Re: [Talk-ca] Low end smart phones and Open Street Map...
On 12-04-09 11:39 , James Ewen wrote: > > The quality of GPS receivers are about even these days. Give the unit > a good view of the sky and it will tell you where you are. My experience with phone GPSs is different. The tracks I've got from two phones - a Blackberry Tour and an iPhone 4s - are much noisier than my Garmin 60Csx with a full-sized antenna. Here's an image from a test I did on a local walking path: http://glaikit.org/2010/08/21/probably-wouldnt-recommend-the-blackberry-tour-as-a-gps-logger/ No scale, sadly, but you can see that the Blackberry's track is very noisy. Still, having a slightly noisy GPS is better than none at all, so if carrying the Android would help Colin map where he otherwise wouldn't, it's all for the good. cheers, Stewart ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] Low end smart phones and Open Street Map...
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Colin McGregor wrote: > Does anyone know how well (or badly) the low end smart phones (such as > the Samsung Wave phones) are as GPS track loggers? I grab tracks with my Blackberry and use them to draw roads on OSM. The quality of GPS receivers are about even these days. Give the unit a good view of the sky and it will tell you where you are. I plug mine into the cigar lighter and toss it on the dash of the F-250 while driving down the road. It does a decent job of grabbing location data. -- James VE6SRV ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] Low end smart phones and Open Street Map...
Does anyone know how well (or badly) the low end smart phones (such as the Samsung Wave phones) are as GPS track loggers? Reason I ask is because I will be traveling to the US on business in the near future, and one of the things that makes me nervous is cell phone roaming charges. So, the thought has crossed my mind, get an basic carrier unlocked GSM phone, and while in the US get a SIM card from a US carrier (then when I am back in Canada pop in a SIM card from a Canadian carrier). So, by swapping SIM cards in/out I would have a US phone in the US (with a US phone #) and a Canadian phone when in Canada (with a Canadian phone#). Basically what I am thinking is, spend money on a basic carrier unlocked new cell phone (to replace my old working but carrier locked CDMA phone), and let the savings in roaming charges largely or entirely cover the cost of a new phone. I have not yet crunched the numbers to work out how many minutes I would have to be talking on phone in the US for this to make financial sense, but something I am looking at. So, related to this I see that the Samsung Wave (low end smart) phones (sub-$150 without a contract) have a GPS receiver and have an app. that allows for the capture of Open Street Map tracks. If by spending a SMALL amount extra I can get a phone that could also replace the services of my (very limited) first generation Garmin eTrex GPS, that could be a win on several levels (more track memory, one less item to pack when traveling, etc.). Thoughts? Thanks. Colin McGregor ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
