Downloading Wayfinder maps with an IT
 

OK, I searched a little but I couldn't find the answer to this anywhere.... what's the license like for the Wayfinder map data? Would it be legal to host a torrent or direct link to them? Do direct links already exist somewhere or are you forced to use your tablet to download?

I ask because it seems like a lot of people are having problems downloading them (myself included), instead having server timeouts and failed downloads. Is it possible for us to share this info without relying on their servers? Does anyone even know?

I realize this till blow over once all the upgraders get up to speed, but it would be nice to know for the future too.

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We had the same issues with Navicore and I asked them back in the day to host the files directly.

Here's an email I've just fired off to them:
There are many issues with the download servers which means it's very difficult to obtain the Wayfinder maps at the best of times.

Please can you host the files directly on your webservers like Navicore did here: http://www.navicoretech.com/Consumer.../en_GB/tablet/

Hope to hear from you soon.

Many thanks!

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I also asked them if there are going to be updated maps. On their website there is a demo map application which has more detailed maps of Hungary. I hope I'll be able to download that map soon.

See the difference between the two maps here: http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...1&postcount=16

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I asked WayFinder about getting direct access to the maps from their MyWayFinder.com site.

That site is available to PDA and cellphone owners to download maps to their PC, which can then be file transferred to their devices. They get an ID/password for the site as part of their software package.

I wrote a little over two weeks ago.. and it took them until yesterday to reply:

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So they took 2 weeks to say what you already knew and stated in your email? Nice.

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Awesome, exactly what I was looking for. I completely failed to find that link on my own, thanks for posting it!

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Yes! Thanks!

I had given up on getting any maps for this thing until you posted this link.

Seems that in all those failed IT map download attempts, wayfarer installs a Navicore license folder which allows the Navicore maps downloaded and extracted from this site to work on OS 2008.

Took a bit of extractin' and draggin' and droppin' to figure it out, but I didn't change any settings and have a functioning, complete set of the 49 United States and Canada. Can't drive to Hawaii anyway.

Thanks again!

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is there a way to down grade my OS back to OS2008 because i paid $250 for the GPS that i couldnt use with the OS08 so the only way for me is to reinstall OS07 on my tablet

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wayfinder told me to get T3 connection to download the US maps

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Does anybody have directions on how to install one of the Navicore maps so that they work with the "Map" program provided with os2008?

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Ok, for anybody having problems installing maps on the "Map" program I figured out how to manually install the maps provided by Navicore.
I'm sure most of you already know this, but I'm stupid and had to learn the hard way.

Step 1: download the map from the navicore website to a PC (link to site provided in a previous post).

Step 2: Unzip or unpackage the "(map you downloaded).tar.gz" file. If you are using winzip you may find you have to unzip it twice. Both ".tar" and ".gz" are compressed file format. It's like they the zipped an already zipped file. So if you unzip once and open the folder to see a ".tar" file, unzip again.

Step 3: Once it's completely unzipped down to a directory starts with "mapdata_(location)" in my case it was nested down a few folders. Copy only that directory not the any of the previous directories.

Step 4: Find which SDcard has a directory called "map" and open it. Paste you copied "mapdata_(location)" into that "map" directory.

Step 5: Open the "Map" program and click on the top left corner of the window to get a menu. Select "Maps" in the menu and if the map you installs shows up with NO "????" by it you more then likely did everything right. If you do see "?????" try something else.

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What not to do....

Do not try and put the file on the SDcard if not unzipped all the way, and rename to some like "mapdata_USA West" that crashes things.

Do not copy the first folder when completely unzipped thinking that's right one, navigate to down into the subfolder till find the one called "mapdata_(insert your location)"
copy only that folder.

Within the map program don't select the map to display if you see something like "??????? 0mg" that will just make the program crash every time it tries to starts.

If for some reason the program does crash after all this the first thing to try before deleting the whole "map" directory is to only delete the directory called "mapdata" NOT "mapdate_USA East" or anything like that, only the one called "mapdata". If it still crashes uninstall the program and then delete the "map" folder. The uninstall will not do this automatically. Re-install and forget about this post.

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Actual tarball doesn't contain compresssion algorithm, it is used as container to preserve file structure, permissions and so on.

Compression with gzip and bzip2 has been added nowadays to ease the use, but afaik the tarball is compressed after "tarring", and result is identical when compressed with separate program. File extension may be tgz or tar.gz, but it's all the same.

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To elaborate a bit more detail, from my own experience:

tar - Tape ARchive - archives files, directories and properties into one 'solid' container -- nothing gets compressed, just archived. It was really designed for backing up everything onto tape and letting the hardware do the compression in the old days.

gzip - GNU zip - compresses a stream of data or one or more files (but it doesn't compress multiple files or directories into ONE archive--it just touches each file you tell it to compress and then leaves behind a compressed version).

bz2 - bzip2 - Like gzip, it compresses, and also like gzip, it only compresses a stream of data or one or more files but doesn't archive multiple files or directories. The advantage of bzip2 is that it compresses MUCH tigher than gzip. The disadvantage is that it also runs a lot slower and uses much more memory.

To get the best of both worlds, you tar up a branch of files and directories, then feed the tar file (or the stream of data that the tar outputs) through gzip or bzip2 and the result is a solidly compressed archive of files and directories in one single file.