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Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0

John, do you have any plans on when to release it? (I know, I'm running a bit too fast ;) )

Omar

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0

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Originally Posted by paulh (Post 49298)

The only advantage that I see in the filesystem method is that I can merge map sets together easily. E.g. I can take a low-detail basemap of the country and combine it with detailed maps of several cities by copying them all to the 770.

But if there was an easy way to merge and edit the databases then it could prove to be more versatile approach for that sort of thing too.

Add my vote for this functionality.

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0

An important feature to add would be the ability to import maps. I have been able to get a very good map of my area from a government agency, but was unable till now to import it to maemo mapper. I mean.. i did important, but aligning it is impossible. The only way I can imagine of being able to align a map would be to go to a place with a gps receiver, and pointing on the map where you are.. then drive some 50 miles, opening the same map, and pointing once again where you are located. The application would then calculate the scale and align the map accordingly. Resizing may not really be a requirement as the application would know what scale the map is using and calculate using that scale. The current fixed increments are too restrictive. The way it works right now makes importing large scale maps from alternative sources virtually impossible.

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0

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Originally Posted by maxilogan (Post 49705)

John, do you have any plans on when to release it? (I know, I'm running a bit too fast ;) )

No, I don't have any plans for a release date. It probably won't be within the next month, although I will continue to port some of the more minor changes into the 1.x baseline in the meantime. The big things like the display and data store changes won't go into 1.x, though.

New POI Category: WiFi Locations. The extra Caveat? MM plots the coordinates of WiFi locations you've entered as a POI location, and when inside 200 ft from any angle or direction of any WiFi-labelled POI, MM connects your N800 to that WiFi automatically, and beeps to warn that you've entered a WiFi hotspot. Just driving through an area would allow you to be reminded that a hotspot is nearby, giving you the option of stopping at it to send emails or update the RSS reader.

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0

The important feature for me is autosave current track. May be every 10(20|30) sec. ?

Re: Feature Request

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Originally Posted by Ceklund (Post 52019)

New POI Category: WiFi Locations.
...and when inside 200 ft from any angle or direction of any WiFi-labelled POI, MM connects your N800 to that WiFi automatically, and beeps to warn that you've entered a WiFi hotspot.

Great idea, please add my "+1" in voting for this feature! :)

Re: Plans for Maemo Mapper v2.0

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Originally Posted by Ferd (Post 49663)

Any plans for adding a Golf Course GPS program that would allow for course maps to be built, shared or downloaded from a respository? Possibly a program similar to Sky Caddie. This would be a superb mapping application.
I really appreciate your present Maemo Mapper program and look forward to version 2.0

Another vote for this from me :)

Re: Feature Request

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Originally Posted by Ceklund (Post 52019)

New POI Category: WiFi Locations. ... inside 200 ft from any angle or direction of any WiFi-labelled POI, MM connects your N800 to that WiFi automatically, and beeps to warn that you've entered a WiFi hotspot. ...

That's an interesting and useful idea but it's not appropriate for Maemo Mapper because MM is an application program not a system program. MM shouldn't be responsible for system level actions like choosing a WiFi access point.

There's a way to do that and let MM remain strictly an application program. Suppose there were a number of ways for MM to signal that it's near a particular POI or class of POIs, such as play a sound, pop up a little window that describes the POI, or run another program. You could choose to have MM run the "Select Connection" program.

Re: Feature Request

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Originally Posted by talmage (Post 52066)

There's a way to do that and let MM remain strictly an application program. Suppose there were a number of ways for MM to signal that it's near a particular POI or class of POIs, such as play a sound, pop up a little window that describes the POI, or run another program. You could choose to have MM run the "Select Connection" program.

The thing is, the N800 already intermittently attempts to connect to nearby (known) wifi hotspots. The only advantages of incorporating this functionality into Maemo Mapper would be:
1. Importing a POI database of "unknown" wifi hotspots, so that one could connect to hotspots not yet encountered.
2. Adding this functionality to the 770.
3. Not having to wait for the N800's "periodic attempts" - getting immediate connection when you are within range.

Besides the ethical (and legal) issues of #1, these advantages (except maybe for #3) require functionality that should be implemented in a separate, possibly-background application. #3 is just not worth incorporating such complex functionality into Maemo Mapper - how much are you going to be able to download when passing a wifi hotspot on the road?

Now, this doesn't disallow the possibility of Maemo Mapper providing some indication of the presence of a nearby POI - talmage's suggestion is certainly a good one. It's feasible that a popup or sound could be presented when you near a POI (such as a hotspot, or a gas station) within a certain radius. This would notify you of a nearby hotspot, at which point you could utilize the rest of the device's capabilities to connect to the hotspot and download whatever you like.