Re: [WIP] CloudGPS 0.4.8 - smoothest maps for N900
 

Yes, that is also included in my plans.

About the icons: Zoom in and zoom out are similar and are symbolic but search icon is photo realistic. I would prefer all icons to follow the same theme: either all of them are symbolic or all photo realistic.

The search icon reminds more of a night goggles because of the blue color. It would be not so easy to think of searching after looking at this icon.

3D cube is a not straightforward representation of 3D mode for me. It is a mapping application and I think that 3D road icon would do better for this purpose.

Overall impression is that the icons do not fit together. I do like that your theme wants to integrate with native OS look (which is very hard because many users use different themes). I is very nice that you use only one color besides the gray. Too much colors in one theme would be an overkill.

Please do not take my comments as an offense but as a positive criticism. I hope that you find them useful and they will encourage you to make even a better icons.

Re: [WIP] CloudGPS 0.4.8 - smoothest maps for N900
 

Hi dwaradzyn!
thank you for your suggestions, i can understand your point of view and i'm trying to make a better work...
...you know, icons should be always at half way from beautiful graphics and easy understanding... so find the right compromise is not so easy.
Concerning the road symbol for the 3d map, it was my first try but i found that it seems a track.. so i'm still looking for it.

At the end of work, replace only the clear blue to adapt to different themes color is the easiest part. (there will be one blue, one red, one green and so on....)

Concerning the satellite bars, is it possible to modify the color when the fix happens?

PS.
the modified zoom function using the SHIFT key is very very useful. Really great! When used in offline mode maybe interesting if it was also possible to have a lock for this.

Re: [WIP] CloudGPS 0.4.8 - smoothest maps for N900
 

It will be possible to specify the colour in skin properties file.

Re: [WIP] CloudGPS 0.4.8 - smoothest maps for N900
 

@dwaradzyn

Do you like this? ;)

Re: [WIP] CloudGPS 0.4.8 - smoothest maps for N900
 

new updates, new bugs.. sigh

with new cssu update, while in portrait mode cloudgps refuses to start.
Starting in landscape and then rotating still works but it seems to be a little slower than before while rendering already downloaded tiles..

Re: [WIP] CloudGPS 0.4.8 - smoothest maps for N900
 

I have spent the last few days using intensively this gret app....
...really.... really fantastic!
The last step has been the conversion of the partition containing MyDocs in ext3.. this has been a real burst of speed for cloudgps. (and also a reduced gigabytes usage)


@dwaradzyn
Which will be the next features you are planning for the next version?

Re: [WIP] CloudGPS 0.4.8 - smoothest maps for N900
 

First priority:
- bug fixes,
- onscreen settings,
- update UI look to be more modern,
- gps (position, speed, altitude, satellites info, etc.), accelerometer, compass - rewrite to use QT and work on harmattan too
- multi font + national characters support (national characters using hw keyboard and on screen keyboard support are still very huge problem I do not know how to address), optimized text rendering,
- optimized route rendering,
- pass the QA for publishing CloudGPS for Nokia N9 in OVI store

Second priority:
- support for saving and loading routes, tracks
- search history
- support for multiple tile layers
- sqllite storage support
- POI support
- UI theming
- non blocking download api
- clipboard support
- gps data extrapolation

More distant future:
- track calculator,
- 3d globe,
- 3d terrain,
- more complete 3d building support
- ruler tool
- use custom image as map (+ calibration support)

BTW. There is a TMO bug that makes this thread have old title. I have changed it several times since 0.4.8 and it is right now set to 0.5.6 now but somehow it still displays 0.4.8.

Re: [WIP] CloudGPS 0.4.8 - smoothest maps for N900
 

Hi dwaradzyn,

I have cloudgps version 0.5.6.
When I search for "new york" cloud gps always segfaults.
This does not happen for several other searches.

nicolai

Re: [WIP] CloudGPS 0.4.8 - smoothest maps for N900
 

@dwaradzyn

Thank you for the explanation of your future plans...
Sincerely, to me, to most waited feature is the use of custom map, in the detail, oziexlorer calibrated map (jpg + map).
At this moment, i'm using cloudgps for offroad mountain navigation but i really need some maps that describe detailed mountain roads (that osm cycle map does not has)
Now, i'm trying to write a script to convert the jpg in 256x256 tiles in an osmtracker format... but until now with poor results.. :( ... Do you have any suggestion for the conversion?
Is there something i could do to help you?
Or something to put this feature in a release not so far in the future?

thanks for your great work!

Re: [WIP] CloudGPS 0.4.8 - smoothest maps for N900
 

Oh yeah!! :D

Just found someone that has a solution for my needs!!

oziexplorer map --> cloudgps tiles
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=57469

And full package at:
http://code.google.com/p/tilers-tools/

For cloudgps this is not a transparent and painless way to manage this kind of maps, but anyway.... it's a solution! (something is better than nothing!)

Now i'm making some "real wild world testing..." ;)