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maksidaa

February 13th, 2008, 15:47

Hey guys, I'm new to this, but I really appreciate all the effort many of you have gone through for these apps.

Anyways, I downloaded the gmdl zip file from in7ane.com, but I can't find bin/debug to start the program:confused:. Do I need to download something else? I already have the microsoft .net 2 program on my computer, so I'm really confused why I can't find and run the gmdl file. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Edit: I can open the bin file if i don't unzip the downloaded gmdl file, but then when I run the gmdl tool.exe then it says that I need to unzip everything else. It seems like if I unzip it then drops or hides the .exe file, but if I don't unzip it then it won't work right.

Edt #2: Good news! I think my computer was selectively leaving out some of the files while unzipping, so I manually selected all files and now it seems to be running well. Sorry to be a nuisance

M1ke

February 14th, 2008, 20:37

i'm having trouble adding POI's using GMDL tool. whenever i zoom in the area I want and then hit get numbers, then enter a search query, then list, I always reach the limit (~990). I opened one that reached the limit in mapthis and it shows POI's WAY outside of the area I zoomed into. I'm assuming there's something wrong with the long/lat number or deltas.

how can i fix this?

Thanks

itaibe

February 16th, 2008, 10:34

about the israel maps,
there is a new site include the israel detailed map
http://www.govmap.gov.il/

can it be supported with the GMDL ?

M1ke

February 16th, 2008, 18:21

simple123

March 3rd, 2008, 19:34

where can i get the GMDL TO DOWLOAD

Nieko

March 4th, 2008, 08:13

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/

in7ane

March 6th, 2008, 18:31

M1ke, infinite POIs issue is fixed in http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.5.05a.zip where you set the maximum number to return (I will eventually get around to releasing that as a proper version, for now there is still some stuff to cleanup).

itaibe, sorry for the late reply, govmap.gov.il renders areas on request as well, so it is not tile compatible at all.

CLAUDIOGPS

March 13th, 2008, 09:48

In7ane,
1- is possible to show pois on one of two your beautiful software "_util" or GMDL sez. "View"?
Now is impossible, bat with some change.... Wold be very useful.
2- In GMDL section "advanced-> custom map", is possible to make maps from pictures files with a limitation to the greatness of the map. Is possible in future can do larger maps with "base zoom=0" ?.

Regards.

If possible i should like to have an answer.

Regards.

abrash

March 17th, 2008, 20:42

I would like to know if geodata can be used only for US. I have tried to create one for Bucharest (Roamania country) and I couldn't. Can somebody give me a helping hand?

Nieko

March 18th, 2008, 09:23

Geodata can be made for a specific region if the data for that region is available. www.openstreetmap.org e.g. has all the data for the Netherlands, so I was able to extract Dutch geodata from there.

If you can find data for Romania anywhere (doubt it, cause it's EU), then you can use/tweak the scripts here: http://stuff.nieko.net/psp/mapthis/geodata/

You will need some programming knowledge for that though.

Btw.: please don't double post.

itaibe

March 19th, 2008, 09:12

any changes in israel map or free map convertor ?

in7ane

March 20th, 2008, 01:30

CLAUDIOGPS, the View part of GMDL is very basic, so it would not really be possible to to make it display POI's (due to lat/lon conversion and reprojection problems). However you can export a map to a Google Earth overlay, and if it is any use I can make GMDL export _POI to a KML so you can view them there (this would probably be too much hassle for what you are trying to achieve though).

Custom map size is limited by the bitmap in .NET, so unless Microsoft decides that larger bitmaps should be supported and updates .NET it's pretty much set. You may want to take a look at rendering a map with MapCruncher ( http://research.microsoft.com/mapcruncher/ ), which can use arbitrarily large images, and then importing that into GMDL.

itaibe, no updates on maps of Israel yet

Bolemichel

March 20th, 2008, 20:34

Can anyone post the newest version of gmdl? There are a lot of different versions out there and I don't know which one is newest. Thanks!

deniska

March 21st, 2008, 02:53

most of the versions would check for updates and prompt you to downnload the newest version

kohht

March 21st, 2008, 16:46

can DMGL download map for http://www.streetdirectory.com/

??? pls help me..

CLAUDIOGPS

March 25th, 2008, 09:37

in7ane, many thanks, I have tried to converts the file _default in format xls with a spreadsheet with a correct header and then with POIEDIT in kml format, and google map correctly show them.

CLAUDIOGPS

March 25th, 2008, 13:36

in7ane, I have used Mapcruncher to calibrate an image drawn by a scanning of a paper map. I have got a directory with 1260 tiles that however I don't know whether to use with Mapthis!. I have seen if with GMDL something could be done without any result. Is possible to have some suggestion?

itaibe

March 31st, 2008, 14:00

in7ane, can i get israel map from this site using GMDL :

http://www.atlasct.com/global/israelenglish/

or this one :

http://www.eyeonisrael.com/Israel-touring-map.html

i think these format might be good with GMDL

thanks

in7ane

March 31st, 2008, 23:19

Another, 0.0505b, update of GMDL, mainly to draw a line under some bug fixes and not particularly major features (should get some free time starting in May to work on it again): http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl.html

List of changes:

maps.yahoo.com is now partially supported (US - native 256x256 instead of 258x258, all works except for overlay)
Export to iPhone (SQLite 64x64 tile DB), pretty much done now, imports pins from KML, may add directions later; see: http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?t=22320
Basic resume functionality, resume.txt stores: source, zoom, x, y, min_zoom, force_jpeg (create a map and read resume.txt for instructions)
POI now has a Limit: setting (100 by default) since Google seems to disregard area constraints
FreeMap.co.il is added (not really GPS compatible, but roughly in the correct map area)

Bolemichel: see the above link, it will always point at the latest semi-stable release, alternatively the very latest is the one with the highest version (and usually an a) in http://www.in7ane.com/psp/

kohht: streetdirectory.com is incompatible in its projection (there is something of a list of what is not working at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Global_Map_Download_Tool#Not_Working )

CLAUDIOGPS: to use the rendered MapCruncher tiles, from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Global_Map_Download_Tool#Creating_a_Custom_Map_.28 MapCruncher.29
1. Select MapCruncher as the Map Source
2. Click Set next to that and select the directory containing the tiles (Layer_NewLayer by default)
3. Click Pull Tiles under the Advanced section which pops up (rather than Download The Map)

itaibe: will take a look at those.

itaibe

April 1st, 2008, 07:28

in7ane, if u need some help , i'm a programmer in c/c++,mfc and also know java , i might give a little push to this project

kohht

April 1st, 2008, 18:04

what Pre-rendered 430px ? 555px maps mean?

deniska

April 2nd, 2008, 05:30

in7ane, if u need some help , i'm a programmer in c/c++,mfc and also know java , i might give a little push to this project
porting some of the stuff to java or SDL would be nice, as lots of people ask for non-windows/platform independent version...

sl1pkn07

April 4th, 2008, 02:26

porting some of the stuff to java or SDL would be nice, as lots of people ask for non-windows/platform independent version...

i agree (i'm linux user) (or port .NET -> Mono)

CLAUDIOGPS

April 6th, 2008, 19:57

in7ane:
Marvelous, today, that I had time, I have tried and it works very well. I can now do maps for mapthis! also from the tourist seedlings. Many thanks.:)

Regards

chinahyong

April 29th, 2008, 22:42

use GMDL to load map but the computer hang! with the following:

a)Map A completed but hang during retry to find missing tiles. How to use GMDL to convert files with 16x..1x jpeg to GPSFS files ?

b) Map B at 98 % . How to get GMDL continue from here.

