Re: [Talk-us] Currently available good GPS for use with OSM mapping in the USA?

2013-11-25 Thread Chris Lawrence
A few options I have experience with: - The AMOD AGL3080 is pretty bare-bones, but it works well and interfaces easily with a computer even without any special software (basically, it works like a flash drive; the files are stored in NMEA format, which you can convert to OSM's GPX format with

Re: [Talk-us] Separate relations for each direction of US State highways.

2013-11-25 Thread James Mast
So, nobody has a comment on my idea (from the 22nd) of getting JOSM to show north/south or east/west splits in the relation editor to be displayed the same way as the forward/backward gets shown already? I would try to do some coding to allow that to happen in JOSM, but I don't know how to

[Talk-us] Fwd: [OSM-dev] NOTICE: Upcoming Maintenance / Downtime

2013-11-25 Thread Richard Weait
just in case you aren't following announce, dev or talk. -- Forwarded message -- From: Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com Date: Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 6:34 AM Subject: [OSM-dev] NOTICE: Upcoming Maintenance / Downtime To: annou...@openstreetmap.org, Talk Openstreetmap

Re: [Talk-us] Currently available good GPS for use with OSM mapping in the USA?

2013-11-25 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
I'm using a Garmin GPS Map 60csx for years and do have very good experience with it, it is now discontinued but the successor is still available (the differences between the models is mostly the sensors: barometer or not, electronic compass or not). You should be able to get something like this

Re: [Talk-us] Currently available good GPS for use with OSM mapping in the USA?

2013-11-25 Thread Richard Welty
i think a couple more notes are in order as part of a consumer's guide. the following contains notes on Garmin Android/OsmAnd options Garmin Pros/Cons 1) mkgmap produces useful maps from OSM data 2) in the automotive units, save location is an ok, not great, but ok interface for recording

Re: [Talk-us] Fwd: [OSM-dev] NOTICE: Upcoming Maintenance / Downtime

2013-11-25 Thread Martijn van Exel
Thanks for reposting. On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: just in case you aren't following announce, dev or talk. -- Forwarded message -- From: Grant Slater openstreet...@firefishy.com Date: Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 6:34 AM Subject: [OSM-dev]

Re: [Talk-us] Currently available good GPS for use with OSM mapping in the USA?

2013-11-25 Thread Eric Fischer
I've been using a Garmin eTrex 20 for most of the past year and am pretty happy with it. Compared to the earlier eTrex Legend HCx, it supports GLONASS, gets better battery life (about 40 hours of use on two AA batteries), gets a fix much faster after powering on, has more attractive (but slower)

Re: [Talk-us] Currently available good GPS for use with OSM mapping in the USA?

2013-11-25 Thread Serge Wroclawski
I've used two eTrex GPS units (an old one and a relatively new one), a Columbus v900 (the voice recorder that Russ mentioned), and I've used OSMTracker for Android. The v900 is super cool, and cheap, but my experience with it was that it took forever to lock in, and when it did- it was pretty

[Talk-us] OSM in the media

2013-11-25 Thread Martijn van Exel
http://news.psu.edu/story/296407/2013/11/25/impact/student%E2%80%99s-research-leads-humanitarian-mapping-work -- Martijn van Exel http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ http://openstreetmap.us/ ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org

[Talk-us] Change.org Petition to Keep Satellite Imagery Available for Humanitarian Relief Efforts in the Phillppines

2013-11-25 Thread Clifford Snow
A petition to keep imagery available for humanitarian GIS relief efforts in the Philippines. See below for info, and here is a link to the petition in English (the original link is a French translation).

Re: [Talk-us] Currently available good GPS for use with OSM mapping in the USA?

2013-11-25 Thread Dion Dock
On 11/24/13 9:17 PM, Joseph R. Justice wrote: [I am subscribed to Talk-US and will see responses to this message sent to that list. -- J] So, I've been thinking about getting involved with OSM, particularly in terms of improving the map in the area I live in (Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA).

Re: [Talk-us] Currently available good GPS for use with OSM mapping in the USA?

2013-11-25 Thread Paul Norman
From: Serge Wroclawski [mailto:emac...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Currently available good GPS for use with OSM mapping in the USA? It's also worth mentioning that the type of environment you're in makes a huge difference. When you're in a