Location & Navigation Apps Voting Thread [N900 Coding Competition]
 

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Wiki page
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Results


The poll is now finished, and after admin and mod help to verify the scores the final order was:

CloudGPS
Advanced Geocaching Tool
modRana
MetroMap
Libellule

Thank you everyone for voting :) For further news or discussion please continue on the competition discussion thread.


We have 5 entries to judge from the location & navigation category. And we'd like your help with that! :)

Some entries are substantial ugrades to existing projects while others are completely brand new. There are prizes for the winners, so try them out and please vote for the author/project you feel deserves to win :)

Please understand some of these applications are in the development and testing repositories, there may be bugs or other issues that have not been discovered yet. You should be comfortable with that before installing any application. Also, zero flaming in the voting threads please.

Voting closes on July 29. More info on these 5 entries can be found in the post below.

You have one vote in this category and it can't be changed later! So use it wisely! ;)

Re: Location & Navigation Apps Voting Thread [N900 Coding Competition]
 

Application name: Advanced Geocaching Tool (new features)
Author: webhamster

Description: AGTL, the all-in-one solution for on- and offline geocaching, makes geocaching paperless!

It downloads geocaches including their description, hints, difficulty levels and images. No premium account needed. Searching for caches in your local db is a matter of seconds.
• Map view - supporting Open Street Maps and Open Cycle Maps by default, configurable for other map types, including google maps.
• GPS view - shows the distance and direction to the selected geocache.
• Cache details - all necessary details are available even in offline mode.
• Paperless geocaching features - take notes for a geocache on the go, see the hints and spoiler images, check the latest logs.
• Fieldnotes support - Ever came home after a long tour and wondered which of those geocaches you found? Never again: Log your find in the field and upload notes and log text when you're at home. Review them on the geocaching website and post the logs.
• Text-to-Speech-Feature! - Select a target, activate TTS and put your earplugs in to enjoy completely stealth geocaching.
• Download map tiles for selected zoom levels - for offline use
• Multicache calculation help - Let your phone do the math for you. Working for the most multi-stage geocaches, AGTL finds the coordinate calculations and let you enter the missing variables.
• Advanced waypoint handling - AGTL finds waypoints in the geocache descriptions, in the list of waypoints and even in your notes. For your convenience, they're displayed on the map as well - see where you have to go next.
• Search for cities - in the geonames.org database to navigate quickly
• Sun compass - Compensates the lack of a magnetic compass
• Instant update feature - Follow web site updates as soon as possible.

Screenshots:
http://www.danielfett.de/images/agtl...ot-0.7.0.0.png

New features and work for judging are:

- Text-to-Speech-Feature! - Select a target, activate TTS and put your earplugs in to enjoy completely stealth geocaching.
- Search for cities - in the geonames.org database to navigate quickly
- Download map tiles for selected zoom levels - for offline use
- New Map drawing - scale indicator on map, on screen display for target distance, better visibility for icons and text
- Better search features - E.g. search geocaches around your current position.
- Instant update feature - Follow web site updates as soon as possible.
- New user interface - featuring a "actions" and a "quick settings" menu
- New About Dialog
- Data purging - Clear the database from found geocaches, save space on your phone by deleting old images
- New coordinate list handling, including editing and preview
- HTML view for geocaches
- Several minor new features and bug fixes

Get it from: Extras-Devel

Quick start guide: http://www.danielfett.de/internet-un...ck-start-guide

Maemo.org thread:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=761841



Application name: CloudGPS
Author: Damian Waradzyn

Description: CloudGPS is a complete rewrite of the J2ME version (hosted on sourceforge / http://cloudgps.sourceforge.net/) to N900 using OpenGL ES for smooth operation. First alpha release is very limited in function but it still may be of use for someone. It allows exploring "OpenStreetMap I" map (it shares tiles with Maep and possibly others) but future versions will allow other map sources. It can show / follow your current location. Planned features include searching and routing using CloudeMade services, portrait mode and more. This project aims to provide great user experience - no more lags or delays This release easily works with over 50 frames per second on my N900. Future versions should be even more optimized than current one.

Screenshots:
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/723...gpsalpha01.png
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/3...0072002033.png

Get it from: extras-devel (apt-get install cloudgps).

