GPS logger / field data collection

[Bert Hartmann]

Jim, Brian,

In my toyings with TangoGPS, I know it can produce logs, I don't know the format
at all, it may just be the raw GPS output or not. I do know it does all the
pedometer functions you were asking about (maybe not min speed, but definitely
max and avg.). Perhaps you should look into that project.

--Bert

Jim Morris wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> 
> I like this idea, I just added gpsd to my Qtopia build, and added some simple
> code to my Qtopia based sunset calculator I wrote eons ago for my Zaurus, the GPS part
> simply gets current lat and long to calculate sunset/sunrise at your current location.
> Previously I had a city selector for that.
> 
> I also wanted a pedometer, and I like the idea of a data logger, because I can post process the data 
> with numerous things.
> 
> I was kind of surprised that gpsd didn't give me a simple way to just get the current location, I 
> had to capture 5 sentences to do that simple thing, but what I really wanted was to simply get the 
> last known lat and long I was at. With the data logger I can presumably do that by getting the last 
> entry of the log.
> 
> I think the first thing to answer is the log format, any progress on defining that?
> 
> I'll work on code to extract the log info for a simple pedometer, also if you can define the log 
> format I may be able to write an initial logger.
> 
> I think the logger needs to be platform independent as I will be writing all my code for Qtopia, but 
> obviously we have 3 of 4 platforms to deal with, and only the graphical part will be different. 
> (GTK/X vs QT/FB).
> 
> I also write in Ruby whenever possible, so we probably need a library that can read the log format 
> from c/c++/python/ruby etc. (XML would be able to do that but I agree probably too verbose, how 
> about tokenized XML?)
> 
> BTW my pedometer should be able to tell me the average , max & min speed I walked, and the total 
> time and distance pretty simple stuff.
> 
> 
> Brian Wilson wrote:
>> One of the main reasons I got my Freerunner was to play with its GPS
>> features. I want to be able to use it as a replacement for
>> closed-source applications like TDS Solo Field and ESRI ArcPad.
>> Especially I want something that would facilitate my volunteer
>> "citizen scientist" work
>>
>> At the rate I am going I will probably never have more than 15 minutes
>> a day to work towards this.
>> In spite of this I decided to spell out what I have been thinking
>> about in a wiki page because it would take too much space here and I
>> think the interest might not be high enough to clutter up this very
>> busy list with yet another very involved topic.
>>
>> I have a GPS in my pocket most of the time. I use a Garmin on my
>> bicycles and on hikes. I have used various TDS and Trimble and ESRI
>> products. Being a software developer I want something that I can tweak
>> and tune and none of these commercial products even comes close to
>> what I have in mind.
>>
>> Therefore I started this page:
>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GPS_Data_Logger to talk about it
>> and the intro there says this:
>> --
>> This page was created to address the use cases mentioned in GTA02 GPS, including
>>
>>     * I want to log GPS data for later analysis.
>>     * I want to collect GPS data for scientific field work (forestry,
>> biology, etc)
>>
>> The page was started on 17 August 2008 mostly as a thought exercise.
>> Please jump in and add to it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Brian Wilson
>> Corvallis Oregon
>>
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