User:Jannis

Hello, my name is Jannis Achstetter.

Contents 1 Mapper since 2 Current goals (OSM-related) 3 Hardware 4 What I did 5 Stuff 6 Contact

Mapper since

Mon Sep 18 13:29:27 +0100 2006

Current goals (OSM-related)

• Having my village and the places around mapped completely Pretty much complete :)
• Building a cheap GPS-Logger, using the AVR32-based NGW100 Got a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx now. Maybe I'll put the NGW into my car.
• Beeing able to use a combination of GPSdrive/Kismet/OSM/RoadNAV?/GrassGIS/MySQL/Navit and maybe GoogleEarth for mapping/wardriving/data storage/data usage/navigation. Gpsdrive is still installed, but a good map source is missing. Navit is the tool of choice right now.

Hardware

• Most of the time, I use my IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad T60 for mapping/geocaching and such. This might seem a bit unhandy but you get the best software you could think of. Battery lifetime isn't perfect but over 3 hours are ok for most cases. Move to the Garmin eTrex Vista HCx. Besides I have an Android Smartphone (LG Optimus Speed/2X) for fetching geocache-data.
• In the past I used a Royaltek RGM-2000 connected via USB (Sirf II)
• Today I use my NaviBe GB732 via Bluetooth (it has a Sirf III) and it works perfectly (I just forget to switch it off after mapping so the battery runs out :/) Somehow the battery-circuit failed and one can only use it when powered via USB.
• I'd love to get some nice Garmin-device but right now, I just can't afford it Got an eTrex Vista HCx now :D

What I did

• Have a look at http://www.informationfreeway.org/?lat=49.98821953622567&lon=9.108726197500882&zoom=13&layers=0B00F00 (of course this is not all made by me but at least most parts of Kleinostheim are) Many people are mapping in my home-area now. This is great! Someone drew all houses from aerial imagery!
• Script to import OSM-data to GRASS GIS: http://kripton.kripserver.net/software/v.in.osm/ (API 0.4; will not work any longer)
• I ran the tiles@home-client most of the time my computer is running; stopped after some update of the client didn't work (and they forbid me to have files not belonging to Osmarender in that folder)
• Organised a mapping-event at my former school (see Aschaffenburg/FDG-Aktion)
• Proposed one image that became IOTW

Stuff

... have fun mapping the house numbers (gerade=even,ungerade=odd)]]

Contact

You can reach me via e-mail:

e-mail: jannis (UNDERSCORE) achstetter (AT) web (D) de

My PGP key ID is 0x9F5495E4