User:TomH

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I don't give a flying monkey's for tag voting, automatic changebots, endless discussions, categories, or any of that crap, but prefer to get on and actually do stuff.


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TomH.

This user uses or has experience with a NaviGPS GT-11 and might be willing to answer questions on it from OSM users.

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upgrade to ODbL v 1.0

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OpenStreetMap isn't a computer project, it's an outdoors activity.
Less of the bulk imports and wikifiddling please.
Go outside and map!

I'm Tom Hughes and I live in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, which I am currently surveying.

One of the OSM System Administrators

My hardware is a Fujitsu-Siemens PocketLoox N520 - a PDA running Windows Mobile 5 with a builtin SirfStar III GPS receiver. I'm currently trialing the BeeLineGPS to capture NMEA logs for OpenStreetMap.

Windows Mobile 5 includes support for sharing the GPS port among multiple programs so I can run TomTom at the same time as capturing logs without needing any additional software like GPSGate.

My other GPS is a NaviGPS GT11 which has the advantage that it can run for much longer periods on a single charge and has a bicycle mount to mount it on the handlebars where I can see it.

BeeLineGPS

Having used BeeLineGPS for several weeks now it seems to fulfill most of the requirements for a useful track logger:

  • Can log tracks to a CSV file, but this is a pain to upload to OSM as it does not include timestamps.
  • Can also log raw NMEA output from the GPS receiver, which is much more useful as gpsbabel can easily convert this to a GPX file for upload.
  • Can export waypoints in GPX format for loading into JOSM.
  • Has a good status screen showing number of satellites in view and in use, along with the signal strength from each satellite and the HDOP, VDOP and PDOP values.
  • Will happily run at the same time as TomTom and log data over a number of hours.

Awards

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  • TomH is awarded the Mega Star for uploading one million trackpoints
  • TomH is awarded the North Star for the awesome contribution to the openstreetmap project