Regards chinahyong
c.c. [email protected]

ralphloo

May 2nd, 2008, 15:40

Hi ....newbie here . I would like to know how do i create a geodata for malaysia. Hope someone can lend a hand on this. Mapthis software is exciting but i cant use it with geodata for malaysia. Hope to hear for the master soon....cheers

F_I_N_E-[DM]

May 12th, 2008, 14:57

Hi all! First of all I want to say thank you very much for this wonderful tool! It simplifies everyone's life!

My question is: I've downloaded the map of Costa Rica from google maps but it's not detailed enougth, so I found this web site that provides a "layer" to Costa Rica's maps. It uses google maps and this is the URL to get the images: "http://crmap.com/maps/"+(a.x)+"_"+(a.y)+"_"+(b)+".gif".
Is there any way to download these tiles instead of google's?

I really need this detailed map!!! Do you have any tips? Thank you very much in advance!!

deniska

May 13th, 2008, 06:27

;2148064417']Hi all! First of all I want to say thank you very much for this wonderful tool! It simplifies everyone's life!

My question is: I've downloaded the map of Costa Rica from google maps but it's not detailed enougth, so I found this web site that provides a "layer" to Costa Rica's maps. It uses google maps and this is the URL to get the images: "http://crmap.com/maps/"+(a.x)+"_"+(a.y)+"_"+(b)+".gif".
Is there any way to download these tiles instead of google's?

I really need this detailed map!!! Do you have any tips? Thank you very much in advance!!

The projection seems to be exactly the same as google maps so it should be relatively easy to use these tiles:
http://mt2.google.com/mt?n=404&v=w2.74&hl=en&x=8727&s=&y=15474&zoom=2&s=Ga
http://crmap.com/maps/8727_15474_15.gif

Perhaps in7ane could look in to it...

Arkymedes

June 2nd, 2008, 09:02

Hello all,

First, I just want to thank all the involved in this great project that is MapThis! and GMDL. It's just great tool and very powerful.

I have just some small questions:

What is the best way to create a map? I mean, I was trying to make a map of Finland, following all the directions and recommendations from this forums.

I checked the tiles that were relevant for the map, checked the 2x, 4x, 8x and 16x levels of zoom (since the 1x it's unnecessary in my opinion.) But the map it's just in a HUGE size.

I'm still figuring out how to make this Finland map without having to download Gigs of information.

The other question is about the Google semi-auto feature to retrieve the geodata of the selected area. I just don't find very clear how to do it and a bit confusing. Maybe someone can clear things out for me?

Once again, thanks a lot!

dave111

June 6th, 2008, 07:55

deniska

June 10th, 2008, 04:08

Hi i'm a newbie to Map This and In7ane tool.

I'm trying to download map of Bangkok Thailand using in7ane.

When I "Browse" to the area that i want the addresses are all displayed in English Language (which is what i want), but when i download the map it is all in Thai language.

I cannot figure out how to make it download the English version like in the Browse window.

(In the preview window it also shows the Thai language version)

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

The trick is to add another parameter to the tile URL. Consider 2 URLs below:
http://mt2.google.com/mt?n=404&v=w2.75&x=25536&s=&y=15119&zoom=2&s=Galileo
http://mt2.google.com/mt?n=404&v=w2.75&x=25536&s=&y=15119&zoom=2&s=Galileo&hl=en

Note that the second URL is ending with language definition parameter: hl=en...

The easiest way to make it work with gmdl is to attach this parameter to the version number (in the top left edit box: w2.75&hl=en (next to Google Map radio button)... To check that it's working just hit the preview button

Airwave

June 10th, 2008, 21:32

Hi In7ane or Deniska,

http://www.axelrichteronline.eu/Fotos/erlebnisse/Radtour%20DD/CIMG2141.jpg

i use mapthis and your tool with my bike ;) but a usefull idea that i have, is that possible to implement a third line in directionsearching. for example i have have a prefer place and ride over there.for example i will from point 1 to point 3 but i will ride over point 2.

Second question.I use mapthis very often to discover new places;) but its hard to dictionary all function of the great tool. i dont understanding really the things with the mapcrusher ;) all things going right directions or maploading,but is that possible to combine maptiles from different downloaded maps?for example i will from east germany straight ahead to north, but i cant load all 600 kilometr so i would load only the tiles where goning the roads and the ways. what can i do to save memory of my card;)

thanks

deniska

June 11th, 2008, 05:16

tttyyyyyyyy

June 11th, 2008, 12:38

Hi, I tried registering to this forum but the authentication image doesn´t show so thats why I´m using bugmenot username.

Anyway, my question is how to use png - tiles on a website? I know there is a folder named mashup in the Windows maps download tool where there is a template for website. Problem is that it doesn't show the tiles which I have extracted with windows maps download tool to subfolder named tiles. Is the structure according to Tile Map Service (TMS)?

What changes do I need to make to the code in order to get png tiles showing in website?

dave111

June 12th, 2008, 16:24

The trick is to add another parameter to the tile URL. Consider 2 URLs below:
http://mt2.google.com/mt?n=404&v=w2.75&x=25536&s=&y=15119&zoom=2&s=Galileo
http://mt2.google.com/mt?n=404&v=w2.75&x=25536&s=&y=15119&zoom=2&s=Galileo&hl=en

Note that the second URL is ending with language definition parameter: hl=en...

The easiest way to make it work with gmdl is to attach this parameter to the version number (in the top left edit box: w2.75&hl=en (next to Google Map radio button)... To check that it's working just hit the preview button

Thanks man! works like a charm...

Scubix

June 13th, 2008, 08:54

Airwave

June 14th, 2008, 11:29

1)Another arrow is not hard to do, but since it's not the frequently requested feature, I doubt I'd ever implement it..
2) gmdl allows you to cut out certain parts of the map OR certain zooms.. This should help to reduce your map size.. Then there is a compression tool to cut off another 20% if needed... Read up the forums and the manuals/readme to gmdl

thanks deniska, i try your tip,this works good, you mean the gpsfs utility.

deniska

June 14th, 2008, 17:05

Is GMDL still working for Google Maps ? Yesterday, while i was ddownloading some Hybrid maps from Google of Lanzarote, it stopped working. It kept telling me i was missing 35 tiles.

When i paste the url from the ERROR.LOG in a browser, i get an error about automated downloads.... I think they blocked GMDL completely and changed their tile downloading stuff :(

Even preview in GMDL stays empty.
it is always been a case with Google satellite imagery - they have a pretty small quota... all you can do is to try to continue to download the same map next day.. there is a feature in the program - to check/repair the map

Scubix

June 17th, 2008, 08:43

it is always been a case with Google satellite imagery - they have a pretty small quota... all you can do is to try to continue to download the same map next day.. there is a feature in the program - to check/repair the map

Yeah, thanks, it seems to work again. However, the resume function never works.

How does it exactly work ? GMDL always crashes completely when i try to resume by selecting the folder tru "download the map" or "Pull tiles".

I need the complete sat map of Lanzarote. I have it upto 4x without problems (proxy). But i wanted to try and get the 2x and 1x too.

Is it possible to "Combine" maps ? I mean, can i start to download 1 tile at zoom level 2x or 1x. The next day i select the next tile, and so on.
When i hopefulle get enough tiles, can i just copy them all in 1 folder and create the map then ? If so, how should the folders be called ? All i see is 000, 001, 002, ..... but i have no idea what tile needs what number...

