MAP THIS! version 0.461S (beta) with support for PSP-290 GPS accessory

[bigsness]

To my best knowlege there is no reliable free data nor open source implementation of route calculation feature.
Of course this question was answered a number of times already which leads me to a following request:

I need someone, who wants to contribute to this project to browse the forums and compile a list of FAQ with the answers...

I will take a crack at this for you.

[bigsness]

On a separate note, I'm trying to create a geodata.dat file using Cygwin but kept getting error. Has anyone successfully created a geodata.dat file?

I copied the geocoder folder from MapThis_0.46 to the /home folder in Cygwin and using this command at the prompt (while in the /geocoder folder),

./geo-map.sh CA.

and I am getting this,

rm: cannot remove 'temp': No such file or directory
./geo-map.sh: line 10: wget: command not found
Extracting tiger data 17:20:47
find: ./temp: No such file or directory
\nCreating zip files...
cat: ./tmp.932/*.step1: No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove './tmp.932/*.step1': No such file or directory

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You need to install 'wget' in cygwin. Which is why you get this error: ./geo-map.sh: line 10: wget: command not found.

[Zoen]

ok got the geo-map thing working thanks bigsness

[zsc]

you got the LOOKUP working? The Reverse LOOKUP works for me. But my PSP keeps shutting down when I try to look up an address.

Also, I still cannot seem to get any usbgps.prx (other than 2.71 usbgps.prx) working. I haven't got the GPS module yet, Play-Asia aint shipping it out for another 2 weeks. So, could that be the reason it's not working? Could anyone else confirm by running 3.00+ usbgps.prx without the GPS module?

[Zoen]

i havent got it all working yet, still working on getting all the right files when i do i'll let you know how it works



edit- after running the command ./geo-map.sh OH in Cygwin and downloading all the stuff from census.gov i have in my folder a 1KB geodata.dat file so i dunno what im doing

[nikko74]

OK, it's finally working... I'm using an euro PSP, with a jap PSP-290 receptor, and both fw 3.03 prx. I live in France. Except the fact that the red marker is often "in the neighborhood" of the road (not exactly over, but perhaps it's because i tried it in my small village, in the Alps... Thanks GoogleMap !), i can tell you it's fine ! Just a question :
In Mapthis, i must begin to select 'GPS INFO' untill Sats are in view (7 or 8, great !) and fixed (never more than 3 or 4, but it's enough), then pushing SELECT to go back to the map. If i don't do that, my psp crashes after 5 or 10 minutes... Is it normal ?

Best regards, Deniska, and thanks a lot for this great work !:thumbup: :thumbup:

[zsc]

maybe Ohio is really small...not too many people. just kidding, I'm compiling CA right now. The two geodata.dat files i downloaded were both 24.3MB, i'll try OH afterward.

[zsc]

Finished compiling, got a geodata.dat with size 1kb, and about 300MB in a temp folder.

Anyone knows why?

[wmwoon]

is it me or is it juz the location? coz here in singapore, i can't get any fix at all...hmm...
still trying though...

[dcemuUser25]

Try to change INITLOCATION variable in the system.conf and see if you get better results..

Hi Deniska,

I have tried all the values and nothing seems to help. The green proggie is still faster at all times.

In any case, if I wait a while, I can still get a fix, just slower. Another problem is when I add waypoints, the program just crashes. Has this problem already been known?

Thanks.

[A Fn NOOB]

I need someone, who wants to contribute to this project to browse the forums and compile a list of FAQ with the answers...

You need to get some moderator-types in here to clean/sort these forums up. I imagine that when they release the US version, this place will be become (more of) a zoo.

Get some of those folks that like to put up Stickys and crap like that. :cool:

Call in for backup!

[A Fn NOOB]

To my best knowlege there is no reliable free data nor open source implementation of route calculation feature.
Of course this question was answered a number of times already which leads me to a following request:


Ok, this is a good point.

Having the maps and having an "indexable map" are two different things.

The major mfgrs of GPS software pay big bucks for their databases.

In the USA, our Govt has made available for FREE the TIGER databases (After all we paid for it through tax dollars) which is GeoData/Maps and indexes, etc. It is quickly becoming dated, though, as much of the information is from 1998.

I think that after everyone is up and running smoothly, it would be nice to see this morph into a project where the PSP community can contribute to the Open-Source-Maps 'movement' somehow. If enough people collaborated, the FREE map databases could potentially be much better than anything that the commercial products have to offer.

See http://opensourcegis.org/

[Lord Kung]

I agree with A Fn NOOB about the maps database etc. but for now I’ll stop testing. TMI for me:confused: . ‘This prx that prx, the other prx’… “after everyone is up and running smoothly� I will continue testing.

Another thing, I don’t have a GPS 290. I rather wait a little for now. Everyone complaints about the 290 reception quality. My personal (humble) opinion is that the GPS 290 was designed for pedestrian use.

Thanks again DenisKa… don’t stop the great work. :)

[larolf]

I have just upgraded to 3.03 OE-C.
Im using usbacc.prx from 2.71 and usbgps.prx from 3.03 OE-B
INITLOCATION=2, i found that 2 will give a better SNR
Fix is better with the new EBOOT.PBP
Sat in view: up to 11
Fixed: up to 5

Thanks again D

y0 matt! Could you please send me the usbgps.prx to me? or upload anywhere? It´s because I think I made a prx file from the official EBOOT.PBP and I can´t find a OE-B EBOOT.PBP with the PSAR file. Or else, If you could post the link of the eboot for download, I´ll appreciate.

:D

P.S.: I´ve downloaded the EBOOT.PBP from http://www.psp-hacks.com and those that are identified as OE types, I downloaded and when I tried to extract the PSAR it hasn´t inside the EBOOT.

[mattcl]

@hoax

Try this.
FREE (http://rapidshare.com/files/12675731/mapViewer.rar.html)

This where i got the filesbacc.prx from 2.71, then extracted my own usbgps.prx from 3.03 OE-B using X-flash program to do a memory dump, i took the whole Map Plus Folder to my friends place and the GPS didnt work on PSP (same Version as mine), looks like you may have to generate your own usbgps.prx ?

Good Luck :D

[larolf]

This where i got the filesbacc.prx from 2.71, then extracted my own usbgps.prx from 3.03 OE-B using X-flash program to do a memory dump, i took the whole Map Plus Folder to my friends place and the GPS didnt work on PSP (same Version as mine), looks like you may have to generate your own usbgps.prx ?

Good Luck :D

Woooooooow!!! This link I saw a lot of times LOL
I´ve downloaded and tested many times and making PRX combinations. I´m using firmware 3.03 OE-C. The only that works is both prx from 2.71. So, thank you very much for your help! I´ll try the X-flash! =D

Regards.

[zsc]

Same here, I'm running 3.03OE-C and can ONLY use 2.71 usbgps.prx and 2.71 usbacc.prx. Could someone else confirm whether this is just a coincident? Also, does it matter where you get the prx files? I PSAR-dumped my own prx's from US firmwares-2.71, 3.00, 3.01, 3.02, and 3.03.

[dcemuUser25]

Hi Deniska,

I have tried all the values and nothing seems to help. The green proggie is still faster at all times.

In any case, if I wait a while, I can still get a fix, just slower. Another problem is when I add waypoints, the program just crashes. Has this problem already been known?

