Dear Vignesh,
It's awesome that you brought up the idea of a mapping party along
with the software freedom day celebrations.
> From what I could search on internet, just having smartphones with GPS is
> not enough and we need specific GPS receivers. If you can explain what
> specific GPS reciever
Hello,
Mapping can also be done using just papers.YOu would not need GPS recievers
for that.. for more information visit http://walking-papers.org/ .Its simple
-Chaitanya (www.pathajalp.com)
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Ishan Chattopadhyaya <
ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Vignesh,
>
Hi Vignesh,
I would say having ordinary GPS enabled smartphones is just fine for most
mapping activity one would like to take up. A clear view to sky will bring
in desired precision. Adding more POIs (shops etc.) and tagging more
unnamed streets could be a start for the mapping party.
Regards,
Isha
Hi friends,
Is there any mapping party planned in Bangalore sometime in near future.
FSMK(Free Software Movement Karnataka) have few interested students from
two colleges, Dr. AIT and SJBIT near Mysore Road who are planning to
celebrate Software Freedom Day and we are thinking of conducting a mapp
