I noticed while in Thailand recently that the OSM coverage there is pretty
poor, despite the fact that there is a big population there and it's a major
tourist destination too. It would be much easier to map things there if we had
sufficient GPX trails, and I got thinking that putting a GPS in some taxis
would be a great way to do this, to get 'random' tracks as they roam around.
The best thing would be if somehow the device could either upload the traces
via mobile (GPRS/3G) or possibly when in proximity to a wifi network (of which
there are plenty).
I'd be happy to get down to designing such a device, but has anyone done
anything like this already? If so, what were the experiences?
As an aside, getting Thais involved (e.g. to put Thai names on features) would
be a plus too. Getting something like a talk-th group going would be a good
idea, but would require some involved Thais to lead the way...
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