[OSM-talk] Easy to use system for countryside surveying

[Nathan West]

I'm not completely sure, but I think I have seen this idea floating around.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Talk:Google_Summer_of_Code sounds
familiar.

I think the only thing stopping it is someone with knowledge of how to do
it.

Personally, I think I could take a shot at it but it's a tad above my level
of programming, and I could only do it on the iphone/ipod touch because I
have no access to an N95...

On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Nick Whitelegg <
Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Have thought of an approach to make countryside OSM mapping using phones
> with inbuilt GPS (N95, etc) easy to the end user.
>
> A user could survey their walk using an N95 or similar, and then, using a
> very simple interface, select whether they are on a footpath, bridleway,
> unclassified road, track, etc every time the type of path or road they are
> on changes. So if they're on a road, then turn off down a footpath, they
> could select "footpath". Then if the footpath merges into a bridleway,
> they could select "bridleway".  The result would be a GPS track with
> sections "tagged" with footpath, bridleway etc.
>
> A track simplification algorithm could be applied and ways generated from
> the GPS trace automiatically. This could then be uploaded to OSM for a
> more expert user (who could subscribe to an RSS feed to inform them of
> such uploads in their area) to refine the way, i.e. remove extraneous
> points and connect the auto-generated way to existing ways.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Nick
>
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