Thanks all for your responses. I decided to enable geotagging for my photos and use OsmTracker for tracking (1 sec interval). Then I load the gpx file and the photos into JOSM where I put the POIs into OSM. Yesterday I marked in a bit more than 200 POIs and today might bring in rougly the same amount.
So far, so good. - Svavar Kjarrval On 31/07/12 07:42, Toby Murray wrote: > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Svavar Kjarrval <sva...@kjarrval.is> wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I'm trying to collect POI information en masse in my home town by taking >> daily walks in different areas each day. I use the program OsmPad to >> collect housenumbers and it's good for that purpose but I have to stop >> for awhile when typing in additional information like a housename or >> construction year. Now I'm trying to collect information about POIs like >> shops and other amenities; I discovered that it would take an even >> greater time if I were to use the same method for them, nevermind that >> OsmPad was not designed for such a massive amount of information. >> >> It started to hit me that I needed a method which would enable me to >> quickly collect the information and continue with my walk, sorting out >> the information later, or handing it over for someone else to type in. >> >> I started to look into other programs and stumbled upon OSMTracker and >> noticed a photo feature and a voice recorder. Sadly, I cannot move the >> cursor around to configure the coordinates. Otherwise it would solve my >> problem because then I'd be able to take a picture of the entrance and >> know where on the building it was. When I'm fairly close to buildings, >> there's a danger of the GPS chip losing contact with satellites and the >> GPS coordinates to be less accurate. Also, it could be hard for someone >> else to review my data and know where exactly I'm pointing the camera. >> >> What methods do you use? Are there any programs for Android which could >> fit my needs? > You don't have to get everything right down to the centimeter. I > wouldn't worry too much about a little lost accuracy here and there. > If you're using OsmTracker then I assume you are editing in JOSM after > you get home where you can review your trace and correct for any > obvious GPS drifting. I've used OsmTracker a fair amount, sometimes in > a car, sometimes on foot. Note for car use: It geotags pictures at the > time that you exit the camera and return to OsmTracker, not when the > picture was actually taken. If you are traveling at 70 mph this can be > a big difference :) > > The other good option is to use a standalone GPS device and a camera. > Dedicated GPS devices tend to have better antennas than phones so you > don't have to worry about losing accuracy as much. Then you can match > the trace from the GPS device to your pictures based on timestamp in > JOSM and do your editing there where you can also reference aerial > imagery, assuming Bing has some in your area. > > Other Android apps are OsmAnd which lets you add POIs and upload them > directly to OSM from your phone. But it only allows you to capture > name and opening hours. > > There is also Vespucci which is pretty powerful but will also be slow > to use on the go. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Vespucci > > Toby > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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