Re: [Gta04-owner] Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / accelerometer patch

2012-03-20 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
: Christ van Willegen Sent: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:43:55 +0100 To: List for communicating with real GTA04 owners Cc: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: [Gta04-owner] Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / accelerometer patch Hello Mayeul, list, On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 23:

Re: [Gta04-owner] Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / accelerometer patch

2012-03-19 Thread Christ van Willegen
Hello Mayeul, list, On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 23:40, Mayeul Kauffmann wrote: > Hi, > Great, that was fast! Looking forward to see the results of the test > and, hopefully, get something to test integration! Two requests: - Please, don't top-post (don't put your reply at the top of the message you

Re: [Gta04-owner] Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / accelerometer patch

2012-03-19 Thread Mayeul Kauffmann
Hi, Great, that was fast! Looking forward to see the results of the test and, hopefully, get something to test integration! > I still have to read all these links Then yet another, better than the other 5: from link [3], click on "resources" tab (goes to http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1250

Re: [Gta04-owner] Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / camera & heading

2012-03-19 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
roduct/1250 > [4] https://github.com/pololu/LSM303/blob/master/LSM303/LSM303.cpp#L226 > [5] http://mbed.org/users/shimniok/libraries/LSM303DLH/lpk7s5 > > > > - Mail original - > De: "Christoph Mair" > À: "List for communicating with real GTA04 own

Re: [Gta04-owner] Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / camera & heading

2012-03-19 Thread mayeul . kauffmann
discussion" Envoyé: Lundi 19 Mars 2012 08:35:52 Objet: Re: [Gta04-owner] Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / camera & heading On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > Am 18.03.2012 um 19:01 schrieb Mayeul Kauffmann: > >> Thanks! >> So

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-19 Thread mayeul . kauffmann
cated TMS for this here: http://www.outdoormaps.org/?p=39 Cheers, Mayeul http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/LicenseChange - Mail original - De: "Liz" À: community@lists.openmoko.org Envoyé: Lundi 19 Mars 2012 06:52:44 Objet: Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-18 Thread Liz
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:16:48 +0100 Mayeul Kauffmann wrote: > I need a GPS receiver to: > 1- find our way > 2- know what is already in OSM database (with full tags) Between now and your trip time is the 1st April, on which date an unknown quantity of data will be purged from the OSM database, as

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / batteries

2012-03-18 Thread Mayeul Kauffmann
Hi, Thanks for the questions and the comments! We will sleep every night in a managed alpine hut or hotel (depending on place). I did the "hike and sleep in a tent" 15 years ago and know I will not resist 80 days now! Last Summer I crossed the Dolomites with a 8 kg backpack. This year I will carry

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / compass

2012-03-18 Thread Alexander Lehner
Mayeul, respect for the tour that you planned. I'm an OSM'ler as well and know a lot of alpine 'freaks' which are not related to OSM at all - so this journey seems a lovely marriage between both projects, but... How do you want satisfy power consumption of the device(s) that you will need?

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / compass

2012-03-18 Thread Mayeul Kauffmann
Hi Ed, Thanks for the explanation on "course"! GPS-based heading is good for car driving and OK for road biking, not for slow travels: Position error jumps a few meters every seconds, hence if you do not move, the GPSr believes you move at 1 to 4 km per hour in random directions. So GPS-based head

Re: [Gta04-owner] Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / camera & heading

2012-03-18 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 18.03.2012 um 19:01 schrieb Mayeul Kauffmann: > Thanks! > So for the moment camera does not work. 8-( > What about the heading? (including when device is in vertical position) There is a HMC5883L 3D compass chip inside. Maybe someone else can comment on the status of the kernel drivers. > Th

Re: [Gta04-owner] Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04? / camera & heading

2012-03-18 Thread Mayeul Kauffmann
Thanks! So for the moment camera does not work. 8-( What about the heading? (including when device is in vertical position) Thanks, Mayeul Le dimanche 18 mars 2012 à 18:50 +0100, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller a écrit : > > For the picture, I need to save lat-long position + heading (angle > to > > Nort

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-18 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 18.03.2012 um 13:16 schrieb Mayeul Kauffmann: > Hi, > I'm looking for a handled GPS device for advance OpenStreetMap surveying > and I hope the GTA04 Phoenix would do what I need. > A few words on the project: 80-day mapping party, hiking, crossing the > Alps (Summer 2012), 20 people involved

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-18 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 18.03.2012 um 18:39 schrieb Mayeul Kauffmann: > Thanks a lot ed! > Having a gpx extract is great (I'm currently playing with it). > Yes, 'hdop', 'fix' and 'sat' are the 3 main fields I need for precision. > What is "course"? I found "Instantaneous course at the point" (in > degrees) [1] but I

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-18 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Mayeul Kauffmann writes: > the gta04-owner list too). Also: What about orientation? You need a compass. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-18 Thread Mayeul Kauffmann
Thanks a lot ed! Having a gpx extract is great (I'm currently playing with it). Yes, 'hdop', 'fix' and 'sat' are the 3 main fields I need for precision. What is "course"? I found "Instantaneous course at the point" (in degrees) [1] but I do not understand. Anybody could confirm that GTA04 gives th

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-18 Thread Ed Kapitein
On 03/18/2012 02:25 PM, Mayeul Kauffmann wrote: > Le dimanche 18 mars 2012 à 14:34 +0200, Timo Juhani Lindfors a écrit : > >> I used another GTA02 to make audio notes and a cheap and small digital >> camera to take photos. As long as all clocks are synchronized you can >> combine all the data with

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-18 Thread Mayeul Kauffmann
Le dimanche 18 mars 2012 à 14:34 +0200, Timo Juhani Lindfors a écrit : > I used another GTA02 to make audio notes and a cheap and small digital > camera to take photos. As long as all clocks are synchronized you can > combine all the data with your netbook later. Thanks a lot Timo! I already do t

Re: Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-18 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Mayeul Kauffmann writes: > A few words on the project: 80-day mapping party, hiking, crossing the > Alps (Summer 2012), 20 people involved (many of them for just a few I've personally used GTA02 with large external battery and external GPS antenna. This way you can keep all the equipment inside

Advance OpenStreetMap surveying with GTA04?

2012-03-18 Thread Mayeul Kauffmann
Hi, I'm looking for a handled GPS device for advance OpenStreetMap surveying and I hope the GTA04 Phoenix would do what I need. A few words on the project: 80-day mapping party, hiking, crossing the Alps (Summer 2012), 20 people involved (many of them for just a few days). Sleeping in Alpine Huts.