OSGeo Hardware Hacking

( Just a place where I'm storing some notes for a future presentation. ) -- Two components in this talk:

Arduino platform

 * Basic microprocessor platform
 * Various input/outputs
 * Lightweight programming
 * Set up with common HID protocols for cross platform operating system support, if desired
 * Interfacing with server side Python for restructuring output

Sensors
A few of the sensors we used in our experiments:
 * GPS (Garmin eTrex venture)
 * digital compass module
 * accelerometers (wii nunchuk)

OSGeo Software
Depending on needs there are various methods for communicating sensor info back to desktop software. Here are some experiments we made with a few packages.

QGIS / GRASS

 * Massimo...

OSSIMPlanet

 * XML stream is used to control camera
 * GPS locates the camera, basic programming allows 'circling' camera at position
 * Digital compass - allowed panning 'left/right'
 * accelerometers allowed 2 axis panning

Challenges/Barriers

 * Spherical computations

Next Steps

 * Fusion of sensors
 * Find a protocol to use - augmented reality markup?
 * Build an aircraft or a head mounted display system