[OSM-talk] Mobile countryside surveying tool

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>Sent: 30 September 2009 8:56 AM
>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-talk] Mobile countryside surveying tool
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>With all the talk of countryside surveying issues recently (placement of
>hedges etc) I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to develop some sort
>of mobile countryside surveying tool where people could note down, in the
>field, the placement of hedges relative to paths and the like.

In the UK, the placement of field boundaries will be a lot easier once the
out of copyright 1:25k OS mapping is available online. They will still need
verifying that they still exist (many fields having been combined over the
years, but the mapping should give a good starting point for position and
shape.

Any tool that works to help this process, taking the cue from walking papers
perhaps, would be useful.

>
>If you think this would be useful please let me know and I can work on it,
>I will only bother if there is sufficient interest as I am quite busy with
>the 3D navigation project at the moment.
>
>Target platform would be any device supporting JavaME.
>
>Nick
>
Cheers

Andy