Thanks.

Yeah, figured out the waypoints issue, everything works great now! I seem to get a better fix with location=-36, compared to 0,1,2, using a suggestion by a previous post. Else, all good. Cheers.

[pctechie]

I have discovered the reason why the TA-082 PSP will NOT interface with the PSP-290 GPS unit...........
The current TA-082 downgrader (to be revised soon) corrupts the idstorage keys (remaps those) responsible for the usb type B support. Thus Usbhostfs, Camera, GPS and PS3 connectivity have issues on TA-082 downgraded PSP(s).

Read more here @ MaxConsole forums and grab the fix:
http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=44318


PSP-290 is working on TA-082(3.03OE-C) now!!!!! :thumbup:

[wmwoon]

juz came back from the store..asked the lady about the PSP290...
she told me that she didn't bring any PSP290 because it will not work here in singapore...
is it true that the PSP290 works only in certain areas?
coz' if so, i'm gonna ebay sell mine..

[pctechie]

WTF???? :rofl: There must be a secret, invisible, GPS-blocking cloud lingering over Singapore! Dude, these GPS devices are being used all over the world, just read thru the forum here. It's a GPS(Global Positioning System) device. However, being able to download maps for that region COULD be a different story? I bet what she meant was that the Maplus software will not work in Singapore.........what do you think??? Great news.........we've got MapThis! - thanks to Deniska! :thumbup:

[dcemuUser25]

Yeah, figured out the waypoints issue, everything works great now! I seem to get a better fix with location=-36, compared to 0,1,2, using a suggestion by a previous post. Else, all good. Cheers.

Deniska,

In the new eboot, when you mentioned you have changed the thread priority, just curious to know, if you changed the line

sceKernelDelayThread(995000);

in gpsmngr in main.c? was the value 300000, same as the green proggie? Thanks. Just very curious to know still why I get different performances.

[xDIJJx]

Hey Wen is all this cuming to britain, u c were all light years behind dwn here and i need to gt my hands on a reciever but no1s willing to ship em over. and im a begginer with psp hacking so can i get the mapping software for my psp version 3.02. details details...

[dartpsp]

No Homebrew on Sony 3.02 ... only Custom Firmware such as DarkAlex's O.E. (open edition) firmware.

[Jes1FromFL]

Ok, I've got my 290, but I cannot find the files usbacc.prx & usbgps.prx anywhere? Howcome they are not included and where can I get these??

[Jes1FromFL]

or at least a (working) link to 2.71 FW, as the one on psp-hacks is not letting me download...help!

[Jes1FromFL]

well, i just dumped the 3.03 instead to get the files..i'll see if i have sucess w/ them as others have..

[Jes1FromFL]

alright, i guess i need to fix my usbhostfs...anyone have better instructions on how to run the fix, as the instructions are extremely vague!!

[JingleBalls]

Jes1FromFL, its all in this thread. Please read more before posting.

And.... you do know you can 'Edit' your own posts?.....

[Jes1FromFL]

Jes1FromFL, its all in this thread. Please read more before posting.

And.... you do know you can 'Edit' your own posts?.....
hey jingleballs newbie 1 post - the thread is 28 pages long and i have read all of them as well as searched.

and for some reason i cannot start threads nor edit my posts any longer...? otherwise i would have started my own thread...

edit--

ahh. it was a problem w/ the new firewall i installed..had to allow the site.. schweet

[nikitenko91]

Ok, I've got my 290, but I cannot find the files usbacc.prx & usbgps.prx anywhere? Howcome they are not included and where can I get these??

you can get them from the 290 test thing just seacher it in therads thats how i got mine

[JingleBalls]

hey jingleballs newbie 1 post - the thread is 28 pages long and i have read all of them as well as searched.

and for some reason i cannot start threads nor edit my posts any longer...? otherwise i would have started my own thread...

edit--

ahh. it was a problem w/ the new firewall i installed..had to allow the site.. schweet

My post count should mean nothing to you. you've posted nearly 20 times, and in one thread you've spammed and asked things that have been covered a few time here already. its not quantity, its quality :P

Every question I had was covered somewhere on this forum, I havent posted anything as i've been reading up things for myself. :thumbup:

Deniska, your app is amazing. thanks for all you time and effort.

[slickz.my]

I would like to add my thanks to the multitudes of appreciation from psp users around the world for your homebrew. Personally I think you are up there with dark alex as one of the top homebrew developers for the psp. :D

The beta works as you had stated just fine. Here's some pics.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/slickz/PSP/pocGPS2.jpg


I actually joined this forum just because of this homebrew. If it werent for you I wouldnt have went out to brave the sun (gasp!) and the sun baked, car smoked city of my home country to find the gps add-on.



Just would like to report here a couple of things.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/slickz/PSP/pocGPS3.jpg
1. as you can see in the shot above, the arrow doesnt pinpoint exactly where I am. by right I was on the right side of the street, not inside the house. Could this be rectified by myself or is it a fault somewhere in the map creation? (GMDL 4.0b)

2. It takes about somewhere more than a minute to get a fix on a satelite if I'm stationary, harder so if I'm inside a car and moving. It detects just fine when I'm in the front passanger seat but is nearly undetectable when I'm in the back seat (car is a sedan btw). Do I really need line of sight to get a fix? I flip the antenna so that the gps logo is facing the sky as it seems to be the best way to get a fix.

I use 2.71 usbacc.prx and 3.03 usbgps.prx, the same combination that ninico reported success a couple of pages back.

[wmwoon]

WTF???? :rofl: There must be a secret, invisible, GPS-blocking cloud lingering over Singapore! Dude, these GPS devices are being used all over the world, just read thru the forum here. It's a GPS(Global Positioning System) device. However, being able to download maps for that region COULD be a different story? I bet what she meant was that the Maplus software will not work in Singapore.........what do you think??? Great news.........we've got MapThis! - thanks to Deniska! :thumbup:

dude, i would love to think so that there is a secret black cloud over at singapore...truth is, i dun get any fix from any of the satelites for nearly 30 minutes...MapThis! works for me but it doesn't get any fixes from any of the satelites captured on the list....i had totally no reception at all....the only thing that updates is the time....that's all...so am i missing something else? coz i've already read thru' the forums so many times...if only someone can help...

[Jes1FromFL]

So, my gps state will not turn on....can someone verify this is because i have a TA-082 motherboard?

[A Fn NOOB]

I propose that the forums be cleaned up and organized in this fashion:

1) Send everything to an "archive" folder for sorting

2) Create New Sections and Subsections:

1) Announcements
2) Hardware
a) Existing working configurations
b) PSP-290 Discussion
c) Serial GPS Discussion
d) General GPS related
3) Software
a)MapThis for Serial GPS
b)MapThis for PSP-290
c)Maps (In7ane)
d)General PSP (firmwares,prx's,etc)
4) Archives


Is there no experienced moderator-types that can/will do this?
Seems like QJ has about 50 moderators on the PSP section alone ;)
Of course, thats why Im banned there, they get power trippy.


Bye

[zsc]

deniska had asked if anyone would like to help him create a FAQ. Since you seemed to have so much time on your hand, why don't you give it a shot. Just type one up in MS Wordpad.

[zsc]

A little bit of trials and errors.

