RoadNav works, but unfortunately uses entirely too much CPU and RAM.

Anyone interested in finding out why it uses so much resources?

http://wiki.navit-project.org/index....t_on_n770/n800
PLEASE SOMEONE PLEASE

There are a lot of maps in ter Garmin format that we are missing because this software still sdoesn't have a .deb

Roadmap is available at http://garage.maemo.org

It is compatible with the pre-compiled maps at http://roadmap.sourceforge.net

The maemo port is beta, but most of the functionality is there...

kernelpanic

Anyone knows how to install RoadMap on N800??? Please help. I would like to try. Thanks.

Just go to the download link at http://garage.maemo.org/projects/roadmap/

Download 2 files-
roadmap_1.1.0f-2_armel.deb
roadmap-1.1.0-basemap.tar.gz
to your internal memory card.

open the application manager goto the menu->application->install from file. Browse to the internal mmc and install the *.deb

To put on the basemap, open osso-xterm and do-
$ cd /media/mmc2
$ mkdir roadmaps
$ cd roadmaps
$ tar -xvzf ../roadmap-1.1.0-basemap.tar.gz

The basemap is just the root database and the U.S state and Canadian province boundaries. Detailed roadmaps by state are available at http://roadmap.sourceforge.net/maps.html they also need to be extracted into /media/mmc2/roadmaps

hope this helps,
kernelpanic

Can the Roadmap maps be installed on MMC1,
or is it hardcoded to MMC2?

As directed by 'kernelpanic' I installed the Roadmap in MMC2. Also did unzip the basemap and usOH maps into roadmaps dir on MMC2. (According to developer, it can be installed either in MMC1 or MMC2.) For a moment it worked (was able to open the application, didn't do anything else). On second attempt, it is opening and getting closed immediately. Requested help from Charles (Roadmap owner/creator) on garage forums page for roadmap. But RoadGPS (to establish GPS connectivity to Roadmap) application is working fine, locating sattellites etc.

I unpacked it where directed, and it worked fine.
It even found my onboard GPS, although nothing locked, as per usual.
I added my state map, and that worked, as well.
I searched my address, and flite announced when it found it.

Then I found usr/roadmap/preferences and added a line
unpacked a bunch of stuff over there, and renamed the original map directory.
That got me a blank stare from Roadmap.
Fires up, no streets. Zoom in and out, search for address, nothing.
Noting the maps symbolic link to /media/mmc1/roadmaps,
I named the original directory back, but roadmap is still not talking to me.

Uninstalled and reinstalled, it's working with the original directory.
I haven't got room there for much, though.
I guess it's time to learn about symbolic links, point it where I want it to go.

Yeah,
Sorry about that. The Map.Path preference does not at this time work. If you wish to redirect maps to /media/mmc1 and you have root access (either through RD mode or through ssh) you may open osso-xterm and do-
for RD mode:
$ sudo gainroot

or for ssh-
$ ssh root@localhost

Then-
# cd /usr/share/roadmap
# rm maps
# ln -s /media/mmc1/roadmaps ./maps
# exit

The program is hard-coded to use the /usr/share/roadmap/maps link. (And I haven't figured out how to have apt install files onto the mmc, else the maps would be deb packages...) Eventually, There will be a 'Set Maps Directory' option in the preferences. I just haven't gotten there yet.

As an aside, it's nice to be getting some feedback on what is working for people and what is not. Please keep the feedback coming! The first couple weeks of porting were in a vacuum. At some point I'm going to have to get a bluetooth GPS (and possibly an n800) if I want this to work for everyone. Not such a negative as the GPS hardware on the n810 leaves much to be desired. (Long fix times I can live with but no WAAS sucks.)

Thanks,
kernelpanic

p.s.- 1.1.0g-1 is out. There's a preferences entry for bluetooth address. But (not owning a bluetooth GPS) I don't know whether it works or not. n800 users- please let me know... ...and thanks in advance for your feedback.

That rules. Except for Help, which gets me an empty browser window,
everything I've tried works. The maps, being vector, are tiny.
Many thanks for the work porting this.