skykooler
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2011-04-01
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#601
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2011-04-07
, 23:11
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@ Czech Republic
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#602
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I was preparing a trip, and just browsing some location, so no cached tiles, everything needed to be downloaded as I was dragging the map around. Some things I noticed:
- when dragging a lot, I was greeted with a screen full of blue squares, tiles waiting for a slot. Took quite some time for them to get a slot and draw a map.
- same for zooming in/out: lots of tiles waiting for a slot.
I thought the visible tiles had priority? Or maybe they are all busy downloading, are slow, and thus need so much time.
I guess aborting the download would be an option if the tile is no longer visible?
If I turned off the route it gave me no warning or information on how to get back to the route. This is could a good thing some times, but a big problem other times.
This is one of the big things I am waiting for, too: automatic route recalculation.
@MartinK: I also like the 'Map Screen' in the power button menu; however, it would be more user-friendly(ihmo), that an on screen 'goto-map-screen' button is implemented at each level of the menu screen.
I have just discovered that I am able to have two copy/instance of modRana running at the same time and these instances seem to be independent of each other. Is it by design?
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2011-04-07
, 23:40
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@ Czech Republic
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#603
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1. Map overlay results in at least doubling the CPU and mem load and makes it unuseable completely, the system slows down and just a big problem... You've already mentioned you're working on this.
2. Same with autorotation, to a lesser degree, it's useable but slows it down considerably. But that's how a nav should work, so this feature is needed. I understand you're also already addressing this issue.
3. This one I think is critical - the tile loading is still a SUPER slow process. It is slightly better when using the sql than regular files. The speed of loading each individual tile for display seems to vary, however in extended navigation it howers somewhere slightly under 2 secs per tile. This is terrible, since usually you're displaying a screen of 8 tiles or so, they go from green to display (this is for already downloaded tiles) one by one, each in under 2 seconds. The whole display thus takes 15 seconds, this on zoom in and zoom out, so this problem is a significant one.
It seems to me that tiles are also loaded around the visible area of the screen, since when dragged they are showed immediately for a while.
However there is some intense processing when loading the tiles, which results in this incredibly slow loading process, which is bad.
Finally, I strongly recommend making the tile download also LIFO, as it's FIFO I think, and it's a big prob when on the move, zoomed in, downloading new tiles. It should be LIFO just like tile loading, with the ones no longer needed download paused and resumed after the visible ones are downloaded.
Another quite big problem is the size of the font. Many times, as has been mentioned here before, it gets messed up and is SUPER tiny, meaning you cannot read it. This issue usually corrects itself with the move to next driving direction, however it's always on a specific direction, i.e. if it's tiny, you go to next which is big for instance, and then back to the tiny one, it stays tiny.
More often than not, the directions' font is tiny which is a big problem, since many times I wanted to check the km to next turn etc. but couldn't.
Also, you definitely should change the setting for distance when speaking the directions to time-based interval setting, i.e. how many secs before a turn based on recent speed.
I also recommend adding, total remaining distance towards goal in the directions blue window display, not only next turn, but total remaining km.
Thanks for the big improvement, and please try to focus the tile loading especially, as well as considering my other suggestions.
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2011-04-08
, 00:05
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@ Czech Republic
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#604
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And I would recommend adding two buttons to the mainscreen when the zoom-in, zoom-out and menu buttons become available by clicking the screen:
- Toggle map overlay on/off, I do this quite often, sometimes it's useable to view the sat nav over the map, sometimes not.
- Sound on/off, this is also useful while navigating sometimes.
I have two additional recommendations, it'd be useful to show current travelling speed.
And then, alongside the remaining km to next turn, and total remaining km, also the estimated time to next turn, and total remaining estimated time.
I think I've come up with the reason the font is messed up, sometimes supersmall in the directions.
You said, the size is determined automatically, so that the instructions fit in the box, right?
Well this is it, sometimes the directions are super long, and they seem to be fitted on only one line, and then when super small split...
I think this is a wrong approach, the font should always stay the same, the instructions should have line folding, and then after a couple of lines, if they don't fit in the box, well too bad, they should just be cut...
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2011-04-09
, 05:02
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#605
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2011-04-09
, 05:44
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@ Florida
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#606
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I have a weird problem. When approaching one exit, this is what Google says: "Take exit 340A on the left toward Lincoin Dr/Kelly Dr".
Modrana always says "Take exit three hundred and forty A on the left toward Lincoin Doctor slash Kelly Drive."
Apart from the misspelling of "Lincoln" (Google's fault), why does it say Doctor the first time and Drive the second?
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2011-04-11
, 09:29
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@ Ghent, Belgium
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#607
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2011-04-15
, 20:26
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#608
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2011-04-15
, 21:22
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@ Pierrelatte, France
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#609
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2011-04-17
, 19:10
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@ Göteborg, Sweden
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#610
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apt-get purge modrana
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