Maemo Mapper Repositories

[LES..]

Hi does anyone know a URL for Google satellite images. None listed here work.

Give this a go:
http://khm.google.com/kh/v=49&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d
I have just tested it and it is working for me, please not that this is just the satellite imagery, it does not include an overlay of roads or labels.

[Engmex]

Give this a go:
http://khm.google.com/kh/v=49&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d
that's working thanks

[romanianusa]

So when is this thing coming out?

[lingenfr]

I installed maemo-mapper and downloaded the "sample" repositories however Google Street is the only one that does not work. Attempting to use it produces the following error:

Unable to create map database for reopository: Google Street

I can't find any obvious errors. I have googled and looked in what I thought were the obvious places, but can't find a solution. Does anyone know what to do to correct this? It looks like a useful app, but I would like to use Google Streets if possible. Once I've had a chance to use it for a trip I intend to donate. Thanks.

[speedmartini]

I installed maemo-mapper and downloaded the "sample" repositories however Google Street is the only one that does not work. Attempting to use it produces the following error:

Unable to create map database for reopository: Google Street

I can't find any obvious errors. I have googled and looked in what I thought were the obvious places, but can't find a solution. Does anyone know what to do to correct this? It looks like a useful app, but I would like to use Google Streets if possible. Once I've had a chance to use it for a trip I intend to donate. Thanks.

Hello!
Had this concern myself a couple weeks ago. Go back a little through this thread and you'll find directions to access the page / media info from Google maps that will show you the URL you need to then edit to Maemo Mapper specs. I did this and played with it a bit, and all my repositories are great now. Plus, you'll be able to update the URL easily if Google changes it again. Cheers,

[lingenfr]

I read the thread before I posted this. In 26 pages of posts there are many about google. If you know of a particular one that is working for you for Google Streets, I would appreciate your identifying the actual post or just providing your information which is working. This appears to be the most recent post:

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=353934&postcount=243

I tried the URL from this post and it does not work for me. I still get the same database error. I am not sure whether the URL is the problem, one of the other settings or just my machine.

[speedmartini]

Here's the general area I'm looking at in google maps in firefox:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=47.490761,-122.117157&spn=0.345196,0.891953&z=11

Then tools/ page info/ media

A representative tile that gives us the repository URL (pick any really):

http://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@118&hl=en&x=327&y=718&z=11&s=Gal

You had the right post (#243) so we convert this to Maemo Mapper format and:

http://mt.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@118&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

This is then entered into the Google Street URL in Manage Repositories and saved - enable auto download if off and it should work. The above is what I changed my repository URL to and it's been working without problem. With this process you can then update the repository info any time Google might change it. Another good idea is to create a MMaps folder on one of your media cards and change the Cache DB to point there as I hit over a GB in cached maps pretty quickly. Hope this helps,

[mmlado]

I installed maemo-mapper and downloaded the "sample" repositories however Google Street is the only one that does not work. Attempting to use it produces the following error:

Unable to create map database for reopository: Google Street

I can't find any obvious errors. I have googled and looked in what I thought were the obvious places, but can't find a solution. Does anyone know what to do to correct this? It looks like a useful app, but I would like to use Google Streets if possible. Once I've had a chance to use it for a trip I intend to donate. Thanks.

Problem with Google Street is in the resource it is getting the repositories from. Somewhere the separator for parameters is bad, so when it gets the data the url contains the Cache DB name at the end of the url.
Just edit the url and delete " Google Maps" from the end of it. Add Couch DB name, original is Google Maps.
Besides this I set the Download Zoom Steps to 2 and unchecked the "Double something" (can't see the end) besides it.
You'll also need to set the Downloadable Zooms (Mine is Min:4 Max: 20). This step is needed because all the settings are moved one up, because the separator for url, cache db is missing. So it takes the next setting for each of them after that.

[rlpowell]

This looks like a great app, and I'm hoping to be able to make it work.

So having fixed all the problem just mentioned with the Google Street repository, I still can't "Manage Maps...". It tells me that I must set a valid database filename. I know it's correct, though, because I can see the directory under .maps taking up more space as I zoom in and out.

