[OSM-talk] BSGPSPDA

[Gregory Marler]

I felt a bit bad when you replied on the list. I don't mean to be nasty but
I do hope the feedback is helpful to you.

"Wow the website is horrible, ......"
Bit of shock I think. The main thing that put me off was the login barrier
that seemed unnessecary, and a lack of description/information of the
product.

Seriously what does the A mean in osmarender? Perhaps one of the other OSM
members can enligten both of us.

"from the installation folder (Program Files/BSGPSPDA?) for pretty-ness"
You took that out of context. I was saying you copy the "Missing Tile" image
for visual reasons when using it, I don't think you actually need to.

Well done as your first deployed PDA application, I'm not there (yet).
I might take it out to get some tracks this afternoon.

Gregory/LastGrape.

On 9/6/07, Bettersoftware <barry at bettersoftware.co.uk> wrote:
>
>  Gregory
>
> Have I done something to upset you? I'm not the most tactful person I
> know, so I may have, and if so apologise.
>
> "Wow the website is horrible, ......" I'm no expert at web site design and
> don't claim to be.
>
> " I would of got it quicker if I had noticed the a in osmarender, what's
> the a for anyway?"  Osmarender DOES have an "A" in it according to the
> Wiki.
>
> "from the installation folder (Program Files/BSGPSPDA?) for pretty-ness" It did not intend to be "petty". this is the first PDA application I have
> developed and deployed and deployment was a struggle.
>
> Panning the map was the next planned development.
>
> It' OK with me that you do not like the software. You are entitled to an
> opinion, as I am.
>
> However, other OSMers are using it with good results, so it's probably
> does have it's place in the community.
>
> Best regards
>
> Barry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Gregory Marler <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com>
> *To:* Stuart Cunningham <stuart.cunningham at dsl.pipex.com>
> *Cc:* talk at openstreetmap.org
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:25 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [OSM-talk] BSGPSPDA
>
>
>
> On 9/3/07, Stuart Cunningham <stuart.cunningham at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've been collecting tracks on my GPS PDA for a couple of months, and
> > decided to try an alternative. I've loaded BSGPSPDA, and it works well,
> > but I can't see how to load the tiles to use in the Map tab. I don't
> > know how to get the tiles, nor how to load them into BSGPSPDA. Could an
> > experienced user please give me a pointer?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Stuart
> >
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> >
> When I got your e-mail I thought I'd try it out as I currently use
> BeelineGPS.
> Wow the website is horrible, I had to create an account to download it
> there was no documentation or information at all.
>
> Yes saving the tiles to the right place was very difficult and confusing
> even with reading the one post on the forum, though I would of got it
> quicker if I had noticed the a in osmarender, what's the a for anyway?
>
> *Find a text file (probably in My Documents) called BSGPSPDASettings, one
> of the lines in that is OSM=
> *In that folder(or change it) create the following folder levels:
> OSM/Osmarender/13    (13 is the default zoom level)
> *In the OSM folder copy the 'MissingTile.png' file from the installation
> folder (Program Files/BSGPSPDA?) for pretty-ness
> method 1 for getting tiles:
> *use the program somewhere, in your OSM folder see the MissingTiles text
> file, it will list the urls of tiles you needed.
> *download them and save them in the folder you created, note they must be
> in the right zoom level folder and then in the right 5 digit number folder.
> method 2 for getting tiles:
> *install BSGPS on a PC/laptop, no GPS needs to be connected
> *click the OSM tab (or view-> OSM) and type in all the details of the
> area/zoom you want to download
> *when you've downloaded them, copy the folders of tiles to the right place
> on your pda
> method 3(not the best) for getting tiles:
> *use the online map that isn't a slippy(can't remember the url right now)
> *when you see the area you want right click on the image/tile (i think 9
> are shown) and save as.
>
>
> The GPS signal didn't get picked up as well as the Beeline program which
> is odd and annoying.
> When I was testing it on the bus it was slightly off the road where it
> should be, and I think at one point it must of lost signal but carried on
> panning straight when the bus turned.
> I can't manually pan or zoom the map, even when I'm stationary. Nor can I
> view the map(s) when my GPS is off.
>
> I havn't tried it for recording tracks yet. One thing I don't like about
> Beeline is that adding a waypoint is too long, I would like one button to
> save with an auto-increment number, so I don't have to use my stylus and
> fiddle everytime I pass a postbox.
>
> What did you think?
> I should probably feed my comments back to the creator on his site, but
> then would require registering on his forum too.
>
> Gregory/LastGrape.
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