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A New Hobby?

Posted by Daz71 on 11 February 2009 in English.

Today I got my Blue Next Bluetooth GPS receiver and it's turned my Sony Ericsson W580i into a GPS data recorder. I had to upload the firmware version on my phone to get it to recognise the GPS but once I'd done that it worked like a dream.
I'm using GPSed software on the SOny Ericsson phone, it gives a nice clear display of the regular stuff, direction, speed and/or location. I don't have a data allowance with my mobile account so I'm purely using the phone to log information of where I've been, this is then uploaded to my computer when I get home.
I've been adding some detail to the maps around Priestwood in Bracknell, Berkshire, UK. I hope to be a regular contributor to the OpenStreetMap project.

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Comment from cyb on 11 February 2009 at 02:14

You could store the OSM map locally on your mobile, e.g. with the Java MIDlet software GPSMid: osm.wiki/GpsMid
There are also others: osm.wiki/Using_Openstreetmap#Displaying_streets_on_a_mobile_phone

cyb

Comment from HannesHH on 11 February 2009 at 08:20

It's a great hobby. Constructive, healthy, interesting and sometimes challenging. Welcome aboard! :-)

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