On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 6:11 PM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
On Saturday 08 March 2008 05:38 pm, Nishit Dave wrote:
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 1:30 PM, jtd jtd@mtnl.net.in wrote:
The openstreetmap data for mumbai is bad afaik.
Sorry for going off-topic, but what map? what device? I want to know with extreme eagerness.
gps device used for mapping the area around HBCSE during the openstreetmap workshop, several of which were held in the country by the FSF and friends with Schyuler Erle and Mikel Maron last month.
The map data donated by AND corp for mumbai is randomly inaccurate, thus requiring people to go into the streets with a gps logger (fat plug - one such i happen to make and sell), collecting coordinates and using a combo of your collected data, yahoo imagery and maybe AND data to generate accurate stuff.
BTW the personal navigation devices (with data) being sold here claim 70% accuracy. God help you with that.
For the record even google maps data is wrong in most places, with gps data, street maps and satellite imagery producing three different results.
Have been frantically searching phoren malls, e.g. Singapore for a good, cheap GPS navigator, but they cost Rs.16,000 upwards. And come with maps for S'pore and Malaysia. I really want one, but don't want to spend a big amount. New Symbian S60 phones are also a no-no, and are even more expensive.
On Saturday 08 March 2008 06:18 pm, Nishit Dave wrote:
Have been frantically searching phoren malls, e.g. Singapore for a good, cheap GPS navigator, but they cost Rs.16,000 upwards. And come with maps for S'pore and Malaysia. I really want one, but don't want to spend a big amount. New Symbian S60 phones are also a no-no, and are even more expensive.
PNDs are expensive and the data inaccurate, with the routing algos even worse, with plenty of horror stories of emergency aid being held up near non existent bridges and trucks ending up inno entry areas with hazardous chemicals. In India, the panwala is the best navigation device you could get. Except for Mumbai, Delhi and Blore afaik the rest of the country is unmapped.
And unless we get community participation it's going to stay that way.
Hence the open street map seminars.
On 08-Mar-08, at 7:14 PM, jtd wrote:
Hence the open street map seminars.
which are only conducted when someone from foreign comes
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jtd wrote:
| And unless we get community participation it's going to stay that way. | | Hence the open street map seminars.
I noticed a few photographs of some innovative GPS units at http://brainoff.com/weblog/ what does it take to have a working, rugged and not expensive as e-Trex unit going ? Given the response I have seen and heard from Mikel, it wouldn't take long to get a community of data collectors going. I for one would be interested in an Indian unit
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay sankarshan.mukhopadhyay@gmail.com wrote:
I for one would be interested in an Indian unit
Sign me up, Scotty!
On 10-Mar-08, at 11:07 AM, Nishit Dave wrote:
I for one would be interested in an Indian unit
Sign me up, Scotty!
if you people would take the trouble to read posts carefully you will find that JTD AKA SHERLOCK MANUFACTURES KICKASS STATEOFART GPS INSTRUMENTS IN INDIA - the only defect being that they may not be windows compatible.
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@au-kbc.org wrote:
JTD AKA SHERLOCK MANUFACTURES KICKASS STATEOFART GPS INSTRUMENTS IN INDIA
Granted that we are all FOSS enthusiasts and probably a bit left-of-centre, but that does not mean that you can't recognize a business opportunity when you see it.
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