AKazak

June 17th, 2008, 20:42

Have a problem with map download resume function:

System.FormatException: Входная строка имела неверный формат.
в System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
в System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
в System.Int32.Parse(String s)
в GMDL.GMdl.SetILxyGF() в C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\GMDL\GMdl.cs:строка 6587
в GMDL.GMdl.bPF_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) в C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\GMDL\GMdl.cs:строка 587
в GMDL.GMdl.EasyMode_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) в C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\GMDL\GMdl.cs:строка 1677
в System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
в System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
в System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventAr gs mevent)
в System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
в System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
в System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
в System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
в System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.O nMessage(Message& m)
в System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.W ndProc(Message& m)
в System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Any suggestions?

AKazak

June 18th, 2008, 15:34

Could you help me please to launch resume option?...

Scubix

June 19th, 2008, 11:07

Could you help me please to launch resume option?...

I think i found out the problem wit the resume. You first need to fill in zoom, X, Y and min zoom in the ADVANCED PANEL (bottom LEFT), before you even try to resume. When you do that, it seems to work fine for me.

AKazak

June 21st, 2008, 07:34

You first need to fill in zoom, X, Y and min zoom in the ADVANCED PANEL (bottom LEFT), before you even try to resume.

Thank you! It works!
:thumbup:

in7ane

July 9th, 2008, 11:35

GMDL 0.5.06b
http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl.html

Changes (a bug fix release):

Scubix, AKazak, Resume functionality (previously broken by the addition of FreeMap.co.il) is now fixed. Thanks for reporting this, and sorry for the obvious bug.

F_I_N_E-[DM], Costa Rica (crmap.com) has been added as a source.

dave111, Google now has the English version of the map as the default (switch back to the local language by unchecking the en checkbox)

Save 8192x8192 Tiles, under View, now have x&y swapped (for convenience)

Let me know if I've missed anything.

driven905

July 23rd, 2008, 15:47

Great tool! Works great!

i have a question tho, is there software out there for a Windows Mobile powered PDA to view the GPSFS files? or to view the tiles?

i realize this mite not be the best place to ask, but mite as well give it a try ...

thanks!

Airwave

August 5th, 2008, 11:05

Hi in7ane, i have one more problem at last time,since a few month i could generate any directions,but just in a moment is`nt working,i think its contexts with google or any
the problem is when i set the "from" "to"box can`t find any german places than before.

when i put the "get value"is stay "s_d" what happen?

the errormessage reportet xmltextreader.xmlloader.xmldocument

i thougt its contexts with you newer version but my older have the same problem.

i would from (for example)

Town: Bischofswerda Postcode:01877

to

Town: Ostritz Postcode: 02899

btw i know thats going any time before.

thanks and i hope of your help,

Lucky_Bastard

August 5th, 2008, 17:04

@in7ane

ygpm!

ruf

August 11th, 2008, 05:31

[QUOTE=deniska;191880]I provided a script (a quick hack to get restaurants from toeat.com):
./getrest.sh [lat] [lon] [map_size] [zoom]

deniska, how and were do you run this script? thanks again for the great work!

distermaer

August 16th, 2008, 11:45

Whenever I try to process the map for iPhone it states this error message everytime:

************** Exception Text **************
System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.48.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
File name: 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.48.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139'
at GMDL.iPhoneF.Process_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventAr gs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.W ndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
Global Map Download Tool
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.13357
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.13357
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/gmdl0.5.07a/GMDL/bin/Debug/Global%20Map%20Download%20Tool.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Data
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_64/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

What should I do now?

Thanks in advance,
Distermaer

diablo79

August 18th, 2008, 17:02

:thumbup:hello there :thumbup:
Can someone post a good link for map this (new version) since i cant download it from eny link all likns look r broke
and some kind og guide

Im getting Holux M 1000 on the nex few days and i will like to be ready when it gets

Tx for all u help

PunterHunter

August 25th, 2008, 10:09

Hi All,

Relatively new to the land of PSP although have some knowledge of PC's etc..

I've got a Holux GPSlim236, I've ordered a cable, I've downloaded MapThis! and I have TomTom 6 on my PDA. I've searched the net to see if it is possible to use TomTom maps with the PSP/ MapThis!, but I think that might just be an urban myth, so I've looked into (or trying to) using MapThis!, but so far I've had no success in getting the maps sorted (think it's beyond my capabilities).. I guess what I'm asking here is.. are there any maps already generated that I can download from somewhwre/ someone?

Any help or advice would be really appreciated ;0)

Danielku15

September 5th, 2008, 15:33

With the current version of GMDL its not possible to download maps of google maps. You only get a message: "Something not quite right with this page..."

I took a look in the source and found the problem. A FormatException is thrown in the Int32.Parse method. Google changed the format of their Urls.

Old:
http://mt1.google.com/mt?n=404&v=w2.63&x=9&y=12&zoom=12&s=Galileo

New:
http://mt2.google.com/mt?v=nq.83&hl=de&x=2&y=4&z=4&s=Ga

zoom= changed to z= and the n= parameter is missing.

In addition the source is horrible. Labels are used for string storage, names of UI elements and variables are often nonsense. But ok: It works. so far.

But there is a bug in the URL parse function of the Google Maps part. You are trying to get the URL Parameter values through an index-of algorithm. You search for an & after the x=, y=, zoom= strings. But its possible that there is no & after this parameters because of the ending url with an ".

There is a link in this format at the beginning:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.0625,-95.677068&spn=44.928295,64.160156&z=4

I've written a new parser using regular expressions:
GMdl.cs -> GetNumbers() (Line: 402)

else // google
{
// Get all Links
StringCollection resultList = new StringCollection();
try
{
Regex regexObj = new Regex(@"((?#protocol)https?|ftp)://((?#domain)[-A-Z0-9.]+)((?#file)/[-A-Z0-9+&@#/%=~_|!:,.;]*)?((?#parameters)\?[-A-Z0-9+&@#/%=~_|!:,.;]*)?", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
Match matchResult = regexObj.Match(page);
while (matchResult.Success)
{
resultList.Add(matchResult.Value);
matchResult = matchResult.NextMatch();
}
}
catch (ArgumentException)
{
// Syntax error in the regular expression
}

// Iterate all images and search for minimum zoom
foreach (var s in resultList)
{
try
{
// Search for Minimum Zoom
string z = Regex.Match(s, "z=([0-9]+)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase).Groups[1].Value;
int iz = Int32.Parse(z);
min_zoom = Math.Min(iz, min_zoom);
}
catch (ArgumentException)
{
// Syntax error in the regular expression
}
}

// Iterate all Images and search for min and max x and y for minimum zoom
foreach (var s in resultList)
{
try
{
// Get Zoom
string z = Regex.Match(s, "z=([0-9]+)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase).Groups[1].Value;
int iz = Int32.Parse(z);
// Is Minimum Zoom?
if(min_zoom == iz)
{
// Get x and y
string x = Regex.Match(s, "x=([0-9]+)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase).Groups[1].Value;
int ix = Int32.Parse(x);
string y = Regex.Match(s, "y=([0-9]+)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase).Groups[1].Value;
int iy = Int32.Parse(y);

min_x = Math.Min(ix, min_x);
max_x = Math.Max(ix, max_x);

min_y = Math.Min(iy, min_y);
max_y = Math.Max(iy, max_y);
}
}
catch(ArgumentException)
{
// Syntax error in the regular expression
}
}

if (MapType() == "iFMnpe")
{
int cen_x = min_x + 1;
int cen_y = min_y + 1;

cen_x++;
cen_y++;

decimal[] Bcoord = LLXY.getLatLong(cen_x, cen_y, min_zoom); // center of map if compliant2x2
decimal minlat = Bcoord[1];
decimal maxlon = Bcoord[0];

mu.latC = System.Convert.ToDouble(minlat);
mu.lonC = System.Convert.ToDouble(maxlon);
}
}

Of course you need to change the method which creates the Map-URL for receiving the images.
mapUrl.cs -> GoogleMap() (Line:384)

public string GoogleMap(int zoom, int x, int y)
{
string s = "http://mt" + RandomGoogle() + ".google.com/mt?v=" + iMversion + "&x=" + x.ToString() + "&y=" + y.ToString() + "&z=" + zoom.ToString() + "&s=" + RandomGoogle2();
Debug.WriteLine(s);
return s;
}

But this does not solve the problem. Because their is a bug in the calculation of the x and y coordinates in addition with the zoom factor.

