Thread: [Announce] modRana: a flexible GPS navigation system
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MartinK is offline MartinK
2011-06-12 , 12:15
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Originally Posted by figaro View Post
overall i like this apps. it's just the gui, i don't quite comfortable using it (big buttons, non-hildonized menu ie. you have to tap the big yellow button to back to prev page or instead of combo box, you have to tap a button until it choose the desired option)
The problem with hildon is it availability - it works basically just on Maemo and nowhere else. I wan't modRana to be as multi-platform as possible so the main menu can't depend on it. Still, modRana already ususes the hildon app-menu for the most often used options and more will be added in the future (map layer selection having the highest priority).
I'm also not singling out the possibility of using hildon widgets instead of the default ones on Maemo, if I find a way how to integrate them seamlessly (touch selectors would be particularly nice IMO).
@tap-toggle buttons:
I agree, they are not particularly ideal if there are too many options - using it for selection is wrong and will be replaced by something more usable.

Originally Posted by figaro View Post
i know you did this for "big finger friendly" feature, but it would be great if you could provide a theme that more n900-like

i found a 3rd party theme called modrana-theme-ios. though i've never get any screenshot of this, i tried to install it but seems it's not working for the latest version of modrana
there are only 2 themes available (default and night) and theme-ios is installed at /opt/modrana/icons/bitmap instead of /opt/modrana/themes
could be it's built for earlier version of modrana and no longer compatible with the new one. but can anybody tell me how to use it for this new version of modrana?
IMHO it was created before the current theme system was added. Maybe you can PM Skylooker and ask him if he wants to update it to support the new theming system ?
Also as a workaround you can create a new folder in /opt/modrana/themes and place all the IOS icons in it - a new theme entry should show up, named after the folder.

Originally Posted by figaro View Post
and for offline map download using gmapcatcher as told at some posts at earlier pages, how do i export it to modrana since it seems that they both using different file structure?
It should create a file structure like this:
/main_folder/number/number/number.png
Just take all the numbered folders in the main folder
and copy them to: /home/suer/MyDocs/.maps/OpenStreetMap I

Also check in options->Map->Tiles storage if you are using files. Sqlite is much more space-efficient for storing tiles but I don't know about any other program that can currently batch download into it.

BTW, modRana also works on normal Linux PCs.

Originally Posted by jd4200 View Post
Hi Martin,
Did you get chance to look at this issue at all; I'm eagerly awaiting to start on an alternative TTS routing plugin.
Thanks!
Oh, looks like I forgot about this. I'll be right on it.

Status update
Now that Mieru is finally out of the door, modRana development should speed up yet again.
Main features planned for the near term:
  • offline routing using Monav - it should have Python bindings in the near feature
  • animated GUI using Clutter - I have already used it in Mieru
  • drawing on the map - for trip planing, two-pass OSM editing or just doodling
  • other features from the heap in no particular order

Also, modRana has been ported to the Open Pandora gaming handheld. The developer also mentioned currently working on a modRana theme.
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