[Openstreetmap] GPS point submission format
Jono Bacon
jono at jonobacon.org
Wed Oct 20 10:51:53 BST 2004
Hi,
> agreed your general method is better than the current one but C and
> simple program don't really go together ;-) May I suggest Perl or
> Python are used for rapid development (and fixing) with excellent
> portability. Not that it matters really anyway because my next
> suggest might lead to several different ways of adding the data via
> one clean interface
>
This is dependent on who writes it. If the first throught he post is a C
hacker, it will be a C program.
> I believe this problem is best served with an xml-rpc or soap
> interface. The file uploaded can be a simple xml file (so can be
> debugged by hand and modified using any of the tools available to us)
I agree here. I think XML was designed for this very purpose. You need
to be able to collect data like this:
- Go out with your GPS and a program that will automatically plot the
information into a usable XML file.
- When you get back to your computer, you should be able to click on a
button that will upload the XML file to server where it will be
processed automatically and added to the database.
- Alternatively, if you have a net connection while out with the GPS,
you could automatically drip feed data into the database via a web service.
The key here is simplicity and automation. All of this needs to be
available in a simple to use client so the layperson can contribute to
OpenstreetMap.
As for the database type, there does need to be a searchable and usable
database and the database type is only really of interest to the
OpenstreetMap hackers as it will ultimately be transformed into an
accurate graphical map.
Jono
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