ikirk | # 21 | 2010-10-13, 13:43 | Report

Yup, found it now, thanks. Just finished installing.

j.s | # 22 | 2010-10-13, 15:43 | Report

Maybe that explains all the little WTF aspects of the n900. They're just Nokia's little jokes to keep us amused while they work on making the real thing.

eitama | # 23 | 2010-10-13, 15:50 | Report

That's with no doubt, the funniest and most true observation iv'e seen on TMO

zerone | # 24 | 2010-10-13, 16:03 | Report

Just downloaded the package. I think this is the best map app on N900 for my purpose so far. I would also vote for adding support for traffic layer (not traffic avoidance in direction, just view traffic info on current view) and ability to browse the map by swiping fingers rather than the four arrows. I think these two feature would make this app a winner for me

matristain | # 25 | 2010-10-13, 16:14 | Report

Looks grate I`ll try it , is there any chance to have some offline support like , export the driving indications or somthing like that?

richwhite | # 26 | 2010-10-13, 16:50 | Report

Having google maps is great. I was using maps on my hero earlier, just messing around, and i love how easy it is, tapping somewhere brings up 'search places' (it even lists my business ) and street view etc. Any chance of these being implemented soon? Places especially would be great

Also, it's showing sao paulo. I have set position update every second but it's not even in my country let alone my road. Is there a reason for this?

gsever | # 27 | 2010-10-13, 16:55 | Report

Hi,

Great front-end, and some requests:

- Big cache for offline browsing I don't know if you could download all gmaps for later view?
- Search place. A simple search interface for zooming into particular place.
- World view. Again a simple button to zoom out the lowest level to see the world map. It takes so many rocker action to go to the top level.
- A quick "f" key-toggle to switch between fullscreen mode.

Netweaver | # 28 | 2010-10-13, 17:03 | Report

Maybe you can use/share the SQLlite storage being introduced now in Modrana for caching ? I think he also supports Google Map tiles now.
I don't know if the DB scheme supports Google Maps tiles in different forms though (Satellite, Hybrid, Road Maps and Terrain). And what to do with the Traffic layer ... ?

But anyway looking already very nice and big potential. No streetview in mind yet ? ...

lemmyslender | # 29 | 2010-10-13, 17:26 | Report

I'd rather it not cache too much. That's why I prefer not to use some of the other solutions. I'd rather not have a large directory/database full of map images taking up space.

There's already several apps that cache data, I like that this one is quick and easy and current. (No messing with zoom levels, auto downloading, data sources, etc)

If multiple programs are sharing the same map tiles, which one decides how much space to use? Which one decides which data to keep when purging data?

fcrochik | # 30 | 2010-10-13, 17:43 | Report

Searching places (using the google places api) depends on google giving me the green light. Sao Paulo... I had to start somewhere... It probably makes sense to have start on your last known position though...

I didn't set any limits for the cache...not sure if there are any ... will check later... I like the other ideas...

I don't actually deal with the "tiles" directly. It is all google. I tried to enable all the "cache" options on webkit so "google" can make the best use of it. I could read some of the information from modrana but "geeps" is pretty useless without internet. Maybe the POI database makes sense.

Actually, I don't need to do anything to implement street view... just allow "google maps" to show the button.


I have enabled all the "webkit" caching options I could find so it should probably work similar to google maps on any other browser... If we find out that the cache is growing too much (I doubt) we can set some limits (there may be some already by default that I may have to change).