I have lots of other bugs and questions; where's the best place to discuss this app or report bugs?

-Robin

[Alan_Peery]

... the following error:

Unable to create map database for reopository: Google Street


...the URL you need to then edit to Maemo Mapper specs. I did this and played with it a bit, and all my repositories are great now.

@SpeedMartini: Just to confirm, you were only changing the URL, and not the file path? If so, you've solved a puzzle for me, because I thought that error message was referring to the inability to create the file -- not an inability to connect to the maps file repository.

[ossipena]

http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo-mapper_topomaps

don't know if this is already here...

[speedmartini]

@SpeedMartini: Just to confirm, you were only changing the URL, and not the file path? If so, you've solved a puzzle for me, because I thought that error message was referring to the inability to create the file -- not an inability to connect to the maps file repository.

I changed both the URL and the cache file path. The URL to fix a problem, the cache to permit adequate storage space

I believe posts #254 and #256 to which I was replying only referred to an inability to connect to the repository - Oops - wrong, see next post...

The (Google Street) URL that worked for me is as post #257:

http://mt.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@118&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

That goes in the "URL Format" line in the Google Street repository from "Manage Repositories"

This isn't an error with Maemo Mapper, as previously noted (I don't want to take credit for figuring this out), Google changed their URL's so we just needed to match that to connect to the repositories. This was the reason my maps "failed to download"

With the process as outlined, I was able to update all of my Mapper repositories to the current Google source repository.

I then changed my default cache file path from the internal memory to my external media card to allow for better storage. I did it through the "Browse" function of the Cache DB line after creating a MMaps folder.

The file path was then:

/media/mmc1/MMaps/GStreet

I used the same names for the higher level folder and Google Street maps as the program defaults

The best place for all things Maemo Mapper is:

http://fragostech.com/MaemoMapper/

Note I'm using an N800 with an external GPS so some of the 810 stuff doesn't apply to me. I've also never had any trouble with anything other than the repository URL so I haven't tried any of the troubleshooting or problem fixes outlined. I cannot speak to any other devices.

There's also a wiki for the program

Here's the garage page where bugs and whatnot are reported, though I don't know how active it is:

https://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemo-mapper/

Note the program was last updated for OS2008, so I have no idea how it'd work on the N900

I also have A-GPS installed (though I'm not sure if it has helped any, but it's supposed to). And I just installed City Guide which is neat too.

It really is a great program - Enjoy!

[speedmartini]

@SpeedMartini: Just to confirm, you were only changing the URL, and not the file path? If so, you've solved a puzzle for me, because I thought that error message was referring to the inability to create the file -- not an inability to connect to the maps file repository.

Hey - after re-reading everything I should clarify that lingenfr did have the "unable to create map database" error, but I wanted to give a good URL to eliminate that as requested, and also help anyone who couldn't connect to the repositories and might want to cache out on a media card.

That's a good catch Alan - Thanks!

[ossipena]

i can confirm severe problems with maemo-mapper repositories. lets just hope a better version emerges soon.

[spooley]

i can confirm severe problems with maemo-mapper repositories. lets just hope a better version emerges soon.

I don't see any evidence of anyone actively working on Maemo Mapper (particularly the N900 version), so I don't expect a better version to appear any time soon.

With the N900 version of Maemo-Mapper (sorry, can't give the version no. as the About... menu entry displays nothing), the default, OpenStreet map repository, worked well.

Download Sample Repositories... installed several working map repositories, but Google Maps (the one I particularly wanted) was broken. I deleted the installed repositories and re-created Google Maps (see below) and now have a setup, on my N900, with working OpenStreet and Google maps.

Changing between map repositories does not seem to automatically re-draw the current map with the new map, but zooming causes a redraw to the new map.

My working Manage Repositories settings are as follows:

OpenStreet

URL format=http://tile.openstreetmap.org/%0d/%d/%d.png
Cache DB=OpenStreetMap
Download Zoom Steps=XX__ _ Double...
View Zoom Steps=X___ X Next-a-...
Downloadable Zooms:Min=4 Max=20


Google Maps

URL format=http://mt.google.com/vt/x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d
Cache DB=Google Maps
Download Zoom Steps=XX__ _ Double...
View Zoom Steps=X___ X Next-a-...
Downloadable Zooms:Min=4 Max=20


Simon.

