User:Tandrin

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de-N Dieser Benutzer spricht Deutsch als Muttersprache.
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Equipment

  • GPS-Logger: Royaltek RGM-3800

This user uses or has experience with a RoyalTek RGM-3800 and is willing to answer questions on it from OSM users.

  • Tracker: Garmin Vista HCx

This user uses or has experience with a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx and is willing to answer questions on it from OSM users.

  • Desktop: Ubuntu (Hardy Heron)
  • Notebook: Ubuntu (Lucid Lynx)
    • with built-in "Ericsson F3507g Mobile Broadband Minicard Composite Device"
    • mini-PCI UMTS card with GPS funtionality

This user uses or has experience with a Ericsson F3507g and is willing to answer questions on it from OSM users.

Some RGM-3800 Hints

Speaking from experience: The first parts of recorded tracks tend to be inaccurate if the RGM-3800 is switched on the first time a day (cold start).

Remedial action:

Before tracking

Assure, that

  • the firmwareupdate (RoyalTek Ver 1.4.0.211) is applied and
  • enable logging of statistic information (satellite count, satellite fix and Horizontal Dilution Of Precision (HDOP)) with the following command:
rgm3800.py --device=/dev/ttyUSB0 format 4

I get the best tracks with an interval of two seconds between points: 

rgm3800.py --device=/dev/ttyUSB0 interval 2

After tracking

Get track number 42 from the device: 

rgm3800.py --device=/dev/ttyUSB0 track 42 >track.nmea

Convert from NMEA to GPX format: 

gpsbabel -i nmea -f track.nmea -o gpx -F track.gpx

Discard all trackpoints with a HDOP above 4 (1 to 4 very good, 4 to 8 medium and greater 8 bad). Information on HDOP (german) 

gpsbabel -i gpx -f track.gpx -x discard,hdop=4,hdop -o gpx -F track-clean.gpx

The resulting file is now minus the imprecise trackpoints.

If further editing is necessary I use the graphical java program Prune. 

java -jar prune_05.jar

Sometimes it is useful to retrieve not just one track from the device. Small Bash-Script which does download from device and conversion to gpx and kml with gpsbabel: 

#!/bin/bash
# Script takes two numbers (from-track / to-track) as parameters

for i in `seq $1 $2`; do
echo -e "Retrieving track number $i ...\n";
rgm3800.py --device=/dev/ttyUSB0 track $i >track$i.nmea;
echo "NMEA to KML...";
gpsbabel  -i nmea  -f track$i.nmea -o kml -F track$i.kml;
echo "NMEA to GPX...";
gpsbabel  -i nmea  -f track$i.nmea -o gpx -F track$i.gpx;
echo "Filtering GPX - only HDOP over 4...";
gpsbabel -i gpx -f track$i.gpx -x discard,hdop=4,hdop -o gpx -F track$i-clean.gpx;
echo "$i End!";

done;

The last track

The last track on the RGM-3800 is sometimes incompletely retrieved. This error happens with the commandline python-tool and with the official windows application. Remedial action: Record another few points as a new track and the now second last track can be retrieved correctly.

Mapping Locations

Links

Ericsson F3507g Links

RGM-3800 Links

OSM Links

OSM related Links

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