Maemo.org thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=58402



Application name: Libellule
Author: tahitibob35

Description: An application to search for local services on the N900

Screenshots:
http://david.hautbois.free.fr/wordpr...ibellule-5.png
http://david.hautbois.free.fr/wordpr...ibellule-4.png

Get it from: Extras-Testing
Maemo.org thread: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/libellule/



Application name: MetroMap
Author: pine

Description: MetroMap-fremantle displays and calculates best routes in metro of more than 100 cities over the world.

NB! First map load is slow, all subsequent loads are much faster The following maps are included: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, London, Berlin, Paris, New York More than 100 additional maps in pMetro format may be downloaded from http://pmetro.su/Maps.html and stored to /home/user/MyDocs/MetroMap (N900/MetroMap from File Manager) MetroMap-fremantle is based on PC version of MetroMap (http://metromap.antex.ru)

Screenshots:
http://www.ljplus.ru/img4/_/p/_pine_/screenshot01.png

Get it from: Extras testing

Maemo.org thread: http://maemo.org/packages/view/metromap-fremantle/



Application name: modRana
Author: MartinK

Description: ModRana is a flexible navigation system.

Screenshots:
http://nlp.fi.muni.cz/projekty/gps_n...images/gui.png
http://nlp.fi.muni.cz/projekty/gps_n.../main_menu.png

Features/work to be judged:
map display
-> from map tiles
-> semi-transparent layer-over-layer overlay is supported
tile download
-> automatic (can be turned off)
batch tile download
-> current area, area currently shown on map, around a tracklog
-> radius and zoomlevel range can be set
-> fully threaded, can be run in background, completion is signalized by a notification
tile storage
-> compatible with TangoGPS
online routing
-> using Google Directions
-> Point2Point, Adress2Address, to POI, Combined
-> detailed route info
-> result can be saved as a GPX tracklog
tracklogs
-> in GPX format
-> optimized track display
-> route elevation profile
-> elevation data download from Geonames
track logging
-> configurable
-> statistics
-> directly to GPX
online POI search
-> using Google Local Search
-> search for ATMs, Pizza, WiFi, Landmarks, etc.
-> addresses and telephone numbers for results
-> around current position, live distance display
POI - work in progress
-> can be imported from online POI search results
-> routing from current position to POI
configurable UI
-> configurations are per mode (bike,car,bus,walking,train,etc.)
-> size and position of all UI elements can be customized
-> using the main config file
-> interactive configuration <- PLANED
information widgets
-> semi transparent
-> time, speed, stats, coordinates, route profile, distance remaining, etc.
-> also per mode
-> same config
-> also should be interactively configured in the future

How to get it: The package is called modrana and is available from Extras-Dev
-> maps go to: /home/user/MyDocs/.modRana_tiles/

Maemo.org thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=58861

Re: Location & Navigation Apps Voting Thread [N900 Coding Competition]
 

Why isn't this thread sticky? Almost 4 hours since its start and only six votes. Bump.

Re: Location & Navigation Apps Voting Thread [N900 Coding Competition]
 

Well, presumably people are taking the time to install and test each of the applications.

Re: Location & Navigation Apps Voting Thread [N900 Coding Competition]
 

I've released Version 0.7.0.2 of the Advanced Geocaching Tool, which fixes three bugs:
- downloading of virtual geocaches
- python-hildon dependency (lists not clickable)
- python-dbus dependency (application crashing on startup)

Re: Location & Navigation Apps Voting Thread [N900 Coding Competition]
 

Congratulations to dwaradzyn and the CloudGPS widget! Our very first N900 Location & Navigation Coding Competition Winner!

But well done to everyone! It was a small group, but one filled with real quality and terrific entries from everyone :cool:

We'll be in touch with the winners soon to let you know what ya get, keep checking the competition thread for updates :D

And thank you for everyone who voted, I hope you enjoyed the contest and got to learn a bit more about the projects.:)

And don't forget everyone, these are open sourced projects developed by folk in their spare time and provided to you for free! And if you liked what you seen, why not approach the developers and ask if you can get involved too! :cool:

Re: Location & Navigation Apps Voting Thread [N900 Coding Competition]
 

Congratulations to all!

I couldn't find libgles1 so I couldn't install CloudGPS, and I voted for modRana as having comfortable interface and many features, including logging, (though some small bugs also).

My city doesn't have the underground, so I couldn't vote for MetroMap.

And Libellule needs Internet, doesn't it? I cannot spin Wi-Fi out of thin air.