[OSM-talk] Still interest in an Android POI collector?

[Graham Jones]

There is quite a detailed wiki page on Android devices using OSM:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android.

I think that all of the applications identified by Andrew are listed, but
without his user comments!

Graham.

On 8 March 2010 21:05, Graham Jones <grahamjones139 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Andrew,
> That is a really good summary - you have found some applications that I
> hadn't heard of - I'll go and try them.
> I don't know if there is a decent Android page on the wiki,  but the info
> you have collected would be good to go on that.
>
> Graham.
>
> On 8 March 2010 17:05, Andrew Chadwick (email lists) <
> andrewc-email-lists at piffle.org> wrote:
>
>> (Argh, let's try that again from a subscribed email address)
>>
>> Nick Whitelegg wrote:
>>
>> > The other thing I have in mind to do is a POI collector for Android
>> > devices. I seem to remember there being an interest in this before
>> > Christmas when the Mapzen collector for the iPhone was launched - and
>> I've
>> > just got hold of an Android phone (HTC Hero) and fancy having a play.
>> > Would there still be interest in this? What I'll probably do is work on
>> > both apps - time permitting - but prioritise the one which has the most
>> > current interest.
>>
>> Other people have mentioned Vespucci and BTC Mapper, which are closer to
>> what you're probably thinking of. I think they're both incomplete and
>> buggy though, and release very infrequently for Android 1.5. I tend to
>> work with GPS export traces and photos, and I've dug around a bit in the
>> marketplace for stuff that seems to work (for me): mini-reviews:
>>
>>
>> For offline data gathering, I'm using GPS Logger for Android <
>> http://gpslogger.codeplex.com/ > most right now, which allows text
>> annotation and produces GPX that plays quite nicely in JOSM. That plus
>> my Hero's camera app. It's said to be comparatively frugal with battery
>> use if dialed down to infrequent polling. Under fairly enthusiastic
>> development and release, good stuff.
>>
>> OSM Tracker for Android[tm] <
>> http://code.google.com/p/osmtracker-android/ > is looking good too, and
>> gets updates about as often: it's recently grown the ability to make
>> photo records as well as voice notes, and seems to have some hardcoded
>> presets. Faintly funky WinMo-esque UI that seems to be improving :)
>>
>> I'm hoping that Open GPS Tracker <
>> http://code.google.com/p/open-gpstracker/ > will show OSM background
>> layers in a future release: currently it only displays Google Maps maps,
>> so it's of no use to OSMers. But it behaves very nicely, it's open
>> source, seems to be updated fairly frequently, and I'd really quite like
>> to use it for the task of -seeing where I've been- when out mapping.
>> Looks like a good project to hack on, or at least to vote up wishlist
>> items you want on :)
>>
>> RMaps < http://code.google.com/p/rmaps/ > can show various OSM layers
>> including the public transport one, but doesn't seem able to cache
>> downloaded tiles. Open-source. Annoying bug that sometimes crashes the
>> app when tapping around in the map display.
>>
>> Maps(-) (no source URL; think it's just freeware) can cache downloaded
>> tiles on the SD card for offline use, but can't be worked on publicly
>> (AFAICT), and has had "ad releases" in the past without any warning,
>> behaviour which I dislike intensely.
>>
>>
>>
>> And, erm, that's what I actually use.
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Chadwick
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> Dr. Graham Jones
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Dr. Graham Jones
Hartlepool, UK
email: grahamjones139 at gmail.com
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