Thanks for that. I'll probably get the GoPro Helmet Hero HD, as I like the look of the timelapse modes.
On a tangent, this weekend I went out to map a couple of walking/mountain biking paths. Rode 100km, including about 50km of trails that weren't on OSM. Got back home and discovered that my most recent firmware update had introduced a bug from Garmin which, you guessed it, causes catastrophic data loss. I'm glad the ride was fun, because as an OSM excursion it was a complete waste of a very long day (5:30am to 11pm). Steve On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Mike N. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I have the ContourHD, and while it's a fantastic sports cam, it's not >>> close >>> enough to usable for reading street signs from just one street-width >>> away. >> >> Hmm, good to know. What if you're below the sign and looking up? > > Yes, it does capture a readable sign image for the near case, provided that > you're not facing the sun (a problem for any cam). It takes a bit of > practice to get the aim correct for looking up at the sign as well - in my > case my eye to laser aim was different for looking up than when looking > down. > >> Presumably it would be easily good enough for things like tracking the >> surface of bike paths, bridges, junctions etc. > > Perfect for that - I've even used it to capture house numbers posted on the > mailbox when the numbers are large and have good contrast. > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