Running MapThis! 0.461S(beta) in 3.03OE-C, WITHOUT GPS MODULE (MAP MODE):

Trial 1:
- Running in 3.03 Kernel
- Using usbacc.prx from 2.71FW, PSAR Dumped using PRX Decrypt 27X
- Using usbgps.prx from 3.03FW, PSAR Dumped using C+D PSAR Dumper, WITH sigcheck

Result 1: Loading USB GPS module... error

Trial 2:
- Running in 1.50 Kernel
- Using usbacc.prx from 2.71FW, PSAR Dumped using PRX Decrypt 27X
- Using usbgps.prx from 3.03FW, PSAR Dumped using C+D PSAR Dumper, WITH sigcheck

Result 2: Loading USB GPS module... error

Trial 3:
- Running in 1.50 Kernel
- Using usbacc.prx from 2.71FW, PSAR Dumped using PRX Decrypt 27X
- Using usbgps.prx from 3.03FW, PSAR Dumped using C+D PSAR Dumper, WITHOUT sigcheck

Result 3: MapThis! loads OK, no error

Trial 4:
- Running in 3.03 Kernel
- Using usbacc.prx from 2.71FW, PSAR Dumped using PRX Decrypt 27X
- Using usbgps.prx from 3.03FW, PSAR Dumped using C+D PSAR Dumper, WITHOUT sigcheck

Result 4: MapThis! loads OK, no error



CONCLUSION: This may be the cause of 3.03 usbgps.prx not working for some people. As for MapThis! being able to run in 1.50 Kernel, dunno, everyone said that it doesn't, but mine does. By the way, Deniska did mentioned to use 3.03 prx, C+D psar-dumped WITHOUT sigcheck (click CIRCLE), my bad. Also, I am running MapThis! 0.461S in MAP MODE, without the GPS-290 module, still waiting for it from Play-Asia.

[Jes1FromFL]

zsc: do you happen to have the links to download the apps? thanks..

[pctechie]

@Jes1FromFL

Does your mail server allow zip files to be received? .........if so, send to me your e-mail address (via private message) and I will send you the complete Usbhostfs Fix needed for your TA-082, including a dump file from a working TA-079. One of the downloads available does not have the correct idstorage writer, which makes it confusing. Also remember, that this is not a 100% complete idstorage fix, but will get you up and running. Make sure that when Dark Alex comes out with the full fix, that it will work for those that are using the current fix. Otherwise, look for a modified fix here: http://www.stapol.biaklan.com/ Dark Alex will also have a new TA-082 downgrader - make sure to use it instead for future downgrades of TA-082(s).

[Jes1FromFL]

pctechie: u've got mail! thanks for the help...i'm dyin here! got all the sweet new gear & can't use it! tryin to get ready for my vacation..gotta download/make maps & all that jazz..but gotta get this sucker up & runnin 1st!

[zsc]

still need the files? um, what do you need exactly?

[pctechie]

@Deniska

I'd like to see an option when setting a marker that the distance readout at the top could be toggled to show feet as opposed to miles..........for example when using a marker to find out the distance on a satellite map of a golf course from position of the ball to the pin on the green. Thanks.

[chrisbond007]

So hello!
I'm french (so excuse me for a possible bad english).
First, thank you very much Deniska to be an activate member on the homebrew'scene.

I've order the GPS receiver (PSP-290)so i got it last friday and i was very excited to test it.

So i'm under the 3.02OE-B firmware and i've got a problem.

In fact, when i launch the last Mapthis, i connect my receiver, i push the square button to activate the GPS mode, then i go to "GPS info".

In this mode I can catch some satellite, so the mode is "on" during 20 seconds after "activating" appears and its bugs, i can't fix satellites.

To conclude, i've "on" during 20 seconds (1 minute max) after it's "activating" and nothing appears...I can't stay on "on"...
So do you have the same problem and can you help me, i hope, it's not the receiver which is "broken".


Bye ! see you later

[deniska]

So hello!
I'm french (so excuse me for a possible bad english).
First, thank you very much Deniska to be an activate member on the homebrew'scene.

I've order the GPS receiver (PSP-290)so i got it last friday and i was very excited to test it.

So i'm under the 3.02OE-B firmware and i've got a problem.

In fact, when i launch the last Mapthis, i connect my receiver, i push the square button to activate the GPS mode, then i go to "GPS info".

In this mode I can catch some satellite, so the mode is "on" during 20 seconds after "activating" appears and its bugs, i can't fix satellites.

To conclude, i've "on" during 20 seconds (1 minute max) after it's "activating" and nothing appears...I can't stay on "on"...
So do you have the same problem and can you help me, i hope, it's not the receiver which is "broken".


Bye ! see you later
I can't replicate this behavior with my unit.. so there may be a problem with your gps (check the connection - perhaps your usb socket is loose)

[deniska]

Just would like to report here a couple of things.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/slickz/PSP/pocGPS3.jpg
1. as you can see in the shot above, the arrow doesnt pinpoint exactly where I am. by right I was on the right side of the street, not inside the house. Could this be rectified by myself or is it a fault somewhere in the map creation? (GMDL 4.0b)

2. It takes about somewhere more than a minute to get a fix on a satelite if I'm stationary, harder so if I'm inside a car and moving. It detects just fine when I'm in the front passanger seat but is nearly undetectable when I'm in the back seat (car is a sedan btw). Do I really need line of sight to get a fix? I flip the antenna so that the gps logo is facing the sky as it seems to be the best way to get a fix.

I use 2.71 usbacc.prx and 3.03 usbgps.prx, the same combination that ninico reported success a couple of pages back.

1)My guess is that either the satelite imagery is not precise or you get "noice" - signal reflections from the buildings...
See if you can get imagery from a different vendor (especially if you get this position steadily)

2)Car's metal roof seem to partially block the signal (which in PSP-290 case is not high to begin with) If you really looking for a GPS solution for a car - I would go with holux 236 - it's more sensitive to begin with and has a socket for external powered (optional) antenna to further boost the reception streinght.

[deniska]

Deniska,

In the new eboot, when you mentioned you have changed the thread priority, just curious to know, if you changed the line

sceKernelDelayThread(995000);

in gpsmngr in main.c? was the value 300000, same as the green proggie? Thanks. Just very curious to know still why I get different performances.

In MapThis I check the gps data every second and the green progie dow it a bit more often (3 times a sec)
I doubt that it would make any different since the receiver updates data just once a second. Feel free to recomple with different values if you think this may affect anything..

[deniska]

juz came back from the store..asked the lady about the PSP290...
she told me that she didn't bring any PSP290 because it will not work here in singapore...
is it true that the PSP290 works only in certain areas?
coz' if so, i'm gonna ebay sell mine..
In theory any gps receiver should be able to work anywhere on this planet.
On practice.. there may be a few things that affect the reception quality... some areas may have gps jammers, so if you live near ICBM launch site you may have problems with any gps device ;-)
Another theory.. - perhaps the gps unit was specifically designed for "made in Japan" PSPs, ie any other motherboards/assemplies deviate from original spec and therefore produce some interference which affects the reception.

BTW, as a New Yorker, I can state that PSP-290 was definitelly NOT designed for big cities with lot's of skyscrappers and electrical interferences...

Just a few guesses ;-)

[dcemuUser25]

In MapThis I check the gps data every second and the green progie dow it a bit more often (3 times a sec)
I doubt that it would make any different since the receiver updates data just once a second. Feel free to recomple with different values if you think this may affect anything..

