[Openstreetmap] Portable map data collector

[SteveC]

* Petter Reinholdtsen (pere at hungry.com) wrote:
> 
> I recently got a Sharp Zaurus, and is considering how to contert it to
> a portable map data collector.  I'm still lacking the GPS.
> 
> My idea is to set up some system with handsfree sound recording for
> annotating the data (Bluetooth handsfree set is available), and a GPS
> of some kind.  My Zaurus got a WLAN card, so I could use wlan between
> the zaurus and a laptop, perhaps.

the latter is what I do

> Any clues regarding a portable map data collector configuration?  What
> hardware and software would I need?

My spec is and old laptop running gpsd from gpsdrive and a usb gps
mouse. then some java code connects to gpsd, gets the position and dumps
this into mysql. On the laptop with two batteries I get 7 hours life
from this.

I have wifi cards for both the laptop and the zaurus, but how to enter
data from the zaurus to the laptop is undecided. I was thinking of using
a browser on the zaurus and a little web server on the laptop...

have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/