Active Topics

 

Showing results 1 to 25 of 100 @ 0.02 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: gnuite
Forum: Alternatives 2010-01-31, 06:21
Replies: 35
Views: 13,243
Posted By gnuite
Re: Android is not open

Not sure why I'm responding to this flame-bait, but I'm a sucker, always been, sooooo....


Every Android device can be "rooted" in a fairly trivial (and practically manufacturer-sanctioned) way. ...
Forum: Competitors 2009-10-20, 17:56
Replies: 426
Views: 193,636
Posted By gnuite
Re: N900 vs. Motorola Droid (Verizon Android device)

And how many manufacturers are building devices that run on Maemo? Maemo is awesome, but Nokia is the only manufacturer willing to gamble with it (and I respect them a great deal for that), and even...
Forum: Competitors 2009-10-20, 05:48
Replies: 426
Views: 193,636
Posted By gnuite
Re: N900 vs. Motorola Droid (Verizon Android device)

Maemo is mature in that respect, I will grant you that. But even Java went without governance for three years before the Java Community Process was formalized.

In many ways, the close guidance of...
Forum: Competitors 2009-10-20, 05:20
Replies: 426
Views: 193,636
Posted By gnuite
Re: N900 vs. Motorola Droid (Verizon Android device)

It doesn't have to be GTK+ or Qt to be open. (That's especially true of Qt, since it hasn't always been so open as it is now. Then again, I'm obviously biased, as you can tell from my alias!)
...
Forum: Competitors 2009-10-20, 02:49
Replies: 426
Views: 193,636
Posted By gnuite
Re: N900 vs. Motorola Droid (Verizon Android device)

Speaking as a geek, and as someone that has spent a lot of time developing on Maemo platforms, I don't think many of your points stand as advantages over Android.




The Android has already...
Forum: Applications 2009-09-20, 02:06
Replies: 74
Views: 31,337
Posted By gnuite
Forum: Applications 2009-09-18, 01:16
Replies: 4
Views: 1,659
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper for N800

The built-in Maps application uses vector maps that you download en masse before us, typically divided up into regions. Maemo Mapper, on the other hand, is much simpler - it downloads raster maps...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-15, 10:33
Replies: 129
Views: 36,461
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.6 - SQLite and APRS

A guess: check the "View | Show" menu and make sure that "Routes" and/or "Track" is checked.
Forum: Applications 2009-03-15, 05:19
Replies: 295
Views: 754,175
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper Repositories

Not really. Most tile numbers are referenced from 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude. King County's tile numbers are referenced from some random point near King County. I could technically...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-11, 04:36
Replies: 129
Views: 36,461
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.6 - SQLite and APRS

If you are having problems with Google Satellite, please try this URL Format:

http://khm.google.com/kh?v=37&x=%d&y=%d&z=%d

It looks like Google Satellite maps have indeed changed their URL...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-10, 19:19
Replies: 129
Views: 36,461
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.6 - SQLite and APRS

If you have a Garage account, then you can see his Garage profile (https://garage.maemo.org/users/camel/).
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-03-10, 05:03
Replies: 5
Views: 4,791
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo mapper- depends on libgdm3 or libgdbm3?

Ah, yes, that's a bug - Maemo Mapper doesn't start up correctly if you have no configuration. I'm fixing and releasing 2.6.1 now....

Sorry for the inconvenience!
Forum: Applications 2009-03-09, 19:30
Replies: 129
Views: 36,461
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.6 - SQLite and APRS

You must explicitly create a new repository in order to use SQLite - you existing repositories will continue to use the GDBM format. Nothing will be overwritten.

If you decide to delete your...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-09, 19:20
Replies: 129
Views: 36,461
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.6 - SQLite and APRS

Yes, I've thought about it a lot. It was--in fact--my original design for layering, but as it turned out, I didn't write the layering functionality - it was contributed by another user. And at this...
Forum: Applications 2009-03-09, 06:19
Replies: 129
Views: 36,461
Posted By gnuite
Maemo Mapper v2.6 - SQLite and APRS

Maemo Mapper v2.6 has been released. It includes several major changes, including one that should greatly improve reliability.

First and foremost, the default file format of backing map databases...
Forum: Applications 2008-11-23, 21:07
Replies: 23
Views: 8,812
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.5.2: flite and localization

If you're willing to sacrifice your Maemo Mapper settings (your maps will still remain on disk), then run the following command from the command line:
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset...
Forum: Applications 2008-11-23, 21:03
Replies: 23
Views: 8,812
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.5.2: flite and localization

Where is a Spanish translation? Is there translated versions in other languages?[/QUOTE]

There are translations for several languages. If you don't see them, then please try downloading and...
Forum: Applications 2008-11-23, 21:01
Replies: 23
Views: 8,812
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.5.2: flite and localization

It's "Set as GPS Location" - there is no new menu item. Sorry for the confusion.
Forum: Applications 2008-11-22, 06:02
Replies: 23
Views: 8,812
Posted By gnuite
Maemo Mapper v2.5.2: flite and localization

Maemo Mapper v2.5.2 has been released to address issues with flite and localization. It is a minor bugfix release. It is available now on Maemo Mapper's Garage page...
Forum: Applications 2008-11-02, 09:23
Replies: 69
Views: 21,264
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.5 - Layered Maps

2.5 and 2.5.1 have some issues with flite - should be fixed in 2.5.2.
Forum: Applications 2008-10-15, 09:45
Replies: 69
Views: 21,264
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.5 - Layered Maps

Okay, to anyone who had previously been having problems with accessing gnuite.com:

DNS changes are propogating as I speak, but gnuite.com should be transitioning to my home web server again. This...
Forum: Applications 2008-10-14, 07:29
Replies: 69
Views: 21,264
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.5 - Layered Maps

I asked my web host provider about it. Bad news:



I'll see if I can find a more forgiving host, or if I can go back to hosting it myself.
Forum: Applications 2008-10-13, 02:00
Replies: 69
Views: 21,264
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.5 - Layered Maps

Does this mean you can't download routes or POI, either?
Forum: Applications 2008-10-12, 06:07
Replies: 69
Views: 21,264
Posted By gnuite
Re: Maemo Mapper v2.5 - Layered Maps

The complete list of compatible repositories can always be found in the Maemo Mapper Repositories thread (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5209), and now there's a new...
Forum: Applications 2008-10-12, 06:03
Replies: 69
Views: 21,264
Posted By gnuite
Maemo Mapper v2.5 - Layered Maps

Maemo Mapper v2.5 has been released to the wild. And in this case, I do mean wild - the newest version of Maemo Mapper is a volatile experiment in layered maps. Thanks to Shmuma's patch...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 100



 
Forum Jump

All times are GMT. The time now is 12:35.