[OSM-talk] Easy to use system for countryside surveying
Robert (Jamie) Munro
rjmunro at arjam.net
Sat Aug 16 19:57:54 BST 2008
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Nick Whitelegg 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?
Start an existing OSM browsing app for N95 and other S60 mobiles, e.g.
WhereAmI. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WhereAmI
Other possible apps:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Category:Java_midlet
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Category:Symbian
Jamie
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