[Freegis-list] Project: Street mapping using GPS data

[Amaury Jacquot]

Henrion Benjamin wrote:

> 
> I think the best way to start such collaborative project is throught the
> web.
> 
> Like:
> 
> 1. Upload your GPE/NMEA files
> 2. GPE/NMEA -> SVG
> 3. Display SVG map
> 4. Comment SVG map

the svg stuff is nice, but you need a different format for map exchange, 
in particular if you want to integrate this with a navigation system.
(SVG maps won't have the necessary info that you'd need to generate routing)

> 5. PNG rasterisation through Batik or other
> 6. SVG Mapserver integration
> 7. (GRASS backend)
> 
> Do we have tools for the point 2?

I am working on (only thinking currently) on algorithms to simplify the 
nmea logs to something more palatable

> 
> I want to do it for Brussels, maybe in dGPS.
> 
> Can someone succeed in compiling Mozilla with native SVG?
>

this seems to be in a major state of flux...