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#271
I'm usually just using two zoom levels: One as a global overview (of highways) and one detailed view of the area I'm currently in. Is there any way in Meamo Mapper to automatically switch between these two zoom levels depending on the speed I'm traveling at ?
 
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#272
Would also be nice to have it not dim the screen when in full screen mode no matter what. Kinda like the old version.
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#273
gnuite: thank you for your continuing work on mmapper. as mentioned above it is definitely a program which should be at the top of the list of necessary additions to the tablet. i've used both navicore and mmapper and prefer mm. though the program can't reset itself and plot a new route if you veer off the highway, you can zoom out a ways and keep the planned route in view while you meander about off-route. like a paper map you can still see all the roads, but with the addition of a pointer showing where you are, so you can figure out for yourself how to get back to the planned route, usually without having to retrace your steps.

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#274
Originally Posted by barry99705 View Post
Is it just me, or are the maps taking up more space than before? In the past I've predownloaded the maps for Fairbanks and North Pole. It used to take around 800Mb. Now the same area says it's going to take around 4Gb! Same zoom levels for both.
I also thought they were taking up more space, but you have to remember that most of the maps are able to zoom in more than before, meaning that the level 4 map in 2.X is actually a closer resolution than level 4 in 1.X. Therefore the increased resolution will take more space
 
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#275
Originally Posted by barry99705 View Post
Is it just me, or are the maps taking up more space than before? In the past I've predownloaded the maps for Fairbanks and North Pole. It used to take around 800Mb. Now the same area says it's going to take around 4Gb! Same zoom levels for both.
By "same zoom levels for both," do you mean "equivalent zoom levels," i.e. after taking into account the change in zoom numbers (Zoom Level 4 is equivalent to the old Zoom Level 0)?

Which version of Maemo Mapper are you using (4GB)? Which version of Maemo Mapper were you using before (800MB)?
 
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#276
Originally Posted by brandonros View Post
Yeah, they do seem to take up more space. I have a couple problems though... When I zoom with any map (street/satellite) into a zoom level of 0 or 1, the download doesn't work. It says something like 49 maps failed to download. What's going on with this?
Your map repository probably does not support zoom levels 0 or 1.

Originally Posted by brandonros View Post
Another problem semi-related is that it downloads tons of maps for one area view. Why doesn't it just download the maps of my view?
It's called the "Auto-Download Pre-Cache," and it downloads some of the surrounding areas in case you pan to those areas (to keep those areas from being black for long periods of time). You can reduce the Pre-Cache to the minimum value (in the "Misc. 2" tab of the Settings dialog) in order to download only what is required to draw the screen.
 
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#277
Originally Posted by DingerX View Post
Uh, the prediction is "up to" 4 Gb. In reality, it ends up being much less...

I'm not sure zoom levels 0-3 even exist as downloadable. I always thought they were magnifications of level 4 (= the old level 0)
They do exist for some map repositories in some locations. For example, I know that Google Maps supports zoom level 0 (called "-4" by them) for some limited areas of the world.
 
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#278
Originally Posted by TA-t3 View Post
I'm also having a bit of trouble with this. My 3G/EDGE connection is extremely lousy (lots of packet losses etc.) and the 'processing maps' takes many minutes every time there are maps to be updated (or fail to update). Maybe the download area margin could be made configurable?
See the "Auto-Download Pre-Cache" setting in the "Misc. 2" tab of the Settings dialog.
 
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#279
Originally Posted by rhouge View Post
I'm having a REAL hard time finding this. I was quite used to the larger map view in v1.4. Pretty handy when mounted on the dash. Can someone point me in the right direction?

EDIT: I'm on v2.0.3
It's the same as in v1.4. In the "Manage Repositories" dialog, each repository has an option called "Double Pixels". Is it not working for you?
 
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#280
Originally Posted by sondjata View Post
I think there may be a bug with the distance calculations. Last night i checked the track distance from my home to the Beacon Theater in Manhattan and it said that I traveled over 3,000 miles. Could this be due to the new more detailed zoom levels?
Only if the track contains points from both before the zoom change and after the zoom change. That is, if you started creating the track with Maemo Mapper v2.0, then you upgraded to v2.0.1 (or vice versa), then you created more track points, then the distance will be miscalculated.

Otherwise, it's a bug. I'll check it out.
 
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