[lingenfr]

Problem with Google Street is in the resource it is getting the repositories from. Somewhere the separator for parameters is bad, so when it gets the data the url contains the Cache DB name at the end of the url.
Just edit the url and delete " Google Maps" from the end of it. Add Couch DB name, original is Google Maps.
Besides this I set the Download Zoom Steps to 2 and unchecked the "Double something" (can't see the end) besides it.
You'll also need to set the Downloadable Zooms (Mine is Min:4 Max: 20). This step is needed because all the settings are moved one up, because the separator for url, cache db is missing. So it takes the next setting for each of them after that.

I've tried the suggestions so far and still have the same error. It would be great if you could clarify this and just share the line and the settings that are working for you.

[dylanemcgregor]

Apologies in that I've just skimmed this thread, but I'm trying to download some maps for a trip I'm taking tonight and am having trouble. I haven't used Maemo Mapper to download new maps in quite awhile (and never really got the hang of it in the first place), but from what I understand from this thread is that some of the URLs for the repositories have changed. This would explain why on Google Maps and VE I'm getting maps failed to download errors, but Open Street and Yahoo both still seem to work (in that I get no obvious errors) but I can't seem to download or view any maps (at any zoom level).

Would someone be able to walk me through downloading some maps for Barbados like I was 5?

Edit: I'm using an N800 if it matters.

[shiroinazuma]

I'm just wondering if someone could be so kind as to tell if this web sites maps will work with Maemo Mapper. If yes could you tell me how to or convert to use with this program.

Thanks in Advance..

http://www.its-mo.com/map/mapeng.htm

http://www.e-map.ne.jp/pc/index.htm?cid=gdktogo&lat=128455674&lon=503122737&lv=10&icn=emap

[yenice]

Thanks SpeedMartini, I solved my map download problem with your clear instructions :D.

I also (just started today ) use N800 with Holux M-1000 bluetooth GPS receiver.




The (Google Street) URL that worked for me is as post #257:

http://mt.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@118&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

That goes in the "URL Format" line in the Google Street repository from "Manage Repositories"

This isn't an error with Maemo Mapper, as previously noted (I don't want to take credit for figuring this out), Google changed their URL's so we just needed to match that to connect to the repositories. This was the reason my maps "failed to download"

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The best place for all things Maemo Mapper is:

http://fragostech.com/MaemoMapper/

Note I'm using an N800 with an external GPS so some of the 810 stuff doesn't apply to me.

.......

Note the program was last updated for OS2008, so I have no idea how it'd work on the N900
........

[rsl360]

I'm just wondering if someone could be so kind as to tell if this web sites maps will work with Maemo Mapper. If yes could you tell me how to or convert to use with this program.

I don't have the answer, but I'll second your request. I've looked all over but I cannot find a good summary of how to convert various maps to the correct uri format. I know that %d, %0d, z/zoom and some other stuff is involved. I get the basic idea. I've read the source code to try to figure it out, but to no avail. (I'm not much with C) My goal is to get msrmaps.com into my N800.

Robbie

[mad_nassos]

Give this a go:
http://khm.google.com/kh/v=49&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d
I have just tested it and it is working for me, please not that this is just the satellite imagery, it does not include an overlay of roads or labels.

For me this works but with a 58 instead of 49. :confused:

By the way, I found that by right clicking in google maps using Opera browser and checking "Image properties".
The guy who found this solution is the best!!


Can I ask something stupid? Couldn't we ask google to provide us the new URLs when they change?? :rolleyes:
We are very lucky that some people like LES spent their time to find the solution to this problem...
I'm still using the URL he gave one year ago (post 176) (http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=292942&postcount=176) and I am afraid to try change it with something new.... :o

[wartstew]

Does anyone know the current way to get Google Labels layer to work on their satellite and terrain maps?

[wartstew]

Terraserver-usa stopped working. Did the website change and it is now msrmaps?

[assetburned]

hmm I tried to add the Repositories from the first posting in here, but it looks like something went wrong.
except the RunwayFinder.com i can't use any of the sources I've tested.

are there maybe some other things then just adding the URLs, that I have to do?
is there maybe a full list of settings in a wiki?

