Hey, how is open surveyor going? Haven't seen any messages or commits for a few weeks.
Viesturs On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Viesturs Zarins <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, can you expand on the idea of recoding just timestamps. > Nowdays every device has GPS. The only benefit I see is saving battery > with dedicated GPS logger... > You would need subsecond precision time on the device running OpenSurveyor > - can you read that off GPS sensor? Network based time sync? > > How is the JOSM plugin going? I would like to do an end-to-end test. > > Viesturs > > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Viesturs Zarins <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Cool, i really hope that we have a great app at the end of week #13. >> Meanwhile what is the most useful way I can help you along? Unfortunately >> I don't have the free time to do actual coding. >> >> Waiting for week 8 :) >> >> Viesturs >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Pavel Melnikov <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hello Viesturs and thank you for report! >>> >>> Yes, so far the app looks much like OsmTracker, though one fundamental >>> difference is data format for export - it is not an .osm file, but a data >>> that will be used in JOSM plugin to create an osm file manually there. A >>> plugin is being created by Ilya Zverev who is a mentor for this project. >>> One more fundamental difference is that OpenSurveyor can work without GPS >>> present on the device (and without map). It records marker timestamps that >>> could be used on desktop to assign position based on external GPS track >>> recorded by other navigator system (garmin, etc) >>> >>> And yes, most of the features related to map UI that you mentioned are >>> on the todo-list, including freehand drawing and manual placing predefined >>> markers on the map. Though I do not think WMS will be implemented >>> (Simplified TMS as used in web-based maps probably will) >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 3:47 AM, Viesturs Zarins <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Pavel, >>>> >>>> I have been following your OpenSurveyor updates and I'm excited on the >>>> "walking papers idea". I tried the built app and worked so far without >>>> crashes. >>>> >>>> So far you seem to be duplicating the OsmTracker functions. It would >>>> make sense to start with the hardest / most useful feature first (the map) >>>> - as it would impact the app design greatly. I would hate to see the SOC >>>> done without getting to the most valuable feature. Getting an OsmTracker >>>> clone is not of any use. >>>> >>>> Anyway, it's nice to see somebody picking up where OsmTracker stopped. >>>> Some stuff I really would like to see implemented (in no particular >>>> order): >>>> - recording for images heading (automatic or manual) (check out how >>>> Ingress is doing it with portal submission GUI). >>>> - ability to save POIs by manually placing a point in a map. >>>> - selectable map background (OSM render, Bing maps, other sources, >>>> preferably full WMS support) >>>> - drawing freehand shapes on the map, (select a preset and draw an >>>> outline). >>>> - deletion/editing of POIs (you already have this). >>>> - displaying existing POIs in a separate layer, because raster maps >>>> often omit POIs close to other map features. >>>> >>>> Keep in mind that there are two quite different use cases for a >>>> surveying app: >>>> - a fresh region with no precision data - the GPS track is the main >>>> reference. OsmTracker is already doing pretty good job here. >>>> - densely mapped region possibly with precision data import / high >>>> precision imagery tracing - main activity is adding features to existing >>>> map. Placing a point relative to existing lines is more precise than GPS. >>>> >>>> Also how can I use the export files? A plugin for JOSM? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Viesturs >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Pavel Melnikov <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone. >>>>> I am having problems with my Internet provider (and he is having >>>>> problems with hardware) and that limits my ability to code very much. So >>>>> "done" list for this week is not that impressing: >>>>> >>>>> *Done this week:* >>>>> >>>>> - "Take photo" action is implemented (Closes #2) >>>>> - Markers can be deleted from the list (if they contained external >>>>> files, those are also deleted) >>>>> - New version of XML preset file, with localization postfix >>>>> applied to titles. One preset can be used for several languages. See >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/positron96/opensurveyor/wiki/Preset-XML-format#localization >>>>> - Almost full localization into English and Russian. >>>>> - Reworked button layout. It handles various number of buttons >>>>> nicely, leaves no extra space on edges. With >9 buttons it reduces >>>>> sizes of >>>>> buttons >>>>> - POIs can be edited after creation by clicking on the item in the >>>>> list >>>>> - A lot of fixes and small improvements >>>>> >>>>> *TODO: * >>>>> >>>>> - Start work on a map UI >>>>> - Make session persistent (autosave and continue unsaved session) >>>>> >>>>> *Problems:* >>>>> Damn internet provider!! Can't code anything without stackoverflow and >>>>> google. >>>>> >>>>> As the last week, binary package can be found here: >>>>> https://github.com/positron96/opensurveyor/releases/tag/soc-week7 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> dev mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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