I would love to fix this problems and optimize the code. But I need the knowledge of the google maps backend (How the x and the y values are calculated) and how files are written, gps data is calculated,...

It would be great if you can fix this bug.
You should open a google code project where you offer this project. there is no official website where you get information about this project. You can contact me if you want help for this project.

Greets Daniel

bradydo

September 6th, 2008, 18:55

in7ane, somebody, - Please fix the google map problem. I desperately need a map by next weekend! I'm going to Baja and gettin lost in Tijuna is no fun. I will donate money!
BTW - you're application is awesome (until Google maps screwed us over)

Sorry for posting this all over the place, just hoping the message gets out.

in7ane

September 6th, 2008, 20:46

Updated GMDL 0.5.07b, the problems were due to the fact that Google changed the way they number the zooms, so a few things messed up. If there are any remaining problems please let me know (for future problems - posting int his thread is the best way to report them).

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl.html

Changes:

- gps.txt (GPS path recorded by Map This!) can now be read in (Direction tab) and saved as a POI file for use with Map This! or as a KML file for Google Earth

- Fix for a change in the zoom numbering used by Google

driven905, there are no Windows Mobile readers for GPSFS that I'm aware of, I would suspect that there is something out there that can view the tiles (although probably wrapped up in a different container than GPSFS).

Airwave, try this and let me know which part does not work (it works here, so it's probably a page localization thing)

put in: Bischofswerda 01877 to Ostritz 02899
and click search maps - you should get the direction on the webpage

click Get Values
you should get
From: Bischofswerda 01877
To: Ostritz 02899

if you do not, let me know what localization you have Windows set to, type those in manually

click List, and see if it works

distermaer, this seems to be a problem with SQLite, judging by C:/Program%20Files%20(x86) - are you running on a non typical setup (not x86? 64 bit?)

Danielku15, the GMDL code is indeed horrible (although fixed for now - Google changed the zoom index so now it is z=17-zoom). Thanks for the regular expressions parser, I will incorporate it into the next version. As for hosting the project somewhere - google code is probably not the best choice since it is quite likely that they will pull it at some point (they used to be very hostile towards anything even describing how tiles can be downloaded) - any other suggestions, or a backup strategy if it does get pulled from google code?

bradydo

September 6th, 2008, 21:20

It's fixed! Dude, you rock! Thanks!

Danielku15

September 6th, 2008, 21:26

There are a lot of opensource repositories:
Sourceforge.net (currently unstable), Assembla.com

These all provide a subversion respository, issue tracker, Forums, ...

Trypa

September 7th, 2008, 00:12

Hi guys....

I trying to get the brazil geodata using the GMDL but I got a lot of bad querys...

Can anyone help me?

mikkvind

September 7th, 2008, 01:02

Is the WMS functionality supposed to work? I'm trying to get it to work with a wms server serving marine maps.
I have tried browsing the same location using the google maps and then entering preview window with not success.
It successfully retrieves the layers - but what should I do next?

hpghost

September 7th, 2008, 10:45

hi guys...

with the rev B I managed to download the maps and I have a folder with all the GPSFS (none to 4) + resume file.

when I click on iphone icon and the process I get the below message:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.48.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
File name: 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.48.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139'
at GMDL.iPhoneF.Process_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventAr gs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.W ndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
Global Map Download Tool
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.35274
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.35274
CodeBase: file:///C:/Downloads/gmdl0.5.07b/GMDL/bin/Debug/Global%20Map%20Download%20Tool.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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System.Data
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_64/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
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System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
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Microsoft.mshtml
Assembly Version: 7.0.3300.0
Win32 Version: 7.0.3300.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC/Microsoft.mshtml/7.0.3300.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.mshtml.dll
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1434 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

hpghost

September 7th, 2008, 10:55

hum...just tested on XP and it works...seems it is a vista issue.

vrspider

September 7th, 2008, 23:17

Hi everyone, this tool is very easy to use, but what I want more about the POI part functionality .
I wondered if GMDL could list the location of my own maps created by myself in google.( the current function is list the POIs by search some special terms)　．　
Hope I can get some solution from you guys. Thank you !

Airwave

September 9th, 2008, 21:14

Airwave, try this and let me know which part does not work (it works here, so it's probably a page localization thing)

put in: Bischofswerda 01877 to Ostritz 02899
and click search maps - you should get the direction on the webpage

click Get Values
you should get
From: Bischofswerda 01877
To: Ostritz 02899

if you do not, let me know what localization you have Windows set to, type those in manually

click List, and see if it works

Thanks for your help In7ane

now it works continue i dont know why(maybe with the newest version) but it works*g* thats important.....greeeeat.

love you In7ane:thumbup::D

jon_tokyo

September 17th, 2008, 07:31

Hi, I used the map pulling program before, like 30 days ago, redid my laptop and later my psp memory stick as well. Now trying to redo my maps for MapThis with this utility. For some reason (.net 2 is installed, and tested) I cannot get it to work. Every time I double click on the .exe file it says, Windows has found an error, and it wont :( work, blah blah. So I redownloaded it, same issue. :confused:Vista issue perhaps? Any help is always appreciated for these awesome bits of bytes :thumbup:

magnum76

September 17th, 2008, 19:31

I tried the new 0.5.07b and the tiles stilla rent showing? Any ideas?

crack_dhat

September 18th, 2008, 12:25

Good day Deniska. can you give me an example of the format in creating waypoints for mapthis!

thanks and more power!:)

piquadrat

September 19th, 2008, 03:20

Below is my preview 1x and preview 2x.
"Download the map" window looks the same.

WindowsXP SP3
Latest updates
GMDL 0.5.07b build 35274

Any ideas? What am I doing wrong?

MicroNut

September 19th, 2008, 09:07

Below is my preview 1x and preview 2x.
"Download the map" window looks the same.

WindowsXP SP3
Latest updates
GMDL 0.5.07b build 35274

Any ideas? What am I doing wrong?

