[OSM-talk] Free the postcode maps

[Etienne]

On 7/5/06, Joerg Ostertag <openstreetmap at ostertag.name> wrote:
>
> 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.


The NaviGPS has this feature.  In the Settings menu change Ext. Power Source
to ON.  It will switch on when it gets power and switch off when it loses
power.

It also comes with a 12V cigarette-lighter adaptor as standard so you could
do this out of the box.  Add a 2Gb SD memory card and you can log forever.
And you'll have some change from EUR 200.

Etienne



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)
>
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> Jörg Ostertag (München)
>
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