MP3Car.com - Crowdsourced Data Collection, Open Source Mapping And Routing http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/ Discussions for Open Source Mapping And Routing en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:22:23 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/images/misc/rss.jpg MP3Car.com - Crowdsourced Data Collection, Open Source Mapping And Routing http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/ Google plots a course for war with Teleatlas and Navteq . USA is victory#1 http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/crowdsourced-data-collection-open-source-mapping-routing/136399-google-plots-course-war-teleatlas-navteq-usa-victory-1-a.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:29:09 GMT All signs indicate that Google is gearing up to be a competitor of Navteq and Teleatlas by using a combination of StreetView, Crowd sourcing and government data. Google just dropped Teleatlas map data usage in the United States and is now using Google data only. In 2008 Google dropped Navteq for... All signs indicate that Google is gearing up to be a competitor of Navteq and Teleatlas by using a combination of StreetView, Crowd sourcing and government data. Google just dropped Teleatlas map data usage in the United States and is now using Google data only. In 2008 Google dropped Navteq for US coverage. Both Navteq and Teleatlas have been rumored to be tough to work with, insist on complicated licensing agreements and are very expensive. Both Navteq (owned by Nokia) and teleatlas (owned by TomTom) are also at heavy conflict with their data licensees because they also produce hardware and compete with their customers like Garmin. Readwriteweb has details of some recent Google changes.

This may make for better tech and lower prices but this still leaves the problem that there isn't a free and open solution. We need a passive, free, open crowd sourced global map solution. Open street maps, Google and others don't offer that.

While we are talking about crowd sourcing and Google, checkout our post on Google Crowd sourcing 3d buildings and map repairs (video below)
Talk about this in our crowd sourced map forums.
]]> Crowdsourced Data Collection, Open Source Mapping And Routing Fiberoptic http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/crowdsourced-data-collection-open-source-mapping-routing/136399-google-plots-course-war-teleatlas-navteq-usa-victory-1-a.html Google Crowd Sources Map Repairs http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/crowdsourced-data-collection-open-source-mapping-routing/136397-google-crowd-sources-map-repairs.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:00:09 GMT Released October 9, 2009

Released October 9, 2009 ]]> Crowdsourced Data Collection, Open Source Mapping And Routing Fiberoptic http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/crowdsourced-data-collection-open-source-mapping-routing/136397-google-crowd-sources-map-repairs.html Google releases software to crowd source 3d building data http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/crowdsourced-data-collection-open-source-mapping-routing/136395-google-releases-software-crowd-source-3d-building-data.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:20:15 GMT

Today on Google's blog, Google announced the release of an application called Google Building Maker to crowd source 3d building data. This will pave the way for some really interesting navigation and turn by turn applications. Is this going to be as addictive as Google implies in this video? Talk about this in our map crowd sourcing forums. ]]> Crowdsourced Data Collection, Open Source Mapping And Routing Fiberoptic http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/crowdsourced-data-collection-open-source-mapping-routing/136395-google-releases-software-crowd-source-3d-building-data.html How to download GPS Tracks from mp3Car http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/crowdsourced-data-collection-open-source-mapping-routing/136229-how-download-gps-tracks-mp3car.html Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:42:25 GMT IP:12.167.132.204 ftp port 21: username: datadump password: datadump Read and write privileges allowed. IP:12.167.132.204
ftp port 21:
username: datadump
password: datadump

Read and write privileges allowed. ]]> Crowdsourced Data Collection, Open Source Mapping And Routing Heather http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/crowdsourced-data-collection-open-source-mapping-routing/136229-how-download-gps-tracks-mp3car.html GPSTracker Mapping app http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/crowdsourced-data-collection-open-source-mapping-routing/136197-gpstracker-mapping-app.html Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:34:46 GMT Just released a new version of my tracking app but thought I'd post details here as well so it doesn't get missed. Get it here. http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/gps/...me-server.html

The new installer includes a tracking client which runs in standalone mode. It can be set to collect mapping data only and not tracking data which requires the seperate server app. Just set MapData to true and trackData to false in the installer or ini file

It has lots of bug fixes.
It maps data every 100m rather than every 30 seconds as it did before.
The accuracy of data allowed to be collected has been set to 6 or less.
Data is ignored for a random number of points (including a user settable minimum) when the computer comes out of hibernate or suspend or the tracker client is restarted.
The same process deletes a random numer of point so that its not possible to find out where you where going to as well as were you started. This is because most of my journeys begin and end at the same points each day (travel to work) so the end of my journey gave away the start of my previous journey.

Its still possible to allow the app to automatically upload the collected data to mp3car via either dedicated internet connection or WIFI connection to your home network. This happens once everyday NOT real time.
If you want to do this manually set the MapUpload setting in the ini file to 0 (zero). Then click the button on the client and an xml will be created in the install directory\xml folder.
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