Same thing here.... need help.

piquadrat

September 19th, 2008, 14:47

I think this is related to some windows updates I've done recently. Before that GMDL worked o.k.

allenneo

September 19th, 2008, 17:54

TO :Jeannette

Add mi in msn:[email protected] see if i could help

pang

September 20th, 2008, 08:15

All the maps that i am doing with this version are not showing correctly in my psp (They are flickering) any fixes please,

Also does anyone have London maps please urgently thanks [email protected]

and if we could make a post with all maps created everyone will enjoy others works and would have better quality maps for all instead of all working alone.

why should i waste time making a map when somebody else already did it and why should anybody else waste time doing maps whcih i already did

Thanks
Jason

nixgear

September 20th, 2008, 10:09

I get the same problem as piquadrat and micronut. stink

in7ane

September 21st, 2008, 00:58

magnum76, piquadrat, MicroNut, nixgear, there was another change in the way maps.google URLS are structured, a new version fixes that (0.5.08b):

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl.html

hpghost, jon_tokyo, unfortunately I do not have a Vista setup to test GMDL (I will get around to setting up a Vista VM at some point), however it is now compiled in VS 2008 instead of 2005, so 0.5.08b may work under Vista now (it has before at some point, so probably some update somewhere changed something).

mikkvind, select WMS enter the address, click layer: and select the desired layer (I guess you've reached this point if the layers show up ok), then navigate to the area in Google Maps and click preview - you should see the WMS server's tiles. However, not all WMS servers will serve tiles that are compatible (size, projection).

Trypa, the geodata from Google was more of a test, there is no way of making it reliable so the errors are to be expected (and you will get blocked by Google at some point).

pang, could you post the location and the map source (google terrain, etc.) you are using (also the Map This! version and the PSP type/firmware), this may end up being a problem on the PSP side.

crack_dhat

October 8th, 2008, 02:41

@in7ane

is it possible to incorporate the google map maker to the GDML? by the way, i live in the philippines and the street map on the google map is not updated unlike the streets on the google map maker

many thanks and more power!:thumbup:

in7ane

October 8th, 2008, 23:21

crack_dhat, Google Map Maker has been added, thanks for letting me know about it:

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.5.09a.zip

crack_dhat

October 9th, 2008, 14:33

wow! thats great! thanks a lot =) your creations are really amazing!

many thanks again!

Lucky_Bastard

October 10th, 2008, 11:27

@in7ane

finally got it workin' on openstreetmap. gracias!

Kheo

October 13th, 2008, 22:55

crack_dhat, Google Map Maker has been added, thanks for letting me know about it:

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.5.09a.zip

I'm trying to use Google Map Maker too, but it don't seems to work. Could you give me some informations on the usage of GMDL with map maker ?

I'm using GMDL to build map caches for iPhone/iTouch (like at least 20000 users) and I would like to add extra informations on my maps, like those available in Google Map Maker.

For example I was trying to add subways view of Paris on my map, but nothing appears in the extracted map. Any idea ?

pikantrop

October 15th, 2008, 21:34

hi

when I click on iphone icon and the process I get the below message:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.48.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.

To overcome this probem you have change in project's properties from "any CPU" to "x86" (build options, as far as I remember) and recompile it. Hope this will help you :)

rnelias

October 24th, 2008, 00:50

Hi in7ane,

I noted that the maps downloaded by GMDL 5.09a are being much smaller than the estimated size shown in the tile view. I downloaded the map for Austin/TX which in the tile view GMDL estimated the size of about 800 MB and, after the download has finished, I've got a map with about 162MB. Is it normal? Have you applied some compression method for the GPSFS files.

Thanks for your great application.

billy_1014

November 7th, 2008, 10:07

is this thing still available?
i cant get it ....

Nieko

November 8th, 2008, 09:45

See http://www.in7ane.com/psp/

Kheo

November 24th, 2008, 00:10

hi Insane, I can't send you a private message so I write it here.
Some iPhone users are sad because maps cache generated by GMDL are no longer compatible with 2.2 firmware. Database tables must had been modified.

Could you make a new version to support 2.2 iTouch Firmware ?

You'll find new maps caches here :
http://code.google.com/p/gmdl/issues/detail?id=1

Redart

November 24th, 2008, 11:02

No, tables are intact. It's the tile size. Now it is 128x128px, not 64x64 as before.
BTW, you can get converter form old to new format here (http://imapsmanager.com/mapConverter/Mapv4v5Converter.zip) (source code included).

in7ane

November 26th, 2008, 04:39

rnelias, the discrepancy happens in areas where there are not a lot of streets at lower zoom levels (since the tiles are blank and take up less space). Right now I calculate the estimated size based on the tiles displayed onscreen - I'm still thinking of an elegant solution to sampling the whole stack for a better estimate.

Kheo, due to exams it will probably be December, or maybe January, before I get a chance to modify GMDL for the 2.2 firmware tile database format. in the meantime there is the converter liked to by Redart. It also looks like the converter's author is planning to release a much more user-friendly tool specifically to download and build iPhone maps (this may also be faster if downloaded tiles are cut up and dumped directly into the database, skipping the file and the GPSFS stages in GMDL).

AdamRav

December 2nd, 2008, 20:29

CaN someone provide another download link ???

the one Nieko posted doesnt seem to be working

and does this work with Windows Vista???

pete69

December 24th, 2008, 15:10

I have amazing problem with map of china

When i try download map and minimalize the map enough to see all china and click preview i always see usa instead of china thats reallly weird.

When i try to use smaller map i see every country around china but when i try china i see usa again.

Simple question WTF. How i can download full map of china any hints ? :)

Thank you

tyhee007

January 4th, 2009, 23:38

Hi
I'm totally new to this and I'm not a gamer. I'm trying to download / save google maps to my PDA Dell Axim v51 for offline viewing and or GPS navigation.
I'm not sure if anyone can or wants to help me with this, but I have tried to get "Global Map download tool" to work on my Vista PC, with the following problems:
1. No Graphics and No Tiles are selected when I try to "Download the map"
2. Something about changing my IP address or what for several hours
3. A text file stating a problem with WMS Service

And What is GPSFS? Is that the file that I use to view the maps offline??

Any help is appriciated

Tyhee007

FFR

January 5th, 2009, 01:36

CONGRATULATIONS,

In7ane, it's a great work, I'm really surprised. Just a small question... is there an "easy" way to generate a calibration file for each tile? The GPSFS files are not explained in deep in the wikibooks, so it's a bit frustrating having your great software just for PSP
(I was thinking in Ozi and the like). Surely a deeper study and a bit of rev-eng may end with a simple script to generate the cal files needed, but perhaps you have done something into this direction.

Regards,

Carlos

mo.mashi

January 5th, 2009, 19:14

Hello IN7ANE,

thank you for this amazing software you have written, it is really fantastic.

I have two question for you.

QUESTION 1: The transport company of Montreal (STM), has map of the city with all the bus routes and metro stops on it. They provide it in a 4.5 meg .pdf format ( http://www.stm.info/info/reseau2008.pdf ) that has enough definition to be zoomed to street level. I would like to have access to it from my iPod but the file is to big to be loaded as a pdf. Is there any way of turing this pdf into maps tiles and then iphone maps cache?

QUESTION 2: I have made maps of various cities and I have even me a much less zoomed in map of the Eastern US and Canada. About 1 gig with a surprising level of detail (it's for all the highways and such). I have yet to see if my iPod could handle it. I will be making a map of Western US and Canada and I would like to know if there is a way I could combine the two maps. Is there anyway of overlay the smaller city maps in the big ones?

