Hi I have been following the project for some time (at leadt one year) and contributed a lot of data for the Brazilian operator ViVo.
What I miss with the project is the ability to combine gpx tracking (with upload to osm) with gathering of cellular data, a clean background operation (currently it sometimes stops in background), and an iPhone/iPad app. Would love if the data could be displayed in some way, for example as a layover. Aun Johnsen On 30. nov. 2012, at 10:00, [email protected] wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:50:14 +0000 > From: David Ebling <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OSM-talk] openBmap - open geodata project seems to need help > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi all, > > I'm new to the mailing list here, though a long-time OSM contributor (user > daveemtb). I have tried to search the archives to check this hasn't been > covered recently but sorry if I missed it. > > There's a really interesting project at http://www.openbmap.org/ which is an > open database of WiFi access points and mobile phone cell locations, IDs etc. > it also makes use of OSM maps. > > I think it has a lot of potential to allow location based services to operate > on a wide variety of devices without relying on closed geodata from Google > etc (sound familiar?) > > Unfortunately the project seems to be struggling from a lack of help from > people with the relevant technical expertise. (I contacted the people > currently running the project). > > They are currently unable to update the maps of cells etc - there seems to be > plenty in the database that isn't showing on maps yet, and I know from OSM > how important rendering data is in encouraging people to contribute. > > Is there anyone who would be able to help these guys out? Unfortunately my > web coding and Android app writing skills are absolutely non-existant or I'd > chip in myself. > > Also, it should be possible to run the openBmap Android app in the background > while recording OSM traces. Being able to contribute data to two open data > projects at once seems pretty neat to me! > > There are other databases (such as wigle.net) out there aiming to collect > similar data via crowdsourcing, only to use the data for commercial purposes, > which are getting more data contributions at the moment! :( I suspect this > is because the tools and output are better. > > And I think people have debated integrating the data into OSM. I think this > is impossible because triangulation between different observations over time > is needed, even if it was desirable (which I'm not sure it is). > > Anyway, hope this is of interest to some of you! I've found mapping wifi and > cell locations to be an interesting add-on to OSM mapping. > > David E _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
