Re: [OSM-talk] more accurate open-source gps hardware

2009-11-22 Thread frank mohr
Hi, Michael Kugelmann wrote: > I would be interested not in a GPS that is very accurate but which is > coupled with a gyro to be able to also work in tunnels like an > underground line. > Did anybody read something like that? I mean: having a small device for > affordable price... i have a device

Re: [OSM-talk] Handling of towns with different or alternative names

2009-01-27 Thread Frank Mohr
Andy Allan wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Russ Nelson wrote: >> On Jan 27, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Manfred Podzkiewitz wrote: >> >>> Hello, i have a question about the handling of unoffical, or ethnic, >>> or >>> historic names of towns and villages. >> The TIGER import in the USA uses name_1

Re: [OSM-talk] How to tag this unknown barrier

2008-12-02 Thread Frank Mohr
Ed Loach wrote: > Gustav wrote: > >> I would say that a chicane is designed to slow down traffic >> (much like a speed bump) and make a road less suitable for >> through traffic, without blocking access for any vehicles >> that are able to use the road on either side. This barrier >> is constr

Re: [OSM-talk] How to tag this unknown barrier

2008-12-02 Thread Frank Mohr
Miriam Tolke wrote: > Hello, > > mapping some areas here I came across some barriers in several places > which in my opinion don't fit in those described in [[Map Features]]. > I've uploaded a photo to > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image:Unknown_barrier.jpg. > > How do you tag this? > >

Re: [OSM-talk] Is my Garmin Geko dead?

2008-09-19 Thread Frank Mohr
David Earl wrote: > Doh. It was the display contrast setting. The strap must have got caught > over the buttons when I was mounting it, and on the start up display the > OK button pressed enough times (with one crucial press of the down arrow > key) will push the contrast up to unusable. It does

Re: [OSM-talk] WTF ! (about gps traces)

2008-05-03 Thread Frank Mohr
Jeffrey Martin wrote: > I have few track where on part is good and another part is bad. I should > probably > edit those tracks and cut out the bad part, but I haven't found an easy way > to do that. i'm using gpsman (http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/) to split my tracks frank