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Hi gnuite, kudos for all the juicy stuff you've done, Nokia should shower you in freebies at least!!

I am off to Japan next week and somehow did not manage to learn all the Hiragana & Kanji... that means google-maps are a tad less useful to me. From the main repos only Yahoo offers a sufficient set of Romaji place names etc. You offered two repos for Yahoo, "Map" and "Satellite". I am normally happy with just the "Map" but on Yahoo the contrast is rather weak. The "Hybrid" is the map that really works well.

Is there any chance you (or someone else?) could hack up a repo that uses the "Hybrid" of Yahoo? I'm nowhere near code-wise enough to attempt it myself :-(

And if it has already been added, I do apologize for my blindness, and appreciate being pointed to it!

Thanks a lot!!
joe

Unfortunately, Yahoo's hybrid maps work like Google's in that they combine two separate images (a satellite image with a road overlay) on-the-fly, directly on the web page, and as such, there is no single repository that stores the hybrid maps.

In order for Maemo Mapper to use hybrids maps from Google or Yahoo, it would need to be changed to support the concept of multiple simultaneous repositories overlaid on top of one another. It will definitely affect performance in a negative way, but 've been planning to implement it for a while now; I just haven't had the time. Until that happens, though, Maemo Mapper cannot support Google's or Yahoo's hybrid maps. Sorry. :-/

That's cool, gnuite, thanks for the quick reply!

It's nice to understand why something is impossible, even if it is still impossible :0)

I have since noticed that the resolution of the Yahoo maps is not very helpful anyway.

Does anybody else know of a set of Raomaji-labelled maps of Japan?

Thanks a lot!
joe

So...If I have Maemo Mapper and install a map repository from the above aviation website...I can track my position on the chart using the GPS on my N810 whilst i'm out and about flying?

How about this website:
http://skyvector.com/

Would the above web site's different tab maps be down-loadable? i.e the "Enroute H-8" and the "Enroute L-24"?

Thanks for your help.

Doesn't look good. Here's a sample URL for a tile from skyvector.com:
I have no idea what those tile numbers mean. They may be easy to decode, but Maemo Mapper does not support this particular tile encoding. runwayfinder.com, however, uses the standard Google Maps tile encoding (I think it's powered by Google Maps), so it fits more easily into Maemo Mapper's tile data model.

runwayfinder.com it is then! Same charts, so it's all good!

I get my N810 on Friday so will update progress next week. Will take for a test flight as well and try to get screen shots of it in action.

Thanks for the help.

Got my N810....it's awesome.

I have Maemomapper all worked out aside from this pesky runwayfinder.com - which is my main interest. In this thread Gnuite posted:

RunwayFinder.com
http://www.runwayfinder.com/charts/x%dy%dz%d.jpg
(Note: WMS URL formats requires the installation of proj.)
(Thanks, gregrenda.)

Somebody then asked: What is "proj" - and an answer was given, except it seems the proj file is for the 770. (http://www.gnuite.com/nokia770/proj.install)

If I plug in the above url in MM it downloads the grey tile that says "chart data available forcontinental united states" (which I am in...FL)

Is there any way to get runwayfinder.com working in maemo mapper on my n810. I hope so!

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Mrglass

PS: How do I get the URL myself? I can't right click on the runwayfinder.com site.

EDIT:
I found a "proj" in another forum (the MMv2.2 thread I think) and installed it with success - but alas, nothing seems to have changed - MM still won't grab the map tiles. Still having the same problem.

Speaking of airspeed, there was a hilarious post from about a year ago from someone who was running their N800 in an airplane near the Canary Islands, with a gps add-on. It showed the airspeed and location just fine.

I did this same trick from a cruise ship off Mexico. Quite amusing, I thought, but I'm easily amused.

Looks like I have the same problem as mrglass above.. Installed proj and get the same issue.

Gnuite messaged me:
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Yes, it's available for OS2008, and it's the exact same version. proj is available in each of the Maemo Extras repositories from which maemo-mapper is available, so if you used a Maemo Extras repository to install Maemo Mapper, then it should be available already in your Application Manager. If not, then use this link to install proj for OS2008:

http://repository.maemo.org/extras/d...l/proj.install

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I did a fresh install - installed "proj" first, then MM and SHAZZZAM!!! Works a charm! Low-route VFR charts on my N810....and i've only had it 3 days!!