Thanks for the reply, deniska! I have tried to recompile and fix several times but I keep running into errors with the library (probably due to some incompabilities with using the mac platform)

Anyway, that's alright, it's just a thought as I noticed the function being the main difference (maybe you could help me compile the latest source with that changed :) but if you're busy, that's cool. Very appreciate your work thus far. Cheers.

[JingleBalls]

Deniska/Anyone,

My 290 has finally come in and ive run into a problem. Ive got maps all sorted, have prx's that work fine under the test proggy and load fine in mapthis but the problem is my psp with 303oec will reset as soon as a fix is made on enough sat's for it to start showing the co-ords, usually shuts off just after pressing 'select' to get back into the map view.

One thing ive noticed before it shuts down is the lattitude will show in the negative when it shouldn't be. Im not sure if this is the cause of the crash but would look likely to me with the minor exp ive had with the software.

ive tried adjusting initlocation with no luck. any ideas?

[nikko74]

I've got exactly the same problem, and yesterday it occured even with the green proggy. My opinion is the psp290 unit needs a lot of energy, because at this moment, my battery was around 45% charged when the prog freezes and my psp crashes...

[dcemuUser25]

Deniska/Anyone,

My 290 has finally come in and ive run into a problem. Ive got maps all sorted, have prx's that work fine under the test proggy and load fine in mapthis but the problem is my psp with 303oec will reset as soon as a fix is made on enough sat's for it to start showing the co-ords, usually shuts off just after pressing 'select' to get back into the map view.

One thing ive noticed before it shuts down is the lattitude will show in the negative when it shouldn't be. Im not sure if this is the cause of the crash but would look likely to me with the minor exp ive had with the software.

ive tried adjusting initlocation with no luck. any ideas?

Just a guess, your psp wouldn't be having a TA082 motherboard, would it? I recalled there was a post about this a while ago. I have neg. lat as well and it was good.

If not, maybe try with different prxs'

[JingleBalls]

Just a guess, your psp wouldn't be having a TA082 motherboard, would it? I recalled there was a post about this a while ago. I have neg. lat as well and it was good.

If not, maybe try with different prxs'

Its a PSP-1000 from original JPN release. Will try some other prxs and see how I go.

[JingleBalls]

I've got exactly the same problem, and yesterday it occured even with the green proggy. My opinion is the psp290 unit needs a lot of energy, because at this moment, my battery was around 45% charged when the prog freezes and my psp crashes...

Just tested with a 3600mAh battery at 100%, same problem.

I will concentrate on the prxs and see what I get.

Edit: Tried with the prxs from 2.71, quickly got a fix but then the co-ords were way off, pressed select and got a out of range error. it then reset the psp.

Edit: Tried different variations of prxs from all firmwares from 2.71, I either have an issue with the LAT/LON being way off, or LAT/LON is correct but lat is in the negative which it shouldnt according my my physical location. 3.02/3 gives me the latter.

[nikko74]

Tested one curious thing : reset your psp with the R button, to go to the recovery mode. Then select "configuration", "fake region" then "japan".

I've no more freeze, but just one sat in view (and no fix, of course...:x) when location value is set on 1, even in the green prog.

But it prooves that perhaps a jap receptor (as mine, cuz i live in France, and there's no expected release of the psp290 in Europe) MUST be used only with japanese psp...

... and my psp is older than those wich are TA-082 equipped, as yours (but mine is an european).

[JingleBalls]

Thanks for the suggestion but it didnt make a difference for me. The test program has no problems with getting a fix, a little slower with mapthis. Im hopefull that once I sort out the LAT to show '35.000' instead of '-35.000' then the crashing will stop in mapthis.

ill keep trying other things out, thanks.

[deniska]

Thanks for the suggestion but it didnt make a difference for me. The test program has no problems with getting a fix, a little slower with mapthis. Im hopefull that once I sort out the LAT to show '35.000' instead of '-35.000' then the crashing will stop in mapthis.

ill keep trying other things out, thanks.

This have been noted in forums already....

usbgps.prx from 2.71 fw seem to have a bug with negative lat/lon values.. this of course should not be much of a problem for japanese users, since they have it all in positives valules...

[chrisbond007]

Salut nikko74 toi aussi tu viens ici ? ;))

So Thank Deniska for your answer but now i would like to post a video which shows my problem with the apparition of "activating" in the GPS state :

here (http://www.cebe.free.fr/M4V20007.MP4)

So if people had the same problem please contact and answer me, thanks a lot

[DVBTPSP]

Hi Deniska,

when using "in7ane's" tool to download the google maps I have tried to deselect some of the map tiles with no success(all map tiles were downloaded if selected or not), have you or any other forum "testers" experienced this and if so is there a workaround?

Greetings

DVNTPSP

[zsc]

deselect? are you talking about unchecking the tiles in the 8x8 grid that pops up after you hit the "Download Map" or "Pull Files" button? When you deselect the tiles, that just means that you're not downloading the more detailed views of those tiles, but you're still downloading them, the not-so-detailed views that is.

And try going over to the GMDL forum, link below.

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=33068

[Jes1FromFL]

Thanks for the suggestion but it didnt make a difference for me. The test program has no problems with getting a fix, a little slower with mapthis. Im hopefull that once I sort out the LAT to show '35.000' instead of '-35.000' then the crashing will stop in mapthis.

ill keep trying other things out, thanks.

i'm assuming you did try the working tester program prx files in the map this prog..?

cuz that happened to me, so I just copied the tester prx files over to the map this directory and it worked.

[Lunatik]

All, FW 3.10 got decrypted, I wonder what changes they made to the GPS drivers, they probably enhanced the support for the 290. As I don't have mine in yet I can't test but it might be worth someone else to look at.

http://pspupdates.qj.net/We-kid-you-not-Firmware-3-10-decrypted-on-Day-0-/pg/49/aid/81155

[JingleBalls]

i'm assuming you did try the working tester program prx files in the map this prog..?

cuz that happened to me, so I just copied the tester prx files over to the map this directory and it worked.

yeah, the ones from the test package were the ones I tried first of all. It also shows one of the co-ords in a negative value.

[JingleBalls]

This have been noted in forums already....

usbgps.prx from 2.71 fw seem to have a bug with negative lat/lon values.. this of course should not be much of a problem for japanese users, since they have it all in positives valules...

Thanks but im having the problem with prx's all the way upto the 3.03 ones. My position is not in any negative values either, thats why im a little confused about this problem.

Tried 2.80 prxs, it no longer shows any negative values, but the LAT is shown as 394.*** instead of 35.***...
3.03 prxs again show the LAT as a negative.

[nicinico]

All, FW 3.10 got decrypted, I wonder what changes they made to the GPS drivers, they probably enhanced the support for the 290. As I don't have mine in yet I can't test but it might be worth someone else to look at.

http://pspupdates.qj.net/We-kid-you-not-Firmware-3-10-decrypted-on-Day-0-/pg/49/aid/81155

Tried and tested.
In my case, I Found out that 3.10 prx has a version check before executing.
Using a hex editor, I did change the version of 3.10 to 3.03 in order for it to execute on 3.03 OE-C.
Comparing PRX's (usbgps and usbacc) from this two FW's (3.03 and 3.10) only the version has been change.

