[OSM-talk] Free the postcode maps

[Joerg Ostertag]

On Wednesday 05 July 2006 09:58, Ben Gimpert wrote:
> On Tue,  4 Jul 06 @06:39pm, Joerg Ostertag wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > > Yes, if anyone has regular dealings with a cab firm or a courier in
> > > their town, it would be ideal to lend them a GPS for a while and grab
> > > the logs. Also, if they don't use GPS already then it sounds like a
> > > business opportunity to me!
> >
> > The "for a while" is my problem.
> > Do you know any possibility to EASILY log GPS Data for more than one Day?
>
> Zaurus Linux PDA + Compact Flash GPS + "Cigarette Lighter" (12V) Power
> Adapater, then tuck the bundle under cab's driver seat and ask him or
> her to forget about it for a month...?

Which Firmware do you use for it Zaurus-original/OpenZaurus?
Which Logging Software do you use?
How do you start logging without any "Driver interaction". 
Since the Zaurus /With active GPS) probably wouldn't keep batteries over night 
if it doesn't get 12V supplied.
The other Problem is: Under the Driver Seat the GPS-reception probably is 
comparably poor. So I'd have to use an additional external antenna.
What I'm thinking of was a box with a cigarett-lighter plug and a USB-plug for 
the GPS-USB Mouse which starts logging (to some Memory >500MB) as soon as 12V 
are available and stops logging if no power is available. That was the reason 
I started the NSLU2 project which should be under 200,- Euro:
 http://www.ostertag.name/GPSLogger/NSLU2_GPS_Logger.html
But if i'd find a solution/combination which does similar and doesn't cost 
hell. I'll imideately try to get one.

One device I was looking at:
 http://www.trackstick.com/
 http://www.getdigital.de/index/0x10f/lng/1
But it only has 1MB of Tracklog (NOT 1GB)

-- 
Jörg Ostertag (München)

http://www.ostertag.name/