Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0
 

OK. Again, great application. I was thinking that you would have designed it to work as I expected.

But I paid close attention today and there must be something wrong. Even on straight highways at all zoom levels it keeps updating every few seconds. Not sure how you're making the off-course calculation, but the blue dot is always over the route line.

Is anyone else experiencing this problem? I am using an LD-1W a 770, and I have the speed vector line turned on. I'll try turning this off as well as the speed indicator and see if it makes a difference.

On a related note, frequently when I select >Download, the dialog box has the Auto update button 'grayed-out'. What does this mean? Most of the time if cancel and repeat, I have the option available.

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0
 

Hm... That might be a bug... I'll test it myself and see if I can figure out the problem (and fix).

Sounds like a bug. It probably has to do with recent changes I made - I'll fix it in the next version.

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0
 

This is one of the gee-wiz factors that I see clearly when I use google maps on my Axim X30. On one hand, it doesn't have a cache, so it needs to be online to constantly download maps. On the other hand, it does such a slick job of visualizing the info. Traffic overlays, boom. Hybrid maps, bam. Is the CPU that much faster in the X30 or is it the cacheless design? The windows media version of google maps has no bluetooth GPS capability yet. Does that burden the CPU very much?

I'd love to see these kinds of bells and whistles in MM, but if my 770 can't update fast enough while driving, I'd probably disable them.

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0
 

One option I would suggest is (optional) gz compression of routes and tracks. As I see it this would have a number of advantages
1. Space saving
2. Quicker uploading of tracks to OpenStreetMap
3. Routes from http://gnuite.com:8080/cgi-bin/gpx.cgi would pop up a save dialog rather than displaying in the browser.

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0
 

I insatlled Maemo Mapper 1.4.6 last night. I love it. Great app!
I tried to view the text route info (the turn by turn text as seen in google map search result) after download a route inside MM. I couldn't find a way to view the turn list. I searched the forums and the requested features. Haven't found anyone mentioned this. Did I miss anything?
This feature is very useful if you need pre-study the route like me.
Some thoughs on this feature:
1. Like My Place in Google Earth, after the route downloaded, display the turn list in a popup window (configurable)
2. Clicking on a turn will center the map to the turn.
3. Use first couple letters from the original and destination as default file name instead of 'file' for saving.
4. Able to demo the route (many GPS have this feature) like "Play route" in Google Earth

Can this feature be added before 2.0?

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0
 

Is it possible to make the upcoming turn sound louder or at somehow more noticeable? When I'm listening to my car radio, the only way to tell that I have a turn coming is the dialog box. I don't even hear a sound even when the 770 volume is turned all the way up.

I tried to use flite and enable voice, but the voice was too soft and difficult to understand.

Maybe an annoying buzzer sound to make you pay attention to the screen? Or can you flash the backlight?

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0
 

I would love to see two things;

+1 for the earlier suggestion to show time/distance to next waypoint. With a 7 month old daughter, it's critical to know how much longer it is to the next town or waypoint on a long trip!

- ability to upload current coordinates if connected to the internet. I don't know exactly what this would look like (ie, user specified URL, etc...) however it would be very cool to have the ability to share your location with others. (the ideal scenario would be a google maps url that would show current location) Like I said I don't know how this could be implemented, however some sort of timed interval coordinate upload would be cool.

thanks again gnuite for the fantastic application. It's folks like you sharing your considerable talents with others that really make this device shine :)

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0
 

The sound probably can't be turned up enough to be heard in noisy environments anyway, so the best thing is probably to use the headphone output to connect to the car stereo directly (this is sometimes done even for dedicated car navigation devices).

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0
 

It sounds like you can achieve what you want by using gpsd. With the right setup, it might even be possible to use Maemo Mapper with gpsd, but it will take some hacking...

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0
 

Thanks for the reply gnuite!

gpsd looks pretty interesting, however my understanding of the system is that it opens a port on the n770 so the gps could be queried, and I was thinking about more of a 'push' type solution (the n770 might have many different ip addresses based on different hotspots, gprs network, and the port may be blocked on the access points, etc...)

I was thinking about being able to craft a URL and have it sent on a regular basis (as long as there was internet access, or sent when internet access is established). Something like http://some.site.com/cgi-bin/upload.cgi?id=1&lat=<lat>&long=<long>. Of course I'd have to write a cgi script and find some place to host it, but that can be figured out later.