On 2013-02-18 10:51, Glenn Plas wrote :
Since the meeting in Lier , I've been getting myself into the
collection of housenumbers, I do have a few remarks / questions since
starting this:
- Accuracy of the GPS on Samsung S3 is low
see 2 below.
- Never trust Bing maps too much concerning aerial photo's, The
deepest zoomlevel seem to be offset (where available) but also quite
aged.
I have mentioned many times (mailing lists and e-mail to taggers) that
Bing zoom needs a per area JOSM offset correction.
Its a pity to notice careful mappers devote so much time making maps
offset because of Bing.
- Editing takes 4 times as much time as walking the walk
see 1 below (airplane speed).
- Many people don't even care about hanging up their housenumbers.
see 1 below.
- Walking in the dark is a bad idea, and watch out for people who
consider their housenumber a private property, be prepared to make a
run for it.
see 1 below.
- Map caching does not work in OSMPAD
- Always keep one eye for the road while scanning housenumbers, since
they seem to define the landscape here I want to vote for the use of
the tag 'barrier=dogshit', perhaps 'barrier=dogpile' for the larger
concentrations.
I saw people sticking little flags on dog poop but one still has to
watch one's steps.
There's an impressive amount of hardware
<http://www.befr.ebay.be/sch/i.html?&LH_AvailTo=23&_sop=15&_ipg=200&_kw=dog%20poop>
for that software, but nothing of what you need.
Resist using bags and putting them in the letterboxes, even if that
raises the discussion among the concerned people.
But if you walk your own dog while prospecting numbers, you will feel
the leash loosen at every danger ;-)
questions
- Do you know of any hardware that gives better GPS fixes and comes
with the ease-of-use OSMPAD delivers on entering numbers ?
- Are there any better tools/software around for this type of work on
Android ?
- What do you use?
1
The PICC maps <http://cartocit1.wallonie.be/pw/index.jsp> contains very
precise building mapping with street numbers.
You'll never do better than an airplane.
This is one, just one, of the reasons why I say it's of paramount
importance for us to be able to use PICC.
People say that the government agrees to make it available but that they
have no time to say yes.
This is why I wait and I'm doing very limited house numbering business
presently.
2
Does anyone have an opinion or recommendation about such cheap devices
<http://www.tinydeal.com/index.php?main_page=ws_search_result&is_search=1&inc_subcat=&search_in_description=3&keyword=wifi+gps&is_input=&keyword=wifi+gps&cPath=&categories_id=54&disp_order=3>?
(there are other similar shops)
Usually, CN stuff is of fair quality but minimally documented and
supported (e.g. no "MP4" games).
But that's different for Android, isn't it?
>22€ means a risk of paying taxes, but, according to Test-Achats, it
looks like it's only VAT.
Cheers,
André.
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