[OSM-talk] In-vehicle tracking and editing software for tablet computers?

2010-02-04 Thread Sam Wilson
Hullo, Does any one have any ideas about what programs I could use on tablet computers in vehicles for navigation and tracking, and possibly editing? The situation is this: We have a fleet of 15 or 20 vehicles traveling all over the state (Western Australia), each equipped with a tablet computer

Re: [OSM-talk] In-vehicle tracking and editing software for tablet computers?

2010-02-05 Thread Sam Wilson
On 5/2/10 4:56 PM, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: > I'd use separate pieces of software. Custom software for tracking (it's > not that hard, and it really depends on how you transmit the position of > the vehicle); navit for navigation (text-to-speech and all), and JOSM > for editing (with the liveg

Re: [OSM-talk] In-vehicle tracking and editing software for tablet computers?

2010-02-05 Thread Sam Wilson
On 5/2/10 5:14 PM, Liz wrote: > I cannot edit live on JOSM in the car. > It isn't a technical problem. > The problem, which will be at least as bad in WA, is the large number of > lumens from that star of the daytime. I cannot read the screen of the > computer > unless I shade it, take off my su

[OSM-talk] Ongoing bulk uploads of GPS traces?

2010-10-13 Thread Sam Wilson
Hi, I work for a company in Western Australia that has a dozen or so vehicles traveling all over regional WA and all equipped with GPS trackers, taking waypoints at 30s intervals. I am going to be allowed to upload the data to OSM. I'm just wondering what issues I'm facing... 1. We use OS

Re: [OSM-talk] Ongoing bulk uploads of GPS traces?

2010-10-13 Thread Sam Wilson
On 13/10/10 4:39 PM, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: Would you consider uploading the traces to an independent point, specifying the licence of the traces and giving permission for them to be traced into OSM / other maps (you specify what) and perhaps this could then be downloaded as a separate layer into

Re: [OSM-talk] Ongoing bulk uploads of GPS traces?

2010-10-13 Thread Sam Wilson
On 2010-10-13 5:12 PM, Jonathan Bennett wrote: You'd be releasing the data under CC-BY-SA and ODbL. If you are acting on behalf of the copyright owner, then you don't need to add any further documentation -- simply uploading the data is enough to show you agree to the licences. Great! I might

Re: [OSM-talk] Ongoing bulk uploads of GPS traces?

2010-10-13 Thread Sam Wilson
On 2010-10-14 3:35 AM, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:04:20 +0200 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: OK if the streets are perfectly straight and there is nothing around ;-) Perfect for rural and remote Western Australia then. (This is the part of the world that owns the longest railway

Re: [OSM-talk] Ongoing bulk uploads of GPS traces?

2010-10-13 Thread Sam Wilson
On 2010-10-14 1:35 AM, Richard Weait wrote: Thank you for taking the initiative arrange this with your company. If you get the opportunity to change your data acquisition to one track point per second you'll find the traces much nicer for creating junctions, ramps, exits, fuel stations etc. I

Re: [OSM-talk] Ongoing bulk uploads of GPS traces?

2010-10-15 Thread Sam Wilson
On 16/10/10 10:01 AM, Richard Weait wrote: I'd also double check that there aren't privacy concerns - gpx traces contain time information - is your company happy releasing that? Would it compromise them? Do the drivers get a say? Good point. If privacy or business practices are a concern, you

Re: [OSM-talk] Ongoing bulk uploads of GPS traces?

2010-10-21 Thread Sam Wilson
On 2010-10-16 10:01 AM, Richard Weait wrote: Also IIRC you can use gpsbabel to set the timestamps in your file to one second gaps beginning at unix epoch, so that would give your vehicles outrageous speeds during 1970. Also you can choose the privacy settings for your traces to prevent sharing

Re: [OSM-talk] Ongoing bulk uploads of GPS traces?

2010-10-21 Thread Sam Wilson
On 2010-10-13 3:50 PM, Sam Wilson wrote: Hi, I work for a company in Western Australia that has a dozen or so vehicles traveling all over regional WA and all equipped with GPS trackers, taking waypoints at 30s intervals. I am going to be allowed to upload the data to OSM. I'm