On 7 Oct 09, I wrote:
> Has anyone had success using a GPS unit inside a metal railway carriage
> to map a railway line?
>
> I notice that parts of the main line between Sydney and Melbourne are
> missing, eg:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-34.7446&lon=147.886&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF
I n
I have had success with the bullet train from Osaka to Tokyo and Tokyo to
Narita. I had my GPS (Garmin Vista, which I have upgraded to a Vista HCX) on
the window shelf, and got good accuracy. The only problem I had was the
numerous tunnels!
Here's my trace from Tokyo to Narita.
http://www.openstre
If you get on a heritage train then these have windows that can be opened
and a gps trace is no problem.
Last weekend I surveyed the track from Wollongong through to Moss Vale.
(riding behind the relaunched steam locomotive - 3265)
In sydney you can get a signal on the Tangara trains but I couldn
John Smith wrote:
> On one of the wiki pages it talks about something like this with
> European trains, and unless you get a GPS lock before boarding the
> train you most likely won't get one at all, however once you have a
> lock it's easier to keep it.
I've started using a amplified external an
Liz wrote:
> I drew in railway line from landsat (hopefully that was marked as source) and
> lined it up with crossings and bridges.
> If you have better data, please move the railway.
>
> I haven't managed to get a trace on any railway because I seem to be limited
> to walk, bike, car, plane.
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, John Henderson wrote:
> Has anyone had success using a GPS unit inside a metal railway carriage
> to map a railway line?
>
> I notice that parts of the main line between Sydney and Melbourne are
> missing, eg:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-34.7446&lon=147.886&zoom=14&laye
2009/10/7 swanilli :
> I can't offer an opinion on Sydney-Melbourne, but I spend a fair bit of time
> on trains and have checked the OSM rail data for Sydney-Newcastle,
> Sydney-Richmond, Sydney-Katoomba, Sydney-Bomaderry and Sydney-Moss Vale.
> This is in metal carriages and except for one occasio
I can't offer an opinion on Sydney-Melbourne, but I spend a fair bit of time
on trains and have checked the OSM rail data for Sydney-Newcastle,
Sydney-Richmond, Sydney-Katoomba, Sydney-Bomaderry and Sydney-Moss Vale.
This is in metal carriages and except for one occasion, my GPS reported more
than
2009/10/7 swanilli :
> The problem is you will find not with the metal railway carriages but with
> the coating on the windows. I find my GPS works well in almost all carriages
> (I get accuracy typically of 6 m).
The metal box is a large part of the problem, the windows are just
usually the easie
The problem is you will find not with the metal railway carriages but with
the coating on the windows. I find my GPS works well in almost all carriages
(I get accuracy typically of 6 m).
Occasionally though, I get no signal in carriages that have been fine in the
past, the only difference seems to
Has anyone had success using a GPS unit inside a metal railway carriage
to map a railway line?
I notice that parts of the main line between Sydney and Melbourne are
missing, eg:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-34.7446&lon=147.886&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF
I'd consider doing the trip on the XPT
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