Re: Roadmap-1.1.0h Released
 

LM,

Both MaemoMapper and Roadmap import GPX based routes and can share information with each other also. Since Roadmap uses vector maps, onboard routing is doable. This is in fact the direction Roadmap is going. It already supports address lookups natively. But support for onboard offline routing is probably not going to be for real until 1.1.0k.(map format is likely to change a bit with the Census Data as it's in shapefile format. So routing will likely wait until the dust settles from that...)

On the bright side, openstreetmaps.org support is coming much sooner.
Roadmap 1.1.0h supports maps built from openstreetmaps.org xml files. 1.1.0i will include the buildmap_osm binary and will be able to download data and build vector maps on the fly for anywhere that openstreetmaps.org has info. This means that users outside the U.S.A. will now be able to use Roadmap!

So stay tuned...

cheers,
kernelpanic

Re: Roadmap-1.1.0h Released
 

this program is pretty neat. Is there a way for it to center on gps location if I trail off? Similiar to the maemo mapper does it?

Also, the can the car trail off the road like in maemo mapper? I figure since this is vector based, it could probably stick on a vector rather then in maemo mapper where the whole map is an image

Re: Roadmap-1.1.0h Released
 

cLin,

1. yes, to center the view on current GPS position, press 'g' or press the satellite icon on the toolbarf.

2. Yes, the GPS position can leave the road. Your car won't leave the road unless your too busy playing with your tablet to steer. ;-)
I'm exploring a 'snap to road' option, but right now it's alpha (i.e.- broken)

cheers,
kernelpanic

Re: Roadmap-1.1.0h Released
 

Really? How do you import a route in Roadmap?

*crosses fingers and tries to be patient*

Sweeeet.


I would image that, given that Roadmap can pinpoint addresses and intersections, given a downloaded route it should be easy to step through it in order to do turn-by-turn navigation.

And assuming the streets are marked out in the vector maps, calculating a new route on-board should be possible (albeit possibly processor-intensive).

Right?

Re: Roadmap-1.1.0h Released
 

1. get GPX directions. gnuite's page here is a good place to start. just punch in your info and save the resulting page.(there's also a javascript app gmapstogpx which will convert google maps routes to gpx from within the browser...)
2. Open Roadmap and do menu->Trip->Open Trip and browse to the file you saved.
3. Done!

hope this helps,
kernelpanic

Re: Roadmap-1.1.0h Released
 

Do you save them as .GPX? When saving them from the browser it automatically tacks on .html so that requires renaming. And thanks for the information about the routing, I look forward to it (only thing I really need in a map application since I don't have a bluetooth GPS).

Re: Roadmap-1.1.0h Released
 

Roadmap doesn't care about the file extension. It only cares whether it can parse the file or not... (Saves a step renaming ;-)

cheers,
kernelpanic

Re: Roadmap-1.1.0h Released
 

Haha, thanks. I meant the snap to road option :P Also, you should implement it only if the speed is above X (determined by user). So if I were to go hiking or walk in the park, it won't snap to the nearest road. I'll much rather use this then MM if there is that function.

Re: Roadmap-1.1.0h Released
 

I try to install & the page says the latest test release has been pulled & will be reposted 'soon'. When will it come back up? tx

Re: Roadmap-1.1.0h Released
 

CPU utilization for routing shouldn't be a concern. There are several Palm and PPC programs that do it, on older and slower ARM CPUs, and it's fast if done efficiently. The commercial GPS units use relatively slow CPUs, but they do the job well.