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#150
Originally Posted by gnuite View Post
A couple comments....

First, if you are using "Auto-Download", where Maemo Mapper automatically downloads any of the maps that you need, then the "fuzziness" is controlled by the "Download Zoom Steps" setting, which can be set on a per-repository basis via the "Manage Repositories" dialog. This setting controls which levels Maemo Mapper "skips" downloading.

Example: If "Download Zoom Steps" is set to the minimum level, then every zoom level is downloaded as necessary, but if set to the second-to-lowest value (two bars), then only the even zoom levels are downloaded, so if you are at zoom level 5, then Maemo Mapper will (automatically) download zoom level 6 instead. This saves space because (in my opinion) you don't need the accuracy of every single zoom level - having every other zoom level is sufficient. You can, of course, set it to 1 bar in order to force Maemo Mapper to download every zoom level as needed. Again, all of this only affects Auto-Download. Manually downloading via the "Manage Maps" dialog is not affected by the "Download Zoom Steps" setting.

Second, when you say "precious few checked," I think you're referring to the "Zoom Levels" tab of the "Manage Maps" repository? That tab doesn't list which zoom levels are downloaded or "enabled," but rather which zoom levels you want to download (or delete) manually at that moment. It doesn't affect Auto-Download.

Hope this helps.
I'll read it a few more times, for some reason I seem to be having a "dense moment" with all this.

Considering that I have been constantly downloading to the n800 since before I posted that message, methinketh that I might need to live with the fuzzies, if the progress bar "Processing Maps" is any indication, I have pretty much that much time again before it is done. Then if I move it to another area...

Nokia-N800-50-2:~# du -sh /media/mmc2/Maps/
1.3G /media/mmc2/Maps

Still beat out by the sdict dictionaries though :

Nokia-N800-50-2:~# du -sh /media/mmc2/Dictionaries/
2.1G /media/mmc2/Dictionaries

And I haven't even started the topo stuff (assuming I can find it again .

IF I am going to do this, perhaps it might be wiser to find my ethernet USB dongle and a module for it...

Much to learn :-).

Thanks very much for the comments!
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