Re: Questions about the MaemoMapper
 

GeneralAntilles:

Thanks for that great explanation with pics! ... and thanks for the tip on that i-Blue 737 GPS receiver. Here's an indepth review of it I located on a GPS forum:

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/t...TOPIC_ID=67511

gnuite:

Thanks again for developing such an outstanding application and sharing it with this community!

Re: Questions about the MaemoMapper
 

You only need to do hit the download button in the repository setup once. I'm thinking the functionality should be changed for successive activations after the first.

As far as I remember from my non-GPSed days (pretty much just used it as an extra portable Google Earth-type viewer) it should start at your last location after you start using it.

I should clarify: it's really only useful to have auto-load turned off when you're on the road without a conncetion, as it'll attempt to download maps if you roam out of the cached area. If you're viewing with a connection, auto-download makes things a bit more convenient.

You can also scroll by tapping to center on a point on the map.

To the best of my knowledge, I don't think it's possible. In any case, I wouldn't worry about those buttons breaking.

If anybody else has any usage issues (usage, not bugs. Those are for the developer) that they can't work out, or had an issue previously that they had trouble getting around, I'll see if I can put together some more guides for you.

Re: Questions about the MaemoMapper
 

I have just downloaded Google (street) maps for the Denver area in v1.35. Looks great! I am now wanting to download Google Satellite maps for the same area. My question: can you display an overlay of Streets on the Satellite map (Hybrid) like on the Google Maps website? I can only find URL's for Googe Street and Google Sat. but not for Google Hybrid. I do find URL's for Virtual Earth Street, Sat., and Hybrid. Does that mean I have to use Virtual Earth if I want to display a Hybrid map?
Thanks,
Neil

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At the moment, yes.

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Yes, although Niko Kotilainen posted an interesting Google Maps-based hybrid map generator here:
http://kotilainen.eu/mapper/

You have to generate your own maps separately, though, so I'm not sure how legal it is. :)

Re: Questions about the MaemoMapper
 

Out of all Meamo Mapper threads in this forum, this is the most informative. Someone make this thing a sticky!

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I'm really amazed at mmapper being able to capture google maps at various resolutions. I've downloaded about 1 GB of maps so far for places in the US and for where we will visit in Italy. The way I find easiest is frame geographic area on the screen and then use manage maps with the zoom tab and select the zoom levels. I always get a chance to reject the download if it is going to be too heavy.

Here are some things I still would like to find out how to do:

1. I did a test drive with my i-Blue 737 running. mmapper tracked my progress along various maps with precision. What I would like to be able to do is insert a waypoint. The only thing I see similar is to use is track->insert breakpoint. It does insert a dot there but I have no idea how to name the breakpoint or look it up later.

2. I don't undertand how to load POI's. I think I need to use sqlite3 but I can't seem to figure out how to intall it. I went to www.owenwilliams.plus.com/ and tried to install sqlite_3.2.7.arm.deb but the n800 says that it is uninstallable. What do I have to do to install sqlite3?

3. I have about 250 waypoints on my Garmin Emap. I would like to transfer these to the n800 for use in mmapper. How do I do that? I think I can export those waypoints in comma-separated format.

4. I tried to go to http://www.avraam.org/winmapper.htm to download winmapper but I get the error: "An unhandled application error has occured within Fax Web Report." What gives?

thanks,
rhackenb

Re: Questions about the MaemoMapper
 

You can download it from here:
http://ioanghip.googlepages.com/winmapper.htm

Thanks,
-ioan

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That site worked well. I downloaded it and installed it on my windows laptop. Originally, I was going to do it on my linux desktop.

When I ran it, it set up several numbered directories but they were all empty of data. I guess that is because is used as the Street Map URI "maps.google.com". It looks like it should be something like mt.google.com/mt?... I then used the example you have on the website and it created 22 numbered directories, only one of which contains data. it was a simple file called 12393.jpg. Not sure if it is a valid file because I couldn't display in an image view or firefox. What should be the proper URI for google street maps?

As a side issue, is thee a rhyme or reason to the different numbered directories that mmapper uses? I'm sure there is but maybe there is a mapping to the numbering system.

Re: Questions about the MaemoMapper
 

Yes, "Insert Mark" (as it is now called in v1.4.2) adds a breakpoint that appears as a dot on-screen. In the GPX file, though, you can edit those breaks to be waypoints, instead. It's not very automatic, but it's doable.

It's probably worth adding an "Insert Waypoint" option to the "Track" menu, even though "waypoints" in "tracks" don't really make sense. I was hoping not to confuse tracks and routes too much. You can still save the track and use it later as a route, though, so maybe the distinction is overly artificial.

In the meantime, what's new in 1.4.2 is the ability to create your own routes in Maemo Mapper itself. So what you could do is create a route that more-or-less matches your track, adding waypoints as needed.

I'm not too familiar with POIs, since I don't really use them all that much, but a program called gpsbabel might do what you're looking for.