Thanks again! Keep up the awesome work!
Fadi

tyhee007

January 7th, 2009, 04:23

Hi in7ane,
Well I try one more time....
Is it possible to view the maps downloaded via Global Map download tool (the GPSFS files) on a PDA (Dell Axim)? If so what map viewing software do I need?
Thanks for any replies,

Tyhee 007

jetsfan0786

January 7th, 2009, 19:29

i try to create a map but i cant get the program to increase the size of the map in preview 1 it stays at 4x4 i need a big map for my area thanks in advance

rando

January 11th, 2009, 17:53

i try to create a map but i cant get the program to increase the size of the map in preview 1 it stays at 4x4 i need a big map for my area thanks in advance

Jetsfan,

I am having the same problem. Regardless of how far in/out I zoom or the location I try to capture, I am presented with only a very zoomed in 4x4 image when I attempt to do preview1x or preview2x. Please let us know if you find out what is causing this. Thanks!

in7ane

January 17th, 2009, 18:36

AdamRav, http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl.html refreshes to download the latest version of GMDL ( http://www.in7ane.com/psp/ sometimes also has the absolute latest alpha versions gmdl###.a.zip ).

pete69, a full map of China will be too big to download. The effect you are seeing is due to tiles on the right of the dateline being onscreen and getting picked-up - scroll further to the left (or click Advanced, Get Numbers and play around with the values).

tyhee007, I do not know on any other apps that read GPSFS, as for the download problems - it looks like Google blocked you for downloading too many tiles.

FFR, there are too many tiles to meaningfully tie them in Ozi, you can however Set Dir, click view and then GPSFS -> GE(S)O ... which will generate a Google Earth overlay (with each tile having lat/lon in the corresponding kml file) - the tile structure is in the Google Maps projection (conversion to lat/lon is well documented elsewhere). You can also Save 8192x8192 tiles from there, and tie them in Ozi (merge in Photoshop first if you end up with more than one), the corners are the same as of the top 4 tiles in the tilestack (top kml file).

mo.mashi, 1. Convert the pdf to a PNG, then follow the instructions at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Global_Map_Download_Tool#Creating_a_Custom_Map_.28 old.29 to create the GPSFS files which you can then convert to the iPhone format (let me know if you have any problems, this is quite useful so maybe I should document it better). 2. Theoretically yes, but in practice it will be too flaky to work (Maps.app loses the cache if you ever go outside the area/zoom).

jetsfan0786, rando, the sticking of zoom at a zoomed in level is due to Google Maps caching tiles, click refresh and then only zoom in to the area (what happens is if you start zoomed in and then zoom out the zoomed in tiles are still getting picked up to determine the location).

rando

January 19th, 2009, 06:53

Thanks for the feedback in7ane. I opened my regular browser and logged out of google. I then re-opened gmdl. This solved the problem where only a 4x4 block was being downloaded.

CLAUDIOGPS

February 7th, 2009, 21:19

tyhee007, I use GMDL, also for psp and Mapthis! and for make maps for Mio p350.
After dowload a map for psp, you can click on "view" and then on botton "save 8192x8192".
at the end of the process, you have, in the same directory of map for Mapthis!, one or more big images .png or . jpg that you can calibrate and then use with two software that I prefer: Memorymap and Pocket Compegps.
Memorymap use files.tif at 256 color, Compegps use maps made from files.jpg more fine to look.
Theese two software, that run under Windows mobile, unfortunately are not free.
Regards

mikasajo

February 13th, 2009, 14:00

hi, i have downloaded the latest version of gmdl. i used the new suport for google mapmaker. i noticed that the map creted by gmdl is not identical, some streets and land marks were not included in the gmdl map. thank you for a geate app it is relly helpful.

SchwarzeGeist

February 13th, 2009, 15:38

Hi there. I was wondering about something and did not have the time to read through 110 pages of posts to see if the question had been answered =P.

Is there a way to generate a database of residential POI's? i.e.: From house to house? I wanted to get the full commercial GPS functionality out of these awesome programs if it's at all possible. I would rather have this than going to the trouble of generating a single directions file every time I needed to get from my house to a friend's (or perhaps one of HIS friend's houses).

Is there a way to do this through the geodata that I'm just not seeing? I know it downloads the addresses but it can't plot routes.

binhusc

February 14th, 2009, 21:33

Hello there... congratulations for the GMDL, it's awesome.

I've been looking for geodata from Brasil and couldn't find it. So, I'm trying to make my own geodata file to use with MapThis! at the PSP. I've made a csv with these entries:
-26,3611103; -48,8101808; RUA AMABILE SEBALDI; JOINVILLE (SC)
-26,3586086; -48,8104450; RUA HENRIQUE WALMOR LENNERT; JOINVILLE (SC)
-26,3611196; -48,8114431; RUA LEOPOLDO VOOS; JOINVILLE (SC)
-26,3611866; -48,8101941; RUA SUELI MACHADO CARVALHO; JOINVILLE (SC)
-26,3601466; -48,8113671; RUA ANTONIA CORREA VIEIRA; JOINVILLE (SC)
-26,3554195; -48,8193221; RUA ABAETE; JOINVILLE (SC)

and converted to geodata.dat file. I put it at the PSP but I couldn't be able to find any of these entries. I've tried to type anything in the field "Street". There's something wrong with the entries?

Thanks!!!

buana07

February 21st, 2009, 01:48

hard to say, i think beginner like me to use that thing very hard to use that program

jmsgps

February 23rd, 2009, 19:27

Hi. I'd like to know if my PSP 3000 with 5.03 can run a Mapthis v0.5.20? Some restrictions?

forumacc

February 24th, 2009, 20:25

hello in7ane
there is a problem with directions for virtual earth now
when i try to create directions with virtual earth same problem
please fix it
thnksssss
i will wait for new version

herosaint

March 6th, 2009, 17:45

hello in7ane
there is a problem with directions for virtual earth now
when i try to create directions with virtual earth same problem
please fix it
thnksssss
i will wait for new version

i agree

there is a problem at directions at virtual earth

please help us..

CLAUDIOGPS

March 15th, 2009, 16:03

Hello In7ane,
Yesterday I tried to download a map by clicking on goole terrain, but the map I get is equal to google mapps, ie there are the streets and other indications but without shadow of terrain and level curves. Is an only problem for me or that option does not work on gmdl?
Good bye and thank you in any case, your program is wonderful.

Regards

alex_turco

March 26th, 2009, 13:36

Hi Guys,

I've read some posts about that but don't know if it was solved already. I'm trying to download hybrid google maps but once I start the process I only can see Google maps (only the streets) tiles at the directories.

I tried yesterday from home in a Vista PC and I'm trying now in a Windows 2000 but seems the same behavior. Does anyone knows what can I do to download the hybrid tiles and see it in my PSP Map This software?

Thanks in advance.
Alex

deuxfleurs

May 4th, 2009, 19:08

ginnz

May 5th, 2009, 21:44

deniska

May 14th, 2009, 14:40

ok,'

so im using this to ma maps for my area, but why in the world is it so slow?? i mean, ive had it running for 1 hours already and it is at 27% done?? i have a dual core 3.6 ghz system, its like its using 3% of my system cpu.....

and the maps final size is supposed to be like 2330 mb....
you can significantly trim the file size and d/l time by dropping most detailed zoom levels (there are options in the program to do that.

swkwwe

May 18th, 2009, 04:56

Hello!
I am a Chinese user. GOOGLE map of China recently updated, very detailed in all aspects. GMDL positioning operation to China. Click Preview to see anything, and how to do ah. I tried GMDL0.5.09b \ GMDL0.5.10a will not work.

swkwwe

May 18th, 2009, 14:12

psyoptix

May 21st, 2009, 03:23

I'm having a similar problem as swkwwe except i'm just trying to use plain (non-chinese) google. Even that preview is not working for me. Only the Satilite setting does but again only for zoom levels 3-7.

