On Thursday 05 June 2008 10:31:27 Arnaud Bocquillon wrote: > Hi all, > > I just discovered this very fresh and interesting project. > As i want to join the community and help mapping my region, I started > to search for software that fit my gps config (Palm handheld+BT338). > So i found out that the best choice seems to be "cotoGPS". > But as it's pretty new to me, does someone have a little userguide > that should helps me to create traces and upload them to OSM? Or give > me another good software? > > Thanks for any information.
You need to be aware that the Palm-cotoGPS-bluetooth-gpsdevice chain is unreliable in my experience. I don't know if it is a problem with cotoGPS, with my Palm or the bluetooth connection. But it's no fun coming home with a half day's tracks missing. My gps receiver is also a data logger (Wintec wbt-201), so I use my Palm mainly as a monitor to the device. The cotoGPS is great for setting and using markers and syncronizing the time (with Palm and Camera - for later geotagging), checking your (driving)speed etc. so very usefull nevertheless. The homepage should have enough info to get you started. http://core.de/~coto/projects/cotogps/ With gpsbabel you can convert cotoGPS tracks to gpx tracks to upload to OSM. http://www.gpsbabel.org/ OSMTiles is also worth looking at if you have a Palm to view OSM tiles on the road, albeit in the early stages of development: http://www.meyer-velen.de/openstreetmap/palm/ (site: german only) Have fun tracking! Lambert Carsten _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
