On 10/02/2011 02:41 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 10:20 -0400, Lars Ahlzen wrote:
On 09/30/2011 10:25 AM, Richard Weait wrote:
1) What would you like to see the US local chapter do?
When Cloudmade hosted events, their representatives brought banners,
brochures, stickers, loaner GPS units and similar things. I'm not sure
GPS units are needed these days (with a smartphone in everyone's
pocket), but advertising material - like the tall OSM banners - really
make an event look a little more professional.
Never overestimate the accuracy of phone GPS. Google Maps does well
with positioning because they're using wifi and cell networks as
secondary location sources, the GPS alone is usually off by several city
blocks.
Let me clarify: I'm not sure dedicated GPS units are needed *for mapping
parties* these days. The concepts can be taught with pretty basic
equipment. Besides, in many areas, what's left to map are details that
are better recorded with a notebook than a GPS.
I completely agree with you, though. The trace from my cellphone is
horrifically bad compared to that of my GPSMap60, so I still use the
latter a lot for mapping.
- Lars
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