Thread: Questions about the MaemoMapper
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Originally Posted by rhackenb View Post
1. Don't change the repository initially. Each time you do do a download in the repository window, you get a duplicate set of the 5 sources. I guess later I will find a better repository and then I will do a download.
You only need to do hit the download button in the repository setup once. I'm thinking the functionality should be changed for successive activations after the first.

Originally Posted by rhackenb View Post
2. When the application launches, I am sitting at 0/0 (near the equator off Africa. This is because I don't have a gps connected and it doesn't know where I am. I would like to manually input a default lat/lon but don't know how.
As far as I remember from my non-GPSed days (pretty much just used it as an extra portable Google Earth-type viewer) it should start at your last location after you start using it.

Originally Posted by rhackenb View Post
. . . and that Autoload is not checked in the same menu.
I should clarify: it's really only useful to have auto-load turned off when you're on the road without a conncetion, as it'll attempt to download maps if you roam out of the cached area. If you're viewing with a connection, auto-download makes things a bit more convenient.

Originally Posted by rhackenb View Post
4. I then use the hard button with up, down, left,right up on the upper left of the n800 to scroll up and over to North America and then zoom in to most of the US is showing on the screen.
You can also scroll by tapping to center on a point on the map.

Originally Posted by rhackenb View Post
Can anyone tell me how to zoom in and out with the stylus instead of with the physical buttons? Those buttons are hard to press and I am afraid I will break them.
To the best of my knowledge, I don't think it's possible. In any case, I wouldn't worry about those buttons breaking.

If anybody else has any usage issues (usage, not bugs. Those are for the developer) that they can't work out, or had an issue previously that they had trouble getting around, I'll see if I can put together some more guides for you.