[ANNOUNCE] RoadMap 1.1.0j-1 released with google route support and auto map download
 

Hello All,

I've just released RoadMap 1.1.0j at the garage. Sorry for the short release cycle. But aouto import of routes was easier to port over than I thought, and osso integration made a lot of other cool things feasible...

Roadmap 1.1.0j includes built in fetching of google routes by address or by selected locations. It also includes an option to get OSM maps of the current screen/view. All of this has been done to make the UI more intuitive.

To Get Maps of your current view-
1. long-click the screen and choose 'Get OSM Maps of Current View'. If you're connected, maps will auto download. ;)
(Sometimes you may have to restart roadmap in order to see the new maps.)

To Get a route by addresses-
1. Goto- Menu->File->Get google route by address'
2. Enter the start and destination (The start will be autopopulated with your GPS info if available.)
3. Make sure you're connected to the Internet and click 'Okay'.

To get a route from the map screen-
1. On the map, browse to and tap your destination once. You should see a target reticle.
2. long-click the screen without dragging and select 'New Route to Selection'
3. Press 'g' to get back to your current location.
4. Repeat step 1 for your start location.
5. Long-tap and selectSet/Prepend Route Start.
6. Goto file->Fetch route from google

You should get a dialog asking you which route you want to view. (A roadmap trip can store more than one route...)
Unsaved route is the start/dest info you gave google.
Google Directions are well, directions from google maps.

Cheers and report back any bugs,
kernelpanic

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RoadMap 1.1.0j-1 released with google route support and auto map downl
 

Excellent. Thank you.

Is there any alternative to that symbianos.org proxy? Apparently the server is down and this happens often.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RoadMap 1.1.0j-1 released with google route support and auto map downl
 

alephito,

No, I'm looking for hosting . Sometimes when downloads fail, it's the address bits setting. The default is 21 bits which is fine for most places. But densely populated places require smaller tiles, which means a higher address bits setting. So if it fails at 21 bits. try 23.

hope this helps,
kernelpanic.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RoadMap 1.1.0j-1 released with google route support and auto map downl
 

No, kernelpanic. Yesterday's problem was symbianos.org that actually was down (at least it was impossible to access from here).

Today the "Get OSM Maps of Current View" function worked perfectly.

Thanks.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RoadMap 1.1.0j-1 released with google route support and auto map downl
 

Cool,
glad it's working.

If anyone would like to donate hosting for the osmgetbmap.php script I'm all ears. (I've got limited funds to put into a 'free' project...) It requires PHP with cURL support, some storage space for the cache, and some bandwidth.

Cheers,
kernelpanic

p.s.- Today it is gnuite.com that is down :(. So google directions from the UI will not work as it gets the directions from gnuite's CGI...

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RoadMap 1.1.0j-1 released with google route support and auto map downl
 

Maybe I can help. How much bandwidth/storage should I expect?

It would be nice to have multiple proxies and the option to switch between them in case the default one is down.

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RoadMap 1.1.0j-1 released with google route support and auto map downl
 

The script gets XML data from openstreetmap.org, converts it to binary data, caches it, and sends it to the client. The binary map format is compressed ~8x. The larger the cache, the more tiles can be stored. which eases bandwidth, esp. if one has many users in one area.

Since the XML data is LARGE and the binary data is small. The script uses more bandwidth downloading XML from openstreetmap.org than it does serving the binary data to the clients.


Make sense?

this page- http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index....inary_Protocol

has more info...

cheers,
kernelpanic

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RoadMap 1.1.0j-1 released with google route support and auto map downl
 

Hi kernelpanic,

i could host the PHP File on my server cURL is no prob ;)
The Bandwith is 100 Mbit i can give you up to 10 GB (is this enough?)
if it has to be larger it's getting critical but it's not impossible.

Send me a PM ;)

I'am new here, and it already helped me a lot,
so i want to give back something ;)
And say hello to everybody

Greetings ZabbensX

P.S. Sorry for my worse English, i am German, so don't be to hard
to my Grammer and spelling ;)

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RoadMap 1.1.0j-1 released with google route support and auto map downl
 

I installed the PHP files in my server but my tests failed. I still have to solve this, but I'm a newbie so I do not know if I will succeed.

Meanwhile, trying to download just a couple of tiles (NY City), the cache was filled with 97 Mb. If this was for just a petition, I think it would require a lot of space. Is there any way to limit the cache size, for instance, to the 10 Gb zabbensx offers?

Re: [ANNOUNCE] RoadMap 1.1.0j-1 released with google route support and auto map downl
 

I had some issues setting up this script too. (my PHP wasn't compiled with cURL, setting the cache dir to writable was a pain...

However, if your cache is working, NYC is fairly dense. You may just need to specify a larger address bits setting than the default (21).
The osmgetbmap.php script specifies a timeout which is configurable within the script. The default was 8 hours but is now one week. 10 gigs is overkill for the number of users there are now... Worst case scenario, the cache has been cleared and the tile must be re-downloaded. No biggie.

Cheers,
kernelpanic