[skywalker_world]

Thanks Spooley, I have got my google map works!!!

I don't see any evidence of anyone actively working on Maemo Mapper (particularly the N900 version), so I don't expect a better version to appear any time soon.

With the N900 version of Maemo-Mapper (sorry, can't give the version no. as the About... menu entry displays nothing), the default, OpenStreet map repository, worked well.

Download Sample Repositories... installed several working map repositories, but Google Maps (the one I particularly wanted) was broken. I deleted the installed repositories and re-created Google Maps (see below) and now have a setup, on my N900, with working OpenStreet and Google maps.

Changing between map repositories does not seem to automatically re-draw the current map with the new map, but zooming causes a redraw to the new map.

My working Manage Repositories settings are as follows:

OpenStreet

URL format=http://tile.openstreetmap.org/%0d/%d/%d.png
Cache DB=OpenStreetMap
Download Zoom Steps=XX__ _ Double...
View Zoom Steps=X___ X Next-a-...
Downloadable Zooms:Min=4 Max=20


Google Maps

URL format=http://mt.google.com/vt/x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d
Cache DB=Google Maps
Download Zoom Steps=XX__ _ Double...
View Zoom Steps=X___ X Next-a-...
Downloadable Zooms:Min=4 Max=20


Simon.

[munky261]

Why cant I download any repositories in maemo mapper? It's giving an error saying the web service may be down.....have never seen it do this in all the years Ive used it.

[burbie]

Mapa Polski, UMP-pcPL, i.e. a decent open map of Poland
Free of charge, CC license (http://ump.waw.pl/en/licence.html)

repo at http://tiles.ump.waw.pl/ump_tiles/%0d/%d/%d.png

I tested it with mapper 2.6.2 on a N800. It would be nice if someone could report usability with more recent hw/sw versions.

Cheers,
/burbie

[tomaz]

hello ,

anyone has any idea how to look for url - tiles on this site or how to add in to repository?

http://www.geopedia.si/#T197_L4525_F55_s15_b4_vF

thank you for any hint ...

tomaz

[foxdanger]

Google Maps (street)
http://mt.google.com/mt?x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

Google Maps (street) (alternative)
http://mt.google.com/mt?v=ap.999&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d



So, when google change this adress, how can i know (find) the new address for myself? How U know this address? How u guys find it?


Tnx

[foxdanger]

No one knows how to find this adress????

[fizze]

OutdoorActive (http://www.outdooractive.com) maps for Austria, Germany and South Tyrol work as well. They are quite detailed and include lots of hiking and biking trails.

OutdoorActive.com (Germany only)
http://t0.outdooractive.com/portal/map/%0d/%d/%d.png

OutdoorActive.com (Austria only)
http://t0.outdooractive.com/austria/map/%0d/%d/%d.png

OutdoorActive.com (South Tyrol only)
http://t0.outdooractive.com/suedtirol/map/%0d/%d/%d.png

Thanks to http://gc-livepedia.de/wiki/Map_servers for pointing these out.

[Hotzenplotz]

i cant download routes on my n810!
i flashed the device but sitll cant download routes or the sample repostories......

i always get a timout error!

has download route url changed????

does anyone have the same problem?

[GeraldKo]

i cant download routes on my n810!
i flashed the device but sitll cant download routes or the sample repostories......

i always get a timout error!

has download route url changed????

does anyone have the same problem?

See this link; I haven't, but I think it's what you want:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=770938#post770938

[Hotzenplotz]

thanks,
i think thats exactly what i was looking for!!!

[equivocal]

http://khm.google.com/kh/v=49&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

For me this works but with a 58 instead of 49. :confused:

By the way, I found that by right clicking in google maps using Opera browser and checking "Image properties".

I was gonna post that it went to 68, but just noticed that it's now 69. I find the urls by looking at my privoxy log, at least at home where going though the proxy is the only way things on my LAN can get to the outside.

What actually changes when the version changes? Am I supposed to throw the old database away and start a new one?