All i care about is getting a normal map (never mind geodata for now). But the preview always shows up blank and not a single image is downloaded from google. The program DOES work for some of the other map sources such as yahoo for example...

any suggestions? maybe google changed something on there map site which broke GMDL...

seryig

May 22nd, 2009, 20:53

i have the same problem with psyoptix when i preview, nothing shows up and when i try to download, no parts are downloaded. i copied the link of one preview image and pasted it to explorer. google error page came up and told me google has detected an automated something. so i figure google knows we download and it has blocked it.can someone help?

thamdx1

May 23rd, 2009, 14:09

in7ane

May 26th, 2009, 19:40

GMDL 0.5.10b

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl.html

iPhone screen can now convert maps to xGPS format - works with 1.2.7 - choose the (new) option

Goole Maps fixed once again (including for China)

I will try to get on to the remaining issues and questions in the near future.

swkwwe

May 27th, 2009, 02:08

seryig

May 27th, 2009, 08:12

thank you thank you thank you...

deuxfleurs

June 4th, 2009, 18:15

thanx :)

zeroimpl

June 7th, 2009, 21:28

Not sure if i'm using it right, but doesn't look like I can download the hybrid data for China (from the google.cn page). It seems to only support hybrid from google.com page, which doesn't have hybrid data in China.

sotodefonk

June 9th, 2009, 02:06

how can i get maps from map24? there are no option to select it, do i need something else?

Codaz

June 9th, 2009, 15:06

you can significantly trim the file size and d/l time by dropping most detailed zoom levels (there are options in the program to do that.

Deniska, since you are active here again, when does Mapthis development continue ?

Thanks !

herosaint

June 22nd, 2009, 15:13

How download the maps in google map maker? I want to download cyprus map but only there is in google map maker.

Can you help me?

Kupo24z

July 18th, 2009, 00:31

GMDL is broke once again :( cant download any google map...

DSpider

July 19th, 2009, 10:10

I've been trying my ass off this entire morning. You mean to tell me there's something wrong with GMDL and I lost 2 and 1/2 friggin' hours for nothing ?? Damn it. :( And all this time I thought it was because of .NET framework... Turns out it was a GMDL issue.

http://h.imagehost.org/0619/direcotry.png

Can't pull tiles, can't preview... And... "direcotry deleted" ?? lol You mean "directory".

binhusc

July 19th, 2009, 18:21

in7ane, I've fixed the downloading problem for the Google Maps and MapMaker (I hope you don't mind).

All of you that are getting error, you can download the GMDL with this fix from here:
http://www.4shared.com/file/119162321/33cef3dd/gmdl0510bbuild27199.html

DSpider, if I had read your post before, I'd correct the typing too, but I don't have time to publish another build now.

Note: it's only a new build since the real developer of GMDL is in7ane and the real site to download the versions from GMDL is http://www.in7ane.com/psp

helix1212

July 27th, 2009, 18:10

in7ane, I've fixed the downloading problem for the Google Maps and MapMaker (I hope you don't mind).

All of you that are getting error, you can download the GMDL with this fix from here:
http://www.4shared.com/file/119162321/33cef3dd/gmdl0510bbuild27199.html

binhusc thank you SO much for this fix. i beleive this is the problem most people are having. this link should be posted everywhere!.....until google decides to change their URLs again

amir_s_m

July 27th, 2009, 20:56

hey,I can't download hybrid google maps,can any1 help,I can download sat and maps but not hybrids!!!

maximus5961

August 3rd, 2009, 00:58

my computer is not loading maps from anny of the sites (i can see them but i cannot preview or download them) please help me:(

binhusc

August 4th, 2009, 14:01

Did you downloaded my version of GMDL?

Does anyone more has any problem when trying to download maps from GOOGLE options? I'll take a look at the other options as soon as I can. I runned a test on all GOOGLE options and all was succesful.

nours

August 5th, 2009, 22:47

Hello binhusc!

Thank you for your help, I had the same problem, I now can strat download maps!

My only issue is that my download speed seems to be very low, like 5-10k/s.

Any idea why ? I have a much larger bandwidth available, seems quiet strange to me.

Thanx again for your help!

binhusc

August 6th, 2009, 17:28

About the speed, I think I have some idea why. Will take a look but I don't think I could be able to modify as I don't know too much of C# but that's a good point.

Zubo

August 12th, 2009, 11:31

Hi all,
Does GMDL can convert existing cash to GPSFS ?
I have more than 16 Gb cash in 1,6 millone tiles, it is "QRST"- files jpg lied in 18 Zoom folders. I have
separate cash for satmap, hybrid.
is it possible ?

русский.

in7ane

August 14th, 2009, 16:46

GMDL .11b

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl.html

Google Maps fixed as a source (map, hybrid, China, MapMaker)
Output to iPhone fixed (hybrid and sat now work) - nothing done for OS 3.0 yet

(if somebody could upload a sample 3.0 com.apple.Maps.plist and MapTiles.sqlitedb, if that changed as well, that would be great since I think the changes are quite minor and would literally take a few minutes if I had the sample files to look at. I'm staying with 2.2 for the time being so can't just get them myself.)

- will address other questions posted here over the weekend hopefully

dragon92

August 15th, 2009, 15:39

...
Can you somehow integrate GMDL with software like ITN Converter,since editing the routes manually is a big pain in the...you know?

binhusc

August 22nd, 2009, 14:34

dragon92

August 26th, 2009, 18:33

I seem to be having problems downloading from OpenStreetMap...when I get the desired location and press "Pull Tiles" it automatically selects Google Hybrid maps...why is that?

Arkymedes

September 22nd, 2009, 10:42

Hello guys, I would like to know what are the recommended zoom levels in order to have a decent map visualization in MapThis! and at the same time a small file size?

Thanks very much,

/Arkymedes

Le Pimpage

September 25th, 2009, 14:49

Hello,
First I'd like to thank you, in7ane, for this great app!
I have one question and I apologize if this issue's been talked about on the previous pages, as I haven't actually read all of the 114 pages:
I use Windows 7 x64, and when I try to create the iPhone map from my downloaded files, it gives me an error that's attached to my message.
As I understand, this is an error related to the 64-bit environment I'm using. How can I sort this out and have your great software working flawless, as before, once again?
Thank you!

Le Pimpage

October 1st, 2009, 13:20

Doesn't anyone know a solution to my problem? Please? :)

in7ane

October 6th, 2009, 00:07

GMDL 0.5.12b - http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl.html

Confirmed as working with iPhone firmware 3.0.1 (make sure you click copy in, and use OfflineMaps_3.0_PREVIEW_iphoneos-arm.deb, move the map a bit if tiles do not load right away)

Google Maps Terrain (and others) fixed

binhusc's geodata changes from the 0.5.10b mod (southern hemisphere)

Le Pimpage, I think you may have to recompile (open GMDL.csproj and press the play button) for 64-bit (there is a free version of Visual Studio that you can do it with).

dragon92, OpenStreetMap works fine here, could you post step-by-step what you do and what happens

binhusc, your 10b geodata changes are in - thank you for fixing that!

Zubo, sqlite iPhone кэш в GPSFS конвертировать с GMDL нельзя, проблема в том что кэш использует 128x128 сегменты (а до этого 64x64), в то время как GPSFS 256x256, дополнительно проблемы так как кэш может покрывать не чётко определённые области.

Le Pimpage

October 7th, 2009, 07:02

Thanks for the reply!
I've tried doing exactly what you said, using Visual Studio 2008 C# free, and this is what happens when I try to create the iPhone file.
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8779/error2n.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/error2n.jpg/)

in7ane

October 10th, 2009, 14:12

Le Pimpage

October 10th, 2009, 14:26

Copying the DLL from x64 SQLite folder worked as a charm, and I think the map should also be fine in the phone.
You should include a readme file in the folder, for people with x64 systems, if they have the same issue as me.
Thanks again for this great software and for all your help!

dyckson

October 15th, 2009, 00:17

in7ane, did you took a look at my mods from 05.10b version?

