Thread: Maemo Mapper v1.0 for the 2006 OS
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2006-07-01 , 09:44
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#71
Originally Posted by Ceklund
Suggestions:


A: Car Speed Alarm

For those with lead feet and no cruise control... what about a
quick feature that allows us to set a max speed and sets off an
alarm when we cross the line? Give us the option of a default
sound or allow us to choose our own from /mmc.
Interesting, but this is not Maemo Mapper's job. Must... resist... feature creep...

Originally Posted by Ceklund
B: Info Box Settings

Allow us a choice of font size for the Info Box...? Heh, my dash is so far away the text looks like specks... need to ramp it up some. Or even give option for Full-Screen flicker... just .5 to 1.0 of a second onscreen if Info Box is in full-screen mode, or just make the white area around text partially transparent...?
I don't know if I can affect that font size, but I'll look into it.

Originally Posted by Ceklund
C: Us. . . We the blue-dotted of Maemo......

Can we be a triangle showing us our orientation instead?
Unfortunately, no GPS receivers (or, at least of which I am aware) report orientation. I could make an assumption based on most recent heading, but that's the best I could do. I'll consider a triangle, but there already is a velocity line, so I don't think it's necessary (except maybe for hikers, but they should have compasses anyway ).

Originally Posted by Ceklund
D: Total Miles

When we load a route, for the first few seconds after the green line pops up, can we have an info screen dislay the Total Miles of the Trip?
Textual information will be provided in a sidebar in a future version of Maemo Mapper, including trip info.

Originally Posted by Ceklund
E: Dim screen by hardware key

In day, I want it bright, but as nights falls, it's too bright. I don't want to to have to stop to turn it down... only two buttons are left to map... the home key and the one above it... maybe these could be mapped to Brightness Down/Brightness Up?
The menu key and home keys cannot be remapped. Or, if they can, I'd never want to, since they _are_ already mapped (home key "minimizes" to display the Nokia 770 Home, and the "key above it" is the menu key.)[/QUOTE]
With such precious few hardware keys, I doubt I could justify allocating one to control brightness.

Originally Posted by Ceklund
And finally, a question: How do we use the Auto Center features? I hoped by clicking the Lead amount up, I would be able to see more of the route left to travel than what I'd already travelled onscreen, but I stay in the center always no matter what.
There's a menu item to control your Auto-Center type (between None, Lat/Lon, and Lead), or you can use the "Enter" button (the center of the D-Pad) to toggle between Lat/Lon and Lead (and to snap back to your previous center type if you have since panned away from being centered).