[OSGeo-Discuss] Mobile GPS data collection...

Mateusz Loskot mateusz at loskot.net
Wed Aug 2 03:31:50 PDT 2006


Bob Basques wrote:
> 
> 
> Tim Bowden wrote:
>> On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 09:25 +0200, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>>   
>> A more practical approach might be to ignore the form factor
>>>> altogether for now, and build a 'prototype' using a laptop plus 'the
>>>> extra bits'. Don't worry for now if that means having to mount a
>>>> laptop plus a battery onto a backpack frame, and have 'a bunch of 
>>>> cables' to connect external devices such as a GPS receiver, camera,
>>>> compass, data logger, etc.
>>>>       
>>> Generally, prototyping seems to be the best way to succeed in such a
>>> kind of project. Laptop-based prototypes are much easier to start so I'd
>>> say this is a good idea.
>>>
>>> Bob, am I correct your idea about PC-based
>>> approach is similar to Dave's?
>>>     
> Yeah I would say we're on the same wavelength.

OK, I've tunned myself to the same frequency too :-)

Cheers
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Mateusz Loskot
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