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Re: Maemo Mapper v2.2 for OS2006/OS2007/OS2008

No idea. Are you positive the GPS has a position lock? Mine shows everything with no problems. If it's sending NMEA data, MM should get it. What happens when you tell MM to go to GPS location? It will continue to show the last location it knows about until you tell it to do something else, if it doesn't have a current position. What do the details show for fix and fix quality? Sats in use?

Re: Maemo Mapper v2.2 for OS2006/OS2007/OS2008

Installed the latest version for the N810 and it works great. Found my GPS with no problem. I am however having difficulty finding the dev for flite. I'd love to try the voice announcements.

--Plex

Re: Maemo Mapper v2.2 for OS2006/OS2007/OS2008

Thanks to gnuite, John Costigan and the developers.
I got the latest version running on OS2008 on my N800 without any problems. It works great. Connected to my GPSlim236 effortlessly. Downloaded lots of maps of my favorite places. Figured out how to set route points and way points and how to download directions over the Internet. This package puts Wayfinder to shame. It gives me what I need to keep from getting lost, and it's a blast.
Cheers.

Re: Maemo Mapper v2.2 for OS2006/OS2007/OS2008

So, did you get flite running on it for voice announcements? If so, how did you get festival lite loaded?

--Plex

Re: Maemo Mapper v2.2 for OS2006/OS2007/OS2008

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Originally Posted by sgosnell (Post 115335)

What I'm waiting for on this app is the ability to dynamically reroute after a wrong turn or detour, or just knowing that there is a better route. With that, it would be perfect. Until I get that, I'll keep my old Palm running Mapopolis available. It will take two GPS receivers, but luckily I happen to have two available. :D

This is possible with Maemo Mapper, but only if you have an available internet connection. Just enable the "Auto-Update" checkbox in the "Download Route" dialog. When you stray from your route, Maemo Mapper will re-download the route from your new location.

Re: Maemo Mapper v2.2 for OS2006/OS2007/OS2008

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Originally Posted by brendan (Post 116061)

found a bit of an inconvenience. cant really say its a bug, but it was a bit of a PITA.

download a route, and mark it to "Auto-Update"
do not provide a means for your tablet to Auto-Update, like do not allow the connection to a GPRS phone or WiFi.
drive off course and allow the Auto-Update to start. it gives you a "Host not found" error message with an "OK" button, since the tablet cannot get to the internet.

the error message repeats so quickly that you almost cant do anything but click "OK". i am not sure what should happen in this case, but the app is useless in this scenario, since the error message will cancel the menuing. trying to clear the route took me about 8 tries with very quick tapping in between error messages. if an additional button could be put into that error box allowing you to turn off Auto-Update, you could avoid the error message looping.

I appreciate your kindness, but that's a bug all right! Thanks for the report; I'll try to fix it soon....

Re: Maemo Mapper v2.2 for OS2006/OS2007/OS2008

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Originally Posted by sebring (Post 115861)

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I had thought of that, but it has always worked with non-Garmin software before, without needing any tweaking, including an earlier version of Maemo Mapper.

Sebring, have you been able to resolve anything? I'm having the same problem with my Garmin GPS10. I've noticed that regardless of how the GPS is configured (as far as which NMEA sentences to transmit), after connecting with my 770 it only transmits the GGA and GSA sentences. I can reconfigure it with the Garmin software, connect/disconnect with my PC, and sentences will be normal. On first connect with the tablet, it will send some other sentences (because my GPS fix progress will increase), but then only send GGA and GSA again. It will continue to send only GGA and GSA sentences until I reconfigure it.

It is almost as if MM is sending some config data to the GPS, which I was under the impression that MM transmits nothing. Is there perhaps some way to verify that no information is being transmitted from the tablet to the GPS? I've seen some people discussing /dev/rfcomm0 for received sentences; is there an equivalent for transmissions?

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John, thanks for the explanation, but I have no internet connection on the road, nor will I have anytime in the foreseeable future. I do understand the limitations of the raster maps, and I'm not really complaining. I would be willing to pay for vector capability, as I already have with Mapopolis, and until it's available I'll probably stay with Mapopolis, because it works, and works well. The maps are getting rather old, but fortunately streets rarely move very far. I can get newer maps on MM, and view them if necessary, even if it's not possible to route off them. BTW, have you given any thought to compiling MM for other Linux distros? I have an Asus Eee that works very well in the car, and having MM on that would be very nice. It comes with Xandros, a Debian fork, and .deb files install easily. Just in case you have nothing better to do... :D

Re: Maemo Mapper v2.2 for OS2006/OS2007/OS2008

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Originally Posted by BallenaEnFuego (Post 123025)

Hi,

No I haven't been able to get either MM or Map to use my GPS10. What is strange though is if I pair my GPS10 with the N800 and neither map program is running, I can display my location with the GPS Icon in Control Panel, so the N800 does read the GPS10, just neither of the map programs do. They do, however, triger the GPS icon in the task bar at the top. I'm starting to believe it's a bug in how GPS data is transmitted to the applications.

Also, I can't seem to change the configuration of my GPS10 with the Garmin snsr config app. It acts like the new configuration is being uploaded to the GPS10, but if I retreive the configuraton from the GPS10, it is the same as it was before uploading the new config. The GPS10 does work with non-Garmin apps on other devices, just not the N800. Also , the GPS10 did work with an earlier version of MM under OS2007, it seems between the upgrade to OS2008 and MM, something has broken, because it no longer works with MM if I downgrade to OS2007. I even tried reinstalling older versions of MM.

Re: Maemo Mapper v2.2 for OS2006/OS2007/OS2008

Is it possible to use MM WITHOUT GPS simply as an offline map? What I'd like to do is to download enough maps to cover NY,CT,RI and MA and just use a device as a road atlas offline. Is it possible? I cannot figure out a way to get area maps without specifying longitude/ latitude.