On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Richard Welty <rwe...@averillpark.net> wrote: > On 11/26/13 11:13 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote: [...] >> Logging on your >> phone will also eat your battery. > there are USB battery supplement thingies out there, probably best > to have one or more if you're going to do this away from a car > with a lighter socket or USB power port. >
Yes, I have a Mophie around my iPhone that approximately doubles battery life. Pretty much essential if you do want to rely on your phone for extended GPS track logging. Speaking of phones, there is one other thing I wanted to mention, which is what I call 'coarse position logging'. This is not too relevant for OSM but as location enthusiasts you may be interested nonetheless. I have been interested in the 'quantified self' movement for quite some time. Quantified Self is about systematically tracking different aspects of your life and making them quantifiable. Location, your whereabouts, is one of those aspects. Rather than precisely logging location all the time, which requires preparation and thinking ahead, and is not really all that useful if you ask me, I set up Tasker on my Android phone to append the approximate location to a CSV file on my SD card every twenty minutes. This requires minimal resources and gives me a long term view of my whereabouts. On iOS (and now also on Android I think) there is the wonderful Moves app for this, which records your approximate location in the background and also distinguishes between walking, running, biking and other transport. I really like the app, but it is too resource (battery) hungry for day to day use. Here are some screenshots of my Tasker setup on Android as well as the Moves app on iOS: https://www.dropbox.com/sc/my20nr41c1v6qog/X3SzQISE1h Sorry about the tangent! -- Martijn van Exel http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ http://openstreetmap.us/ _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