I wonder because when 49 stopped working I created a new database for 68. With some rusty SQL-fu I merged the new 68 tiles into the 49 database. Almost immediately I happened across a mis-matched tile where the images were of the same place but slightly different and the seam didn't line up.

[ee_gary]

Any chance the noaa maps at http://marine.geogarage.com/routes
could be used as a maemo mapper repository?

Thanks!

[ee_gary]

Anybody have any insight on this?

The map tiles use a format that looks like:
publish0.geogarage.com/noaa/tqtrtt/tqtrttq.png

Different areas/zooms change around the last 3 letters of the png file, but always seems to be the letters 'r' 't' 's' or 'q'. Also, I've seen publish1, publish2, and publish3.

The linz maps follow a similar format, linz/tsrrq.

I've been able to find noaa maps elsewhere, but this is one of the few sources of linz (New Zealand's version of NOAA) that may be compatible with Maemo Mapper.

[ee_gary]

Any thoughts?

[devaler]

Yeah, yeah, yeah... I know it's an "old" thread, but for anyone looking to use google maps (street only) here's the URL I just used:
http://mt.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@145&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

Thanks due to speedmartini for providing a workable base upon which to build.

BTW, does anyone know what the "m@=xxx" chunk is doing? I think it has something to do with layers.

[wartstew]

Hey, I'd love to get something like the old terraserver-USA (USGS maps) working again. I use my N810 for hiking trips in the mountains quite a bit.

[exception]

I just used Firefox+Firebug to find the image URL of google street map. (open map.google.com, open firebug, click "inspect element", the click a map tile on screen).

The url near grand canyon, AZ is this:
http://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@146&hl=en&x=23&y=50&z=7&s=Galileo

However the next tile of Las vegas, NV is:
http://mt0.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@146&hl=en&x=22&y=50&z=7&s=Gali

Note the difference in mt0/1 and "s=" param. The URL of every tiles seem to be very dynamic now. Also if I change the z value to anything other than 7, it shows a blank image.

I tried many patterns in repository URL but none of them worked. Some resulted in "failed to download x maps". Some resulted in blank blue tiles. Does anyone have a working Google URL since 2011?

[a13n3]

I tried many patterns in repository URL but none of them worked. Some resulted in "failed to download x maps". Some resulted in blank blue tiles. Does anyone have a working Google URL since 2011?

The ones I'm using are these:

Google Street:
http://mt0.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@146&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

Google Satellite:
http://khm1.google.com/kh/v=80&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

Google Street (layer):
http://mt0.google.com/vt/lyrs=h@146&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

[ion_mihaila]

hi,

anyone has any idea how to look for url - tiles on this site or how to add in to repository?

http://www.topomap.co.nz/

thank you for help

Ion

[maramusa]

In Australia there is a great new map repository for aerial maps.
www.nearmap.com

The map tiles have this format
http://web2.nearmap.com/maps/hl=en&x=215378&y=155713&z=18&nml=Vert&s=52Rb04wEoqtBccC2NF
but it doesnt need the whole string, it will still work with
http://web2.nearmap.com/maps/hl=en&x=215378&y=155713&z=18&nml=V



I have tried to add it in Tiles in Mappero with this URL
http://web2.nearmap.com/maps/hl=en&x=%d&y=%d&z=%d&nml=Vert&s=a

but no luck

will Mappero work with &nml=Vert&s=a at the end of the URL
also, is it correct to have hl=en in the URL

[picaroon]

The ones I'm using are these:

Google Street:
http://mt0.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@146&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

Google Satellite:
http://khm1.google.com/kh/v=80&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

Google Street (layer):
http://mt0.google.com/vt/lyrs=h@146&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

Thanks man, this helped me figure out how to do what I wanted to do: get the google terrain maps.

To get the google terrain maps on maemo mapper create a repository for the following:

http://mt0.google.com/vt/lyrs=t@146&x=%d&y=%d&zoom=%d

then, if you want the streets overlaid on top of that add the google street layer as a layer to your repository.

[maramusa]

Glad it helped.

Actually, I got a tip from the mappero people
all I needed was
http://web2.nearmap.com/maps/hl=en&z=%0d&x=%d&y=%d&nml=Vert

for nearmap