I've changed something about the Custom geodata. I don't know if the GMDL is used only for map download for MapThis!. If it does, I think the Custom geodata from CSV will work only for north hemisphere.

As the results from my tests on maps from US and BR, I think my mods could help (I had commented one line at GEOmain.cs and changed another one in other place that I don't remember now). Could you take a look if you have time?

Tks
binhusc, i´m also from Brazil (Blumenau to be exactly hehe), have you suceed in generating geodata from custom csv´s in the latest version ? If so, from where did you get the info (city, streets and coordinates in Brazil) and if its possible, could you please post a sample of the code ? Tks.

binhusc

December 29th, 2009, 01:22

I have suceed generating geodata for Brazil. I will create some topic when I have more time to write it. :)

laichung

February 3rd, 2010, 02:01

Dear in7ane:

Could you please kindly investigate this map website http://www.centamap.com/gc/home.aspx and see if you could include this map in the GMDL. Many thx.

laichung

February 4th, 2010, 02:33

Also GMDL generated iphone map file zoom level is wrong.

The max. zoom in the original database is 19, but GMDL generate max zoom at 18

anilsoni

March 6th, 2010, 18:11

Le Pimpage, looks like it is an issue with the SQLite DLL, try this:

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.5.13a.zip

In bin/Debug replace System.Data.SQLite.DLL with the one from the directory 'x64 SQLite'

If that doesn't work, try, in Visual Studio:
1. remove System.Data.SQLite.DLL from References (solution explorer, on the right)
2. from the Project menu select Add Reference, then Browse then Add, and re-add System.Data.SQLite.DLL (the x64 one), then press 'play' so it builds the exe again

Please post your results if either of these works/doesn't, if nothing works I'm going to try to go through the documentation at sqlite.phxsoftware.com eventually.

Dear in7ane,
I am also using Windows 7 64 bit.

I tried to replace the file by the one given by you but I still cannot convert the GPSFS to 64x64 iPhone tiles in an SQlite DB. I am kinda giving up now as it takes a long time to download and then with this error it all shuts off.
I do not understand the Visual Studio soultion....little hitech for me. Is there another way to address this. Can I use the GPSFS, GPSFS1, GPSFS2...files stored again for conversion or I have to download the maps again.
Please help

arvindh

March 11th, 2010, 18:29

Has anyone created Geodata for canda? it seems that Mapthis! supports US adress only natively...

Andy386

March 11th, 2010, 19:05

Hi there!
I want to load a map of andalucia, but i dont want to load all the water around.

In my version (5.12b and 5.13a) the preview-screen, where I can deselect areas, is too small to print out even a quater of andalucia... Is there a workaround?

Andy386

March 13th, 2010, 16:04

Well guys, I got it anyway. Water areas dosen't matter for file size, cause they only exists in low resolution!

pig101

March 22nd, 2010, 10:21

this is a nifty program but can you make the image size more compact less space?my psp dont have much memory. i want to get the whole philippines map. help?

in7ane

April 30th, 2010, 19:55

GMDL 0.5.13b

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl.html

Pushing out a new version to draw a line under a bunch of minor updates. I am about to relocate abroad, so I will not have a chance to go through the forum messages right now (but I will get to them eventually). If something major breaks submit an issue on http://code.google.com/p/gmdl/

Changes:
Kosmsnimki in the process of being fixed
New custom sources and browser being worked on
x64 support (replace System.Data.SQLite.DLL in the Debug directory with the one from the "x64 SQLite" directory)
Google Maps Terrain fixed again (Mar 23, 2010)
Random tile delay (optional, on average 0.075sec)
More informative progress message (time remaining, tiles missed, updates when done)
Detail selection screen improvements (button to uncheck all, number of tiles)
Export of Transit Maps (iPhone app) compatible tiles from the View screen
Google Transparent source (just the streets part of hybrid, useful for Google Earth overlays (note: GPSFStileserver keys on the map directory having "transp" in its name for non-overlapping display))
Separate app: GPSFStileserver 0.3a (an http-server to serve GPSFS files as tiles and KML for Google Earth overlays) on http://www.in7ane.com/psp/

tomytwister

June 23rd, 2010, 14:00

why is the map download so big

BETONG

July 7th, 2010, 01:24

BETONG

July 7th, 2010, 04:05

Hello and gud day deniska,

Ive got a psp fat and a generic low powered usb gps and I have been fascinated that this two can hook up.

Can this be really possible? IVE GOT CFW 5.5 and since yesterday searching for ways to do this. thanks for dropping bye.

:)

Well now ive got the mapthis 5.10 appearing very cool on my psp fat. now the next step-getting the generic usb gps connect to mini usb of psp.

dmdrewitt

August 4th, 2010, 10:04

I'm a newbie, but want to download the Orlando area for a trip from UK so that I can use it offline when in USA.

I can't seem to figure out how to customise the required area. The default area takes a very small area from the preview map.

Please could someone help, or direct me to a detailed tutorial.

David

DiscoJag

September 3rd, 2010, 21:41

First off, let me say I'm a noob :D I have just gotten into PSP homebrew - by accident - but it's great ! And thanks so much to Deniska and in7ane. I got the MapThis! and GMDL working and it's incredible. I'm trying to turn my PSP into a decent GPS device. The only questions I have (right now) are 1) can you use the maps compressed by the GMDLUtil in MapThis! with no problems or slowdown ? (the maps are very large) and 2) I tried Nieko's getroute link/script and it's very sweet. How do I get a route into my MapThis! on the PSP ? Do I download the HTML file and put it in the map directory ? Thanx much !!

DiscoJag

September 3rd, 2010, 22:11

Oops ! I jst found the answers in the "Yet another FAQ for MapThis! thread. Excuse please.:(

supamontsta

September 15th, 2010, 04:28

hey just a though... if you made this little thing an eboot, with a simple set of tools, well... this site would be loaded with uploaded maps like crazy. whataya thing?

supamontsta

September 16th, 2010, 15:06

Uh Oh! I just found psp-maps 2.2 has gps-290 support. dig this. you can use google, yahoo maps, virtual earth,and open street map. you can cache up to 9 zoom levels, cache size up to 32 Gb, save up to 99 favorite maps and you get these maps cached just by going online with the app and viewing, caching and saving desired maps. take it to the street and it auto focuses on your position using your gps module. !!WOW!! just what i was looking for. an all in one, psp map finder and utilizer. way way easier. sorry guys. great work though.

zuluman

September 24th, 2010, 18:50

Anyone know where I can get a compiled version that actually works on 64-bit? Keep getting the "unhandled exception" error.

zuluman

September 24th, 2010, 20:22

Okay, the unhandled exception I'm getting isn't restricted to 64-bit. Seems Google changed something in Maps.

Here is the full error:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.65.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'System.Data.SQLite, Version=1.0.65.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=db937bc2d44ff139'
at GMDL.iPhoneF.Process_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventAr gs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.O nMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.W ndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
Global Map Download Tool
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.19340
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.19340
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Darlyn/Downloads/GMDL/obj/Debug/Global%20Map%20Download%20Tool.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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System.Data
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
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Microsoft.mshtml
Assembly Version: 7.0.3300.0
Win32 Version: 7.0.3300.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC/Microsoft.mshtml/7.0.3300.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.mshtml.dll
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System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.