On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Nick Whitelegg <[email protected]> wrote: > -----Forwarded by Nick Whitelegg/FT/Solent on 04/12/2011 11:53AM ----- > To: [email protected] > From: Nick Whitelegg/FT/Solent > Date: 04/12/2011 11:53AM > Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] Merkaator port to Android > >>- drawing draft lines and notes on top of that, saves it as GPX which >>needs postprocessing on JOSM > > (Sorry, meant to send this to the list. Damn the email client! ;-) ) > > This is actually quite similar to an idea I had in mind for opening up OSM > contribution to casual walkers/hikers. Such an app would record GPX (only). > However, a user would be able to select the highway type (footpath, > bridleway, cycleway etc) which would then be tagged in the GPX.
This is exactly what OSMTracker for Android does. It records GPX traces and lets you add any of various preset notes via big graphical buttons which are recorded in waypoints. When the file is opened in JOSM it shows the text that was recorded in the waypoints. It also supports recording audio and taking pictures. As long as the pictures/audio clips are exported along with the GPX file, JOSM shows a small icon for these as well and when you click on it, it either opens the built in photo viewer or your system's default auido playback application to play back the audio note. It even listens for the media button event that Android has so it will automatically start recording an audio clip when you push the play/pause/answer button on your headset. I recently used this to record things on a car trip after it got too dark to take pictures. Toby _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
