> wrote:

> 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>
> gdt at ir.bbn.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Marc Gemis <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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