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Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800

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Originally Posted by howardcb (Post 50489)

Since you responded to the last request so fast, I thought I would ask for another! I set the info font to x-large, and sometmes the directions are so long that he text box that appears in the upper right hand corner covers the middle of the screen, thereby obscuring the upcoming turn. (Also, tthe text sometimes varies the location of the line breaks on a 1 or 2 second interval, which makes it hard to read).

So my request is this: can you stretch the text box across the entire top of the screen, instead of just the top right? Then I could use the xx-large font!!!

As always, thanks in advance.

Howard

Here! Here! Excellent idea! I agree.
Neil

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800

Any way to add vocal directions to maemo mapper?

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800

Nik1 - install flite package, and check "Enable Voice Synthesis" on the Announce tab of MM Settings.

when you download a route, you will get a voice prompt as you approach each way point. the distance before the waypoint that the prompt is given is selectable with the "Advance Notice" bar above the checkbox on the Announce tab.

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800

One suggestion I have for further releases is to be able to zoom in some more , as it is really hard to see street name while im driving.

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800

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Originally Posted by Nik1 (Post 50834)

One suggestion I have for further releases is to be able to zoom in some more , as it is really hard to see street name while im driving.

Are you saying that the "Double Pixels" feature (in the "Manage Repositories" dialog box) is not sufficient? You'd like a "Quadruple Pixels" feature?

Or do you mean a quicker, "on-the-fly" zoom, i.e. you tap on a part of the screen and that part zooms in for a moment?

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800

I do not use the "Double Pixels" feature but... I only downloaded maps to ZOOM LEVEL 1.... so when I click to ZOOM LEVEL 0 and it doesn't have these downloaded maps but... by defualt it just gives me "Double Pixels" of ZOOM LEVEL 1... this works out perfect.

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800

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Originally Posted by euchreprof (Post 50866)

...until you come across some of the smaller streets that don't show names until zoom level 0.

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800

I live in a Major City... Toronto, ON (Canada) and I did look at this and went to the tiny streets near me and they were all listed on ZOOM 1... but maybe the odd time it won't be but I couldn't find any... I already have 2.5GB of maps downloaded (Cluster Size = 1024 bytes on 4GB SD card) and so I don't want to download anymore files. ZOOM 0 is not worth it in my opinion and plus I like it going to the default "Double Pixels".

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800

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Originally Posted by euchreprof (Post 50866)

Normally, when Maemo Mapper tries to draw a map, if it can't find the map (i.e. it hasn't been downloaded), it tries the next higher zoom level and, if it finds it, scales it (thus the "Double Pixels" effect). If it doesn't find a map at the next higher zoom level, it tries again at the next higher zoom level, etc. So, in your case, when you zoom in to level 0, since you don't have level-0 maps, Maemo Mapper draws the level-1 maps instead.

The "Double Pixels" feature forces Maemo Mapper to exhibit the above behavior at least once, even if a map exists at the current zoom level. So, if you had level-0 and level-1 maps, and if you are at zoom level 0, then it will draw the level-1 maps. If you only have level-0 and level-2 maps, and if you are at zoom level 0, then it will draw level-2 maps. If you are always in Double Pixels mode, it is worthless to download level-0 maps.

The Double Pixels feature can be applied on a per-repository basis, so if you have a map source with fonts that are just too tiny to read, you can use it just for that repository.

Re: Maemo Mapper v1.4 for 770/N800

I have a problem to access the links to maps download. is there an
alternative way? I tried to access from my host computer and from nokia 770 device as well.

thanks.