Thread: [SailfishOS] Pure Maps
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MartinK is offline MartinK
2018-10-31 , 23:59
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Originally Posted by rinigus View Post
Desktop: icons are huge, indeed. I filed the issue regarding it. I am planning to tune desktop, but probably not immediately.
Yep, that's also something I had to tune in modRana and my WiP Twitter client to make it look sane on desktop, even with Universal Components. It's definitely doable to have a shared flexible UI, just a bit tedious due to all the little places one has to tune.

BTW, how hard it is to build the Mapbox GL native QML element at the moment on desktop ? I should be more or less finally ready to start adding support for in in modRana (all the map page API has been decoupled from the concrete map element implementation a while ago) and have been thinking that running it all on desktop initially could make thinks faster development wise.

Originally Posted by rinigus View Post
There are few issues that I'd like to fix first and also push OSM Scout Server instructions (maybe also flatpak) for desktop. So, the users could immediately use it in offline mode. Also, I have to add support for entering personal API keys - otherwise we risk running over limits. Just have to be ready for it. Then we should be able to start pushing desktop versions more.

Re desktop routing - should be on the same spot as usual. Just catching GPS is tricky without it. Hence its probably a thinnish bar on top.

Re flatpak: as a user, I agree, its always better to install repo's version. as a dev, I can see advantages now. Although, as a dev, its not too rosy either.
For the record I still want to get OSM Scout Server packaged for Fedora, my efforts have just been a bit stalled by lack of time. But after one more local IT/open source conference this weekend (where I'll have a talk about what's new in Sailfish OS, no less ) I should finally have more time to move it forward.

Also with Pure Maps running on desktop there is now one more incentive for the packaging. Also a flatpak version (IMHO there should not be anything flatpak specififc preventing the server from working) could be a nice complement to a packaged version, providing more experience with running OSM Scout Server on desktop.
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