Steve, For most of my data collection, I find that the built in photos app is actually all I use. Each photo is geotagged, which comes in handy if I forget exactly where I was when I took the photo. I end up picking up details when looking at the pictures later that I didn't originally see (phone number in a shop window, fire hydrant in front of a shop, etc).
If I just want to capture a GPX file, then I use GPXTrack (costs $1.99): http://bafford.com/software/gpstrack/ Once you've finished your track, then you can email the .gpx file to yourself. Another option for collecting GPS tracks is to use RunKeeper (free for basic mode): http://runkeeper.com/ This is a program designed to keep track of your workouts and you can specify what mode of travel you are using before you start (run, walk, bike, etc). I believe the program requires you to sign up for a RunKeeper user account. Once you are done with your run, you can view your run on the RunKeeper website and even download a .gpx file yourself. I believe they also put everyone's tracks together in aggregate to find holes in OSM data. Note: when running GPXTrack or RunKeeper and switching to other apps (Photos, email, OSM website in web browser, etc), the phone OS can actually suspend your GPX collecting app and it won't resume data collection until you switch back to the app. I've noticed this phenomenon much less when moving from the iPhone 4S to iPhone 6 Plus. I've also recently started using Mapillary (free): http://www.mapillary.com/ Mapillary requires a user account as well. You take a bunch of photos and upload them to Mapillary's website for anyone to see. It also connects the dots and shows you the path you took from one photo to the next. You can either take individual shots or set it to auto mode and just point the camera in front of you as you are walking around. They do some post-processing on images to attempt to blur things like license plates. When you view the photos on the website, you can ask for portions to be blurred or unblurred. There's a JOSM plug-in for Mapillary photos and also they have their own version of the iD editor that lets you see Mapillary photos. Maps.me is a very interesting app that I use a lot. I love that I can download my map data for my state and a few surrounding states to have a wealth of map data directly on my phone. It's a little bit frustrating for OSM data contributors because the Maps.me data is 1 or 2 months old. It's great if you go to Canada and need a map on your phone and don't want to pay exorbitant rates for mobile data. Peter On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 10:53 PM, stevea <stevea...@softworkers.com> wrote: > Marc Gemis writes: > >> I've tried OsmAnd, OSMTracker and KeypadMapper 3. >> > (and more). > > Thank you, Marc! I "prefer" (as it's familiar, though maybe old school) a > dedicated GPS and a USB cable, too. But then there ARE smartphones enabled > with GPS, and they CAN and SHOULD do this sort of "capture and squirt" (GPX > data at OSM) the way I'm discussing. Just finding the right app (iOS and > Android) to do it is all. Wireless (Bluetooth?) would be very neat, and > GPX seems like the right data format to act as a data format vehicle. Yes, > and not too darn many tap-tap-taps on that tiny screen! The phone is the > data capture (and squirt it) device, the laptop (and iD in a web browser) > are the editing environment. Let's connect these (wirelessly). > > SteveA > California > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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