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	fcrochik	2010-11-30 , 18:53
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Originally Posted by TheJason

Can you make GeePS show places as you zoom in?

I noticed last week a feature that I'd become accustomed to in regular pc/windows google maps wasn't available in GeePS. On my laptop, as you zoom in to a location on the map, you see business locations and property/lot boundaries. This could be very useful in a situation where you're in an unfamiliar location and you just want to see what's around you without having to randomly drive around looking as opposed to paying attention to the road and other drivers.

This is not a feature available on the current Google API as far as I can tell.

Originally Posted by TheJason

I read that you plan to "add window with "business information" (address, phone, web site)"

I have used the search function and it is helpful.
But it would be very convenient to also just be able to zoom in and see what's close. This is something easy to do single-handed at a stoplight for instance when driving.

I don't disagree. It is just that I "have" already the business contact information I just need to create the interface to display it.

Originally Posted by TheJason

In a more recent post you mentioned that you were still hopeful that google will "open" the "places api" so you can show even more information.
I just wanted to aknowledge that I saw this. I don't exactly know what it means. It sounds like the very thing you need to access to make this happen?

The google local search has been deprecated and the google places api replaces it.

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taike_hk	2010-11-30 , 23:41
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Originally Posted by fcrochik

I am afraid it is a google maps limitation. To make sure just try to visit http://www.google.com/maps

Just to comfirm GoogleMaps web works on the N900 in China.
Google Maps (Java app) on Symbian handset also work fine.
I wonder why GeePS display only blank screen....

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	fcrochik	2010-11-30 , 23:53
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Originally Posted by taike_hk

Just to comfirm GoogleMaps web works on the N900 in China.
Google Maps (Java app) on Symbian handset also work fine.
I wonder why GeePS display only blank screen....

Maybe google.com/maps works but not the google maps api (that geeps uses).

At least this is what I understood from previous posts on this thread:
[1] http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...6&postcount=90
[2] http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...2&postcount=98

You can also try on default web browser: http://www.crochik.com/gps.html for some more clues.

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taike_hk	2010-12-01 , 01:30
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Originally Posted by fcrochik

Maybe google.com/maps works but not the google maps api (that geeps uses).

At least this is what I understood from previous posts on this thread:
[1] http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...6&postcount=90
[2] http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...2&postcount=98

You can also try on default web browser: http://www.crochik.com/gps.html for some more clues.

Thanks for all your pointers. I'm learning

Default web browser (http://www.crochik.com/gps.html) displays unfamiliar map - somewhere around Av. Nove de Juiho...

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	fcrochik	2010-12-01 , 03:14
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Originally Posted by taike_hk

Thanks for all your pointers. I'm learning

Default web browser (http://www.crochik.com/gps.html) displays unfamiliar map - somewhere around Av. Nove de Juiho...

Now this is getting odd... the page that just worked on your browser is pretty much the same code that the geeps uses.

Did you get any error messages on geeps or anything that I can work with? On the next release I will add a logger to make debuging easier

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TheJason	2010-12-01 , 20:19
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I wanted to post a quick response before I forget.

GasBuddy

My friend somehow has GasBuddy integrated with his iPhone. He used his iPhone map to find the lowest diesel fuel around us. I know that google is the default map on his phone, I wonder if maybe there's a way to tie GasBuddy maps in with this frontend application you've made.

This is a very cool app you've setup, so I hope these suggestions don't seem like a lack of appreciation. I'm just throwing out ideas that might make it more cool.

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	fcrochik	2010-12-01 , 20:57
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Originally Posted by TheJason

I wanted to post a quick response before I forget.

GasBuddy

My friend somehow has GasBuddy integrated with his iPhone. He used his iPhone map to find the lowest diesel fuel around us. I know that google is the default map on his phone, I wonder if maybe there's a way to tie GasBuddy maps in with this frontend application you've made.

This is a very cool app you've setup, so I hope these suggestions don't seem like a lack of appreciation. I'm just throwing out ideas that might make it more cool.

I don't mind suggestion and ideas at all. Please keep them coming.

On the GasBuddy: I went to their web site and couldn't find any "public api". It would be possible to scrape the data from their mobile version but it is not how I like to implement things.

I would depend on them providing me with a "data feed" and authorization to use the data.

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TheJason	2010-12-02 , 17:21
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Originally Posted by fcrochik

I don't mind suggestion and ideas at all. Please keep them coming.

On the GasBuddy: I went to their web site and couldn't find any "public api". It would be possible to scrape the data from their mobile version but it is not how I like to implement things.

I would depend on them providing me with a "data feed" and authorization to use the data.

I'll confirm with my friend how he accessed the GasBuddy map. I just assumed that it was some "app" that integrated with google maps, because he doesn't do anything that isn't easy.

So I understand that this app you've developed is essentially an orchestrator of google maps data and you can sometimes integrate other web-based data. Is that correct?
I googled "api" and I see that it's a application programming interface. api seems like a general term, do you need to have access to a specifically defined api, like "google maps api"?

I'd be willing to email GasBuddy and request access. I just don't know what I'd be requesting, exactly.
Seems like GasBuddy would want more people using thier site. They depend on user feedback for an updated database of fuel prices.

Being able to see diesel prices in my proximity would be very useful to me.

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	fcrochik	2010-12-02 , 17:54
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Originally Posted by TheJason

I'll confirm with my friend how he accessed the GasBuddy map. I just assumed that it was some "app" that integrated with google maps, because he doesn't do anything that isn't easy.

So I understand that this app you've developed is essentially an orchestrator of google maps data and you can sometimes integrate other web-based data. Is that correct?
I googled "api" and I see that it's a application programming interface. api seems like a general term, do you need to have access to a specifically defined api, like "google maps api"?

I'd be willing to email GasBuddy and request access. I just don't know what I'd be requesting, exactly.
Seems like GasBuddy would want more people using thier site. They depend on user feedback for an updated database of fuel prices.

Being able to see diesel prices in my proximity would be very useful to me.

GeePS is a "wrapper" around a web browser that displays a map using the "Google Maps Javascript API". I have implemented other functions like the "local search" that uses a different API to get the data and then add the information to the map.

All that I would need is a "URL" and a list of parameters that I have to pass to it (e.g. zip code or lat/long coordinates, gas type, ...) and they will "return" a "text file" that follows of the many standards (xml, json, ...) with the gas station addresses, prices and last update timestamp. Of course it could be much more than that and I could also implement an interface so people can also enter the price... I would assume they would also expect some kind of advertisement for them on the application.

I have sent them an email already but haven't received any reply.

Please feel free to send another one....

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taike_hk	2010-12-03 , 06:54
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Originally Posted by fcrochik

Now this is getting odd... the page that just worked on your browser is pretty much the same code that the geeps uses.

Did you get any error messages on geeps or anything that I can work with? On the next release I will add a logger to make debuging easier

Yes, it's strange. I wonder there is no one using GeePS in China.
Let me ask a buddy in Beijin who has N900 to try.

No error message at all on GeePS. GeePS shows white blank in the windows and gets stuck.

Is there anything I can do in debug mode?