I'm not completely sure, but I think I have seen this idea floating around. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Talk:Google_Summer_of_Code sounds familiar.
I think the only thing stopping it is someone with knowledge of how to do it. Personally, I think I could take a shot at it but it's a tad above my level of programming, and I could only do it on the iphone/ipod touch because I have no access to an N95... On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Nick Whitelegg < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Have thought of an approach to make countryside OSM mapping using phones > with inbuilt GPS (N95, etc) easy to the end user. > > A user could survey their walk using an N95 or similar, and then, using a > very simple interface, select whether they are on a footpath, bridleway, > unclassified road, track, etc every time the type of path or road they are > on changes. So if they're on a road, then turn off down a footpath, they > could select "footpath". Then if the footpath merges into a bridleway, > they could select "bridleway". The result would be a GPS track with > sections "tagged" with footpath, bridleway etc. > > A track simplification algorithm could be applied and ways generated from > the GPS trace automiatically. This could then be uploaded to OSM for a > more expert user (who could subscribe to an RSS feed to inform them of > such uploads in their area) to refine the way, i.e. remove extraneous > points and connect the auto-generated way to existing ways. > > Any thoughts? > > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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