I normally use a notebook and GPS, but I do sometimes use a video camera too
I've got an ATC2000, which is about £90, waterproof, droppable, and either mounts on either bike handlebars or you can attach it to the passenger headrest in a car: http://www.oregonscientific.co.uk/prod_allterraincamera.htm That does about 1.5 hours of 600x480 resolution at 30fps onto a 2GB SD card, or longer at lower resolutions / bigger SD card. The resolution is just about good enough to read large roadsigns if you go past them reasonably slowly. It's good for noticing rows of shops/houses/forests etc. at the side of the road while you're driving. While cycling, you can use it to record roadsigns if you just point the camera at them from a few metres away and pause for a second or so. I can send you some sample clips, but they're about 600MB each so shout if you want them. I'm not aware of any special software for converting video + GPX into a 3d textured map of the route, so I'll be watching this discussion to see if anyone suggests some... Regards, OJW p.s. sound quality is awful, so don't use this one if you want voice-recordings... On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:33 PM, mariner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi guys.. > > is someone out there mapping with the help of a video camera? > how do you do it? > what are the problems? > > cheers, > mariner > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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