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Cider Digest #2018
Subject: Cider Digest #2018, 5 March 2016
From: cider-request@talisman.com
Cider Digest #2018 5 March 2016
Cider and Perry Discussion Forum
Contents:
Re: Cider Digest #2017, 26 February 2016 (Jay Kenney)
off road GPS (orchard) map maker (Chris Peacock)
Re: off road GPS (orchard) map maker (Greg Troxel)
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Subject: Re: Cider Digest #2017, 26 February 2016
From: Jay Kenney <kenney.jay@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:48:26 -0700
I am not familiar with the app by Polaris Navigation, but have used both
Gaia GPS and PDF Maps. Both are functionally similar to Polaris and differ
in how they use and expect you to use the maps that are an essential
component of such apps. PDF Maps is free and powerful and is backed by a
huge store of maps, some of which are free, some that you pay for. Gaia GPS
charges for the app, but gives away the maps you need to use it with.
($20). Both could be useful for the cider maker looking for wild apples.
All you need to be able to do with either app, any mapping app, is to save
both the location of your tree or trees by dropping a digital pin on a map,
and also save the path/trail/route you took to find the tree in the first
place. Both these apps allow you to do that. PDF Maps may have a slight
edge because the app and many of the maps we would likely use (USGS topo
maps for example) are free to download. Feel free to ping me directly if
you want more information, or want help with maps and GPS stuff generally.
i make maps as well as cider.
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Jay P.K. Kenney
Map | Write | Ski | Ride
910 Gaylord St
Denver, CO 80206
303-656-9395
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Subject: off road GPS (orchard) map maker
From: Chris Peacock <peacock.chris@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 13:18:43 -0500
In reply to SMB WEBER, for tree planting planning I recently used the
free version of 3D design program SketchUp (sketchup.com
<http://sketchup.com/>) because you can import scale satellite images of
your property. Once I imported the satellite image, I "sketched" a
rectangle, properly dimensioned for apple trees, and copied and
pasted it into multiple places. That way I could see how many trees
might fit on our oddly shaped yard. I acknowledge this might be like
using a shotgun to kill a mosquito, but it was quick and easy enough.
And an entire piece of graph paper was saved from the recycling bin.
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Chris Peacock
peacock.chris@gmail.com
@peacockc
212-385-2718
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Subject: Re: off road GPS (orchard) map maker
From: Greg Troxel <gdt@lexort.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2016 11:04:08 -0500
SMB WEBER <weberscrossing9@gmail.com> writes:
> For anyone trying to make their own orchard maps, locate old trees in
> woods, or recover overgrown orchards, this Android App was recommended to
> me:
>
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.discipleskies.android.polari
snavigation
>
> If anyone has experience with similar software, and cares to comment, it
> would be good to hear from others for future reference.
If you are willing to publish your data to the world, consider joining
http://www.openstreetmap.org/
where you can add data to a global shared map, much like wikipedia. The
program JOSM:
https://josm.openstreetmap.de/
can be used to edit openstreetmap-format data privately, if you don't
want to upload. You can then convert it to show on this app:
http://osmand.net/
and then see your position on your own maps.
JOSM can load imagery from various places, including Bing, and USGS
topos.
Note that openstreetmap is only for data that is currently true, not
historical. But that's only about uploading to the global database; you
can use the tools locally to do whatever you want.
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