[OSM-talk] putting GPS units in taxis

Joe Richards joefish75 at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 15 00:12:59 BST 2009


I noticed while in Thailand recently that the OSM coverage there is pretty poor, despite the fact that there is a big population there and it's a major tourist destination too.  It would be much easier to map things there if we had sufficient GPX trails, and I got thinking that putting a GPS in some taxis would be a great way to do this, to get 'random' tracks as they roam around.  The best thing would be if somehow the device could either upload the traces via mobile (GPRS/3G) or possibly when in proximity to a wifi network (of which there are plenty).

I'd be happy to get down to designing such a device, but has anyone done anything like this already?  If so, what were the experiences?

As an aside, getting Thais involved (e.g. to put Thai names on features) would be a plus too.  Getting something like a talk-th group going would be a good idea, but would require some involved Thais to lead the way...



      




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