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, > 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, > Ishan > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:07 AM, VIGNESH PRABHU <stove311...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 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 mapping >> party as part of the celebration. However all the students are completely >> new to openstreetmap and mapping parties. Hence if there is somebody >> interested in guiding us, then we can plan to conduct a mapping party on >> 22nd Sept. >> 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 recievers are required, we can try to arrange few of them for >> that day. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Vignesh >> >> Volunteer, >> Free Software Movement Karnatak >> >> http://blog.viggy.in >> http://fsmk.org >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-in mailing list >> Talk-in@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-in mailing list > Talk-in@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in > >
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