Well, maybe you can try it without hex editing and see if the green proggie (I always test with this prog.) executes without errors.

[iangel]

Tried and tested.
In my case, I Found out that 3.10 prx has a version check before executing.
Using a hex editor, I did change the version of 3.10 to 3.03 in order for it to execute on 3.03 OE-C.
Comparing PRX's (usbgps and usbacc) from this two FW's (3.03 and 3.10) only the version has been change.

Well, maybe you can try it without hex editing and see if the green proggie (I always test with this prog.) executes without errors.

You are right, seems like $ony has patched their prxs and now usbacc.prx and usbgps.prx from fw 3.10 can't be used with mapthis and the green proggie...

[wmwoon]

dude, i would love to think so that there is a secret black cloud over at singapore...truth is, i dun get any fix from any of the satelites for nearly 30 minutes...MapThis! works for me but it doesn't get any fixes from any of the satelites captured on the list....i had totally no reception at all....the only thing that updates is the time....that's all...so am i missing something else? coz i've already read thru' the forums so many times...if only someone can help...

ok, here's something to share...it worked here in singapore too...with 2.71 usbacc.prx and 3.03 usbgps.prx, plus intial location set to 9 or 10...

results i got was hdop = 1.0 to 1.4
about 10 satelites received and at least 4 fixes...
map was accurate also...

hopes my testimony clears some doubt in setting the receiver and mapthis in some areas like mine to work...

tested in a car in the morning, to my disappointment, the car indeed is the culprit of bad receptivity...but as i had placed it further out on the dashboard, reception and fixing of the position was getting steady...

like wat had been said earlier in other's posts, spent some money on a good receiver than relying on the PSP-290...

[Lunatik]

You are right, seems like $ony has patched their prxs and now usbacc.prx and usbgps.prx from fw 3.10 can't be used with mapthis and the green proggie...

I imagine once DAX comes out with 3.10OE it will be usable again. I was just wondering if they made any improvments over the existing 3.03 drivers.

[dcemuUser25]

ok, here's something to share...it worked here in singapore too...with 2.71 usbacc.prx and 3.03 usbgps.prx, plus intial location set to 9 or 10...

results i got was hdop = 1.0 to 1.4
about 10 satelites received and at least 4 fixes...
map was accurate also...

hopes my testimony clears some doubt in setting the receiver and mapthis in some areas like mine to work...

tested in a car in the morning, to my disappointment, the car indeed is the culprit of bad receptivity...but as i had placed it further out on the dashboard, reception and fixing of the position was getting steady...

like wat had been said earlier in other's posts, spent some money on a good receiver than relying on the PSP-290...

Hi, I think the experience is different for all of us, really. Some of us do get better connectivity than others. Also, I feel that the connectivity of the psp-290 in mapthis hasn't been fully optimised. The test program for me could get a fix for 4 satellites indoor in less than 2 minutes, and connectivity maintained, while it will take 5-10minutes outdoors to get connectivity in mapthis with frequent dropoffs.

We can also account for the possibility of improved drivers in future firmwares.

Also, the attachment is more portable, drawing power directly from the psp whilst having support for future psp games. ^_^

[futaris]

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Google%20Maps%20for%20mobile

[wildon]

Got my first chance to enter in to the world of Home Brew. I have downgraded my TA-082 JAP PSP fw3.03 to 1.50 and to then 3.03 OE-C. The first thing i have done was to test my PSP290 with mapthis!

There was no problems at all ... It worked fine.
here is the screen

Well , The city is Bangalore, India

[deniska]

Got my first chance to enter in to the world of Home Brew. I have downgraded my TA-082 JAP PSP fw3.03 to 1.50 and to then 3.03 OE-C. The first thing i have done was to test my PSP290 with mapthis!

There was no problems at all ... It worked fine.
here is the screen

Well , The city is Bangalore, India
Nice!
I am glad it worked out for you!
Thanx for your help, btw!
How accurate are google maps in India?

[wildon]

Thanks Deniska... for all your guidance

[wildon]

Nice!
I am glad it worked out for you!
Thanx for your help, btw!
How accurate are google maps in India?

As of now it seems ok, and tonight i ll be checking it in more locations as i m planing a ride with my PSP . I ll keep taking the screen and if any probs i ll let u know

[rhipone]

Hi.
I have several problems with my PSP and my GPS-290.

I have 3.03OEC firm, but one of my friends use the program in 3.02OEB, I put my psp in 1.5,next in 3.02OEA, next in 3.02OEB but I cant use the program.

Now I have 3.03OEB and I have put my PRX with my psar in the folder, but when I execute de program and select my map( the map is in gpsfs extension) and put my gps on( with square button) the program cant locate me.
I use the fix of deniska for this version.

I find 3-4 satellites, but cant locate me.

What can I do?
Plz, If someone can use the program with officil GPS receiver, do you can put your folder in megaupload?.
All mapviewer folder except maps, plz.

Im spanish and I dont speak english very well, sorry.

[zsc]

Thanks for the heads up about the Holux 240/236 cable. Now, i'm starting to think that the holux receiver is a better way to go, especially since I have bluetooth built into my laptop. The holux 240 could take care of both the PSP and my laptop.

This is way off-topic, so please pardon me, but could anyone suggest a software to use with the Holux 240 on a Windows Vista PC?

Or maybe there could be a way to port MapThis! onto my PC, seeing how there's already a program to download the maps off of google/MSN.

Again, sorry for going off-topic, but i have no idea of where to even start looking.

I guess now I'll start watching the thread for the non-PSP290 MapThis!.

[bootspsp]

i am haven a similar problem as Rhipone. I can find sat but they don't find me..
I am in japan.
i know that my 290 works because when i use the gps test program i get a fix and it is very quick. I am also using 3.03 oec. I have used usbgps and usbacc from fw2.71.
i did get a fix with mapthis earlier today but it has stopped working again.

[bandit]

I'm getting the GPS receiver for FREE to review!! SWEET!

[hiddensphinx]

can this app automatically download required maps via Wi-Fi if the GPS unit is connected?

[deniska]

This is way off-topic, so please pardon me, but could anyone suggest a software to use with the Holux 240 on a Windows Vista PC?

Or maybe there could be a way to port MapThis! onto my PC, seeing how there's already a program to download the maps off of google/MSN.


Check roadnav (http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/)
it's free and it sure works with holux units
Not to sure about the commercial sw titles)

[deniska]

can this app automatically download required maps via Wi-Fi if the GPS unit is connected?
automatic d/l over wifi does not make too much sence - since most of the time you'd be outside the wifi coverage area... you could get a small map "manually" - ie you'll have to press a few buttons on your PSP... (this feature is temporarily disabled in the Sony version of the program though)...
downloading a big map over wifi probably does not make alot of sence - takes too long...

[gillberg]

Hey Deniska, I tried this with the latest release(geodata fix) and PSP-290 with 2.71 usbacc and 3.03 usbgps. I am from Queens, NY. It took me a while to get a fix at first; I went out to Victory Field(Woodhaven) got a fix pretty quick there, and it was working pretty good for me. I only lost connection when going under train tracks or indoors. Is my PSP-290 acting better than yours, or the same? I know you said you were having problems.

[deniska]

Hey Deniska, I tried this with the latest release(geodata fix) and PSP-290 with 2.71 usbacc and 3.03 usbgps. I am from Queens, NY. It took me a while to get a fix at first; I went out to Victory Field(Woodhaven) got a fix pretty quick there, and it was working pretty good for me. I only lost connection when going under train tracks or indoors. Is my PSP-290 acting better than yours, or the same? I know you said you were having problems.
It works about the same way for me in Brooklyn (ie I'd have to run to a field to get initial fix. Of course this make this recever very unpractical. I've already tired to PSP-290 units and the act pretty much the same....
I guess this unit was not ment for big US cities...

[deniska]

i am haven a similar problem as Rhipone. I can find sat but they don't find me..
I am in japan.
i know that my 290 works because when i use the gps test program i get a fix and it is very quick. I am also using 3.03 oec. I have used usbgps and usbacc from fw2.71.
i did get a fix with mapthis earlier today but it has stopped working again.
Although I don't dismiss the possibility that something is not quite right with MapThis' gps function, I still believe that most of experiences with bad reception are due to weak sensitivity of PSP-290 unit...
Please understand one thing (and you can easily verify it buy looking at green screen program) - satellites do move arround, and so the signal streinght, angles, etc do change almost every few minutes. Plus other things (like clouds, radio transmissions and so on) may also affect the overall reception...So yes you could get a fast and farely strong fix one time and then completely unable to get your position few minutes after...

Then again, if you 100% sure that you psp-290 gets fast and reliable fix for along time with the green screen program -please let me know - i'll look in to my code again...

[wildon]

Is there is any option to change time showing in "GPS INFORMATION "window ?

Now it showing (GMT) i want to make it +5.30 GMT

in the config.txt its showing that -5 is set

Also my GPS is working well........ now i m getting fixed to satellite under 1 min.. thats good news....

The Google Map for India - in which i tried Bangalore is not that accurate...

[dcemuUser25]

Hi Deniska,

Just to add my experience that I did test out the green screen program a lot. As a comparison, on the same journey, same weather conditions on a 20mins drive, I can get faster and reliable fixes on the green proggie compared to the gps in mapthis that frequently dropouts...

I really love your work ^_^ Without Mapthis, I think my psp290 would be useless.

Thank you.

[PSPLawyer]

Hey Deniska,

First off great work releasing MapThis compatible with PSP-290. I bought the gps unit the next day it came out (I'm in Los Angeles) and had no use for it until now!

I got it to work and it works great!! I was wondering if you are working on the ability to play mp3's in the background and also if you were going to implement turn by turn voice prompts?

Thanks.

Oh and do you have paypal to donate money?

[deniska]

Hey Deniska,

First off great work releasing MapThis compatible with PSP-290. I bought the gps unit the next day it came out (I'm in Los Angeles) and had no use for it until now!

I got it to work and it works great!! I was wondering if you are working on the ability to play mp3's in the background and also if you were going to implement turn by turn voice prompts?

Thanks.

Oh and do you have paypal to donate money?

No plans for mp3s... but, i believe there are plugins to custom firmware that allow playing mp3 on the background, there is also irshell...
give it a try and let me know if it works...

As far as turn by turn prompts - don't expect route calculation any time soon... reasons - no good free data and reliable open-source algorithms yet...
I tried to generate a short route with roadnav (http://roadnav.sourceforge.net) and it sen't me through enother state...

[nikitenko91]

i got the map this aplication runing and it comes with sample map of london tube, how or where can i get the maps of georgia?

[JingleBalls]

i got the map this aplication runing and it comes with sample map of london tube, how or where can i get the maps of georgia?

I guess your looking for the thread called "Windows maps download tool for MapThis! by in7ane" which is directly under this one.

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=33068

I think the steps of how to get maps using it has been covered in this thread and also the one that I linked to.

[Slamma]

Hi,
I recieved my PSP-290 on Thursday. Unfortunately its been raining heavily the last few days and I was only able to detect one or two Sats with no lock through the rain clouds.

Today the rain stopped and the clouds thinned a bit and I was able to get a quick and good lock on 4 sat and see up to eight.

I noted that during my testing that the PSP-290 is much faster to find sats that my BT-308 and in the rain my BT-308 couldn't recieve any better than the PSP-290.

My details:
My Location: Townsville, North Queensland, Australia.
Mapthis! INITLOCATION=0
usbacc.prx: 3.03
usbgps.prx: 3.03

I hope this info is useful to others and again I thanks Deniska and in7ane for their great work. I all I need now is Australian geodata. :)

[KaZx]

deniska love your program I am reporting that ive gotten the psp-290 to work with your program around the court buildings in down town Brooklyn around my house and then have it work all the way down court st but loose signal as i walk

but in Manhattan it difficult to get a signal unless im standing in the middle of the street

but i think your right about the psp-290 because when i try metal gear its almost impossible to get a signal then keep once i start walking around

ill try it out some more once it warms up a little

[bootspsp]

ok i am haven a lot more luck with mapthis. i have tried it about 10 or 12 times over the last few days. I am getting a connected 50% of the time but it takes upto 20 minutes sometimes. Once I do get a fix it is stable and very accurate and impressive.

I took it on a short car journey and it was "bang on"

However when i use the the green screen i get a fix less then 5min and sometime with in 2mins This has been ever time but once.
I have used the same usbgps and usbucc as with mapthis

I have tried 1 program and then the other. This has been done at different times of the day.

It is a clear sky and i am in rural area, in the car park. Phone reception is poor and there are only a few power lines and a 5 story building.

my co. are 138.674516 by 35.238831 and alt is about 300 which is very close to mount Fuji.

I am very impressed with mapthis and I do think that the GPS290 could be better.

I will continue to try the unit out in this area and let you know if there is any other problems.

Thank you

[JingleBalls]

Hi,
I recieved my PSP-290 on Thursday. Unfortunately its been raining heavily the last few days and I was only able to detect one or two Sats with no lock through the rain clouds.

Today the rain stopped and the clouds thinned a bit and I was able to get a quick and good lock on 4 sat and see up to eight.

I noted that during my testing that the PSP-290 is much faster to find sats that my BT-308 and in the rain my BT-308 couldn't recieve any better than the PSP-290.

My details:
My Location: Townsville, North Queensland, Australia.
Mapthis! INITLOCATION=0
usbacc.prx: 3.03
usbgps.prx: 3.03

I hope this info is useful to others and again I thanks Deniska and in7ane for their great work. I all I need now is Australian geodata. :)

Slamma, could you let me know what model of PSP you have and which firmware you are using?

I'm trying to solve a problem where my LAT is being registered as a negative value, im also in Aus so its good to know this isnt just coming down to my location. Hopefully ill narrow it down and get this sorted.

Cheers.

[Er_SeVi]

I feel it by my bad English but this time I have not had to which it translates to me in conditions. Possible serious Deniska that you made a version of last version of the Mapthis that showed to the speed in km\h instead of in miles\h?

Thank you very much for the program and your dedication.

[brokolli]

hello,
i am from germany and i have been waiting for this news for months . I have also ordered an GPS recever from ebay to try out MAP THIS. I am very exited if its gona work here too.
But i have some questions about map this.
1. how can i plan route ? can i type the route in the psp ? or do i have to do my route in google map ?
2. How do i use gmtl exactly ? there are so many options don't have a clue to use it :( . -if it is possible 4 someone please write a step 4 step using gmtl with screenshots-
3. is it possible to integrate a voice that will say stuff like " in 100m turn left..." u know what i mean ?
4. Is it possible to use mapthis without the GPS receiver ? it would be nice to use the map to find something without having the gps module with u.
5. How can i edit map this to change edit language ?

PS: sry for my bad english , since i left the shool 8 month ago i am beginning to forgett the words ;)

PS2: i will report my expereance when i get my GPS receiver, hopefully next this week.

[Slamma]

Slamma, could you let me know what model of PSP you have and which firmware you are using?

I'm trying to solve a problem where my LAT is being registered as a negative value, im also in Aus so its good to know this isnt just coming down to my location. Hopefully ill narrow it down and get this sorted.

Cheers.

I have an Australian PSP-1002 flashed with 3.03OE-C. I'm not running any other mods or any plugins.

To be honest I can't remember if mine has a negative LAT as I wasn't looking at it, but it was locating my position accurately on my map. I will check for you when it stops raining and clears up again.

Tho checking POI I made for Tassie I note they are logged as below:
-42.931165,147.351637,35_OAKLEIGH_AV_TAROONA,495_5B _4T_2C_,

The first no on all my user created POI are negative.

[dcemuUser25]

Slamma, could you let me know what model of PSP you have and which firmware you are using?

I'm trying to solve a problem where my LAT is being registered as a negative value, im also in Aus so its good to know this isnt just coming down to my location. Hopefully ill narrow it down and get this sorted.

Cheers.

JingleBalls, I am in aust. too and it's working good for me. My setup is usbacc.prx from the green program and usbgps.prx from 3.03. Mine's a 1002K psp with 3.03OE-C.

[icarter]

anybody tried this in 3.10 OE-A?

I am stuck at loading map when I tried. The psp just turned off when loading the map :confused:

[JingleBalls]

I have an Australian PSP-1002 flashed with 3.03OE-C. I'm not running any other mods or any plugins.

To be honest I can't remember if mine has a negative LAT as I wasn't looking at it, but it was locating my position accurately on my map. I will check for you when it stops raining and clears up again.

Tho checking POI I made for Tassie I note they are logged as below:
-42.931165,147.351637,35_OAKLEIGH_AV_TAROONA,495_5B _4T_2C_,

The first no on all my user created POI are negative.

Interesting, I may be looking at the wrong area the whole time. Could be a map issue instead of one with the PSP. Will look at using the updated map software when I get home from work.

Thanks for the info.

Edit: When making a POI I also see the LAT as a negative, but the main window shows the LAT/LON both in positive. This is looking more and more like something I can fix at the point of map creation. Will check my steps and see what I get. Thanks all for the help.

Edit: Ok, sorry to bore everyone but im 100% my problem was caused by me. Im still confused why making a POI will show the LAT/LON correctly, but the main window shows the latitude as a positive. I will need to look into the map creation when I get home.

Thanks again Deniska, you and your helpers have done a fantastic job with the software.

[JingleBalls]

anybody tried this in 3.10 OE-A?

I am stuck at loading map when I tried. The psp just turned off when loading the map :confused:

Same issue here. Its still beta so things like this can be expected.

Im sure a new build of either OE or Mapthis will come out to solve this. In the meantime don't upgrade your OE firmware past 3.03 untill there is more info.

Edit: The crash on the map load isnt consistent. Maps do load sometimes, but as said below can crash when zooming.

[bootspsp]

I am going to talk my mate into upgrading his PSP to 3.10oe later today.

I did try usbgps and usbucc from fw 3.10 when i was trying mapthis the first time.

Mapthis loaded the first usbucc.prx but the second usbgps.prx did not load.

I don't know if this has something to do with the files which are in fw 3.03 not being the same(usbgps.prx is bigger in fw 3.10)

[Lunatik]

Same issue here. Its still beta so things like this can be expected.

Im sure a new build of either OE or Mapthis will come out to solve this. In the meantime don't upgrade your OE firmware past 3.03 untill there is more info.

I agree. It loads just fine, but when I try zooming out then it just locks up. Very possible that some of the graphic API changed in 3.10 which is causing it to lock up.

NOTE: I just did another test and turned off all of my plugins to make sure there wasnt' a conflict and this seems to have fixed it. I would recommend doing the same.

[Killing2Live]

Hey, I recieved my PSP-290 not too long ago and my experience has been pretty good I live in Washington and the only inconvienence I have had is the unit not "fixing" on the satellites. After a little while i get somewhere in the range of 8-10 sat. but it will not get fixed on them. Is there something I have to do? The only way to fix this right now is I have to let the psp sit outside the car before I go and get it fixed on the satellites before I leave. After it gets fixed it works great 3-4 bars inside the car with about 10 satellites in view. I have only got the gps to get fixed on satellites once while I was inside driving the car. Other than that it has been great. One other thing was that if I go outside my map range with a good signal and then come back inside the map range it shuts off the psp.

[JingleBalls]

For anyone interested. Finally fixed my problem, I feel so silly with all the nub q's. I believe I had a corrupt file which was overwritten when I copied everything from the package onto the memstick. Went back to 3.03OEC in the process to. Works perfectly, an incredible piece of software!

[Slamma]

I have just updated to 3.10OE-A. With a clean formatted memstick and MapThis! with 3.10 PRX files, MapThis! crashes loading 1024x1024 maps that used to load on 3.03OE-A with 3.03 PRX files. :(

I have also tried 3.10OE-A with 3.03 PRX files but it still crashes when loading the map. :(

Bring on the next MapThis! ver or Patch :thumbup:

[Xmant]

I have already tested the new usbacc.prx & usbgps.prx that extracted from FW3.10 running under 3.10OE-A. They are working properly. Remember to press circle to dump encrypted prxs without sigcheck using the latest PSAR Dumper V2B.

Also found the best method to get PSP-290 locked to satellites in the possible shortest time. Go to "select action" dialog box and select "GPS INFO". Once we have at least 3 to 4 satellites states go to 1, then activates "select" button to go back to default map screen. Using this method, I could get mapthis autotracking in less than a minutes. If I am going to let it track in the default map screen, it took donkey year to get the satellites locked (3~10 minutes), sometimes it never locks at all. Not sure is there any bug in the program where the program somehow finds it difficult to get the satellites locked.

Hope this information is useful to those that have problem of getting PSP-290 to work.

Pls take note, it only works with eboot.pbp from 0.461s beta.

[PSPLawyer]

Hey Xmant, where do you see "GPS INFO" on "select action??" I'm also running 0.461s beta and all I get is "ADD POI, POI LOOKUP, ADDRESS GEOLOOKUP and REVERSE GEOLOOKUP." No GPS INFO.

Also, can anyone tell me where you can view how many satellities you're locked into? WHere can I view that information?

Thanks

[Slamma]

I have already tested the new usbacc.prx & usbgps.prx that extracted from FW3.10 running under 3.10OE-A. They are working properly. Remember to press circle to dump encrypted prxs without sigcheck using the latest PSAR Dumper V2B.

Pls take note, it only works with eboot.pbp from 0.461s beta.

I confirm these findings. Ie MapThis! 0.461s Beta, NOT 0.461s_1 Beta, works under 3.10OE-A with 3.10 PRX files.

Thank you Xmant.

Update:
I musta fluked something this morn. After loading maps 2 or 3 times to test the above... I have not been able to load a map again. :(

[iangel]

Hey Xmant, where do you see "GPS INFO" on "select action??" I'm also running 0.461s beta and all I get is "ADD POI, POI LOOKUP, ADDRESS GEOLOOKUP and REVERSE GEOLOOKUP." No GPS INFO.

Also, can anyone tell me where you can view how many satellities you're locked into? WHere can I view that information?

Thanks

Keep on pressing down in the select action window and you shall see more options.

[nikitenko91]

i used the gmdl 0.42 to get my maps and it gave me alot of pictures and how do i transfer them to maps that i can view through map this!?

[PSPLawyer]

Thanks angel. Worked fine just like you said.

Has anyone else tried the original method Deniska suggested as far as using the 2.71 and Mapplus (Japan) PRX modules?

I tried them before his "update" was released and I felt those worked better for me as far as finding a faster lock on satellites. I'm going to try the original method when I go back out on the road....

Now Im getting a lock after ten or fifteen minutes on a clear day. Before it was less than five minutes.

[nikitenko91]

I Used The Gmdl0.42 Tool To Get My Maps And It Just Gave Me A Bunch Of Picuters, How Do I Get The Map This Application To Read Them?

[PSPLawyer]

I Used The Gmdl0.42 Tool To Get My Maps And It Just Gave Me A Bunch Of Picuters, How Do I Get The Map This Application To Read Them?
Nik,

If you're doing what I first was doing, I know what your problem is....

You have to let Gmdl finish the task (On the top of the program you'll see a progress bar). Even if you see "2x, 8x, etc" in your specified directory, don't assume Gmdl has finished its task. When its all done, the program will turn the contents of said subfolders into "GPSFS" files. THESE files are the ones that are to go in "/mapviewer."

Hope this helps.

[PSPLawyer]

Does anyone know how to get turn-by-turn directions on Mapthis? I would like to have turn by turn directions or at least have the roads I need to turn on to get to my destination appear highlighted. Any help would be appreciated.

Oh and Deniska, I did get irsmp3.prx (plugin) to work. I now have my mp3s playing in the background when I'm running your software!! (mp3's need to go in /psp/music and not the new format of ms:/music. )

Thanks in advance to helpers.

[deniska]

Guys,
I tried the latest beta with FW3.10 OE-A and it seems to work ok at least for a short duratin of time that I had to test it..
If you still have problems check following things:
1) Get the latest set of prx files from 3.10 fw dump using the psar dumper from C+D team. (press circle)
2) You may need to disable some fw plugins and they consume memory. MapThis needs lots of it for caching the map imagery
3) If you always get stuck on map loading - perhaps your memory stick is corrupted - try copying files from it to HD, format it and copy them back.. you may need to create a new map...

[deniska]

I feel it by my bad English but this time I have not had to which it translates to me in conditions. Possible serious Deniska that you made a version of last version of the Mapthis that showed to the speed in km\h instead of in miles\h?

Thank you very much for the program and your dedication.
You can adjust speed in csystem/config.txt file
it provides examples for different settings....

[in7ane]

I just received the holux to psp cable made by pooka and fupeng, thanks a lot guys!

Works great! For those considering it - it is 75cm (30 inches) long and took about 4 business days from Beijing (to the UK) via registered mail.

See pooka's post for more information: http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=343043&postcount=269

[Slamma]

I have had time to give it a pretty good going over from my last post. Here is what I have done and found. I reset my PSP settings to default, reformatted my memstick and reinstalled MapThis! with 3.10 PRX files. Maps loaded with 0.461S but as soon and I put the updated eboot on (0.461s_1) (From here: http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=14762&d=1169502942 ) it refuses to load the maps. l redownloaded 0.461s_1 and extracted straight to the PSP to no avail, still will not load the maps. Then to get it to work again after a crash I needed to delete reinstall the program again (Not the maps tho).

In summary a clean format and install with 0.461s seems to work fine untill you try to load 0.461s_1.

0.461s on 3.10OE-A is unstable for me tho but at least it sort of works. I dunno what 0.461s_1 was supposed to do anyway so I'll stick with 0.461s and I'll wait to see what 3.11OE-A brings when it gets here or wait until Deniska can find out more.

[1adam1]

I have yet to get mapthis to get a signal Ive tried on the 3.03OEB and now the 3.10OEA. I have the 3.10 .prx files and Im in 3.10 kernel mode.I have been very successful with green screen 7 sats with 5 fixes but my longitude is a negative value does this mean anything , any suggestions would be helpful.?

Edit Well I am getting some signals but no fixes Im wondering why the mapthis doesnt pick up the same sats as the green screen. In the green screen you can the location value I have the best luck on 0 is this where the mapthis is set and how would I check?

[deniska]

I have yet to get mapthis to get a signal Ive tried on the 3.03OEB and now the 3.10OEA. I have the 3.10 .prx files and Im in 3.10 kernel mode.I have been very successful with green screen 7 sats with 5 fixes but my longitude is a negative value does this mean anything , any suggestions would be helpful.?

Edit Well I am getting some signals but no fixes Im wondering why the mapthis doesnt pick up the same sats as the green screen. In the green screen you can the location value I have the best luck on 0 is this where the mapthis is set and how would I check?
You can change the location value in the system/config.txt

[felipeou]

Very stupid question but have to do it
How do I know that the GPS is Working?

I installed Map this without no problems and ran the program too, but it does not seens to work for me....

When I run the GPS Tester it defines my initial location

But when I turn Map This on, GPS never connects....

What am I doing wrong? Could somebody help? it loads the maps and stay not pointing my initial location

[Killing2Live]

Hey Deniska great program. Even with the PSP 290 I usually get 3-4 bars even on this rainy/cloudy day inside my truck. Works very good for me. It even started up in only 1min and 45 secs today for me which is fast even for me. There is only one thing that I would like to ask: When im in the closest zoom level the arrow is very choppy when moving and has quite the delay ie:When I am driving about 35 miles per hour and pass a road in real life it takes about 2 seconds before I pass the same road on the gps. Is this sort of thing fixable? I saw some settings in config.txt but not sure what to change. Its almost as the gps needs to "refresh" with the satellites faster and more.

Thanks in advance

(PS: Not very educated about the workings of a gps system, these problems could just be normal)

[Jes1FromFL]

Very stupid question but have to do it
How do I know that the GPS is Working?

I installed Map this without no problems and ran the program too, but it does not seens to work for me....

Should it start pointing exactly where I am at the moment?

Should I turn something on on my psp to make it work?

I'm using Sony's GPS + 3.03 OE-A with 2.71 usbacc.prx and 3.03 usbgps.prx

hit the square button to turn the gps on. go to the menu by pressing start, and scroll down to select "gps info" where you should start seeing satellite info...



Hey Deniska great program. Even with the PSP 290 I usually get 3-4 bars even on this rainy/cloudy day inside my truck. Works very good for me. It even started up in only 1min and 45 secs today for me which is fast even for me. There is only one thing that I would like to ask: When im in the closest zoom level the arrow is very choppy when moving and has quite the delay ie:When I am driving about 35 miles per hour and pass a road in real life it takes about 2 seconds before I pass the same road on the gps. Is this sort of thing fixable? I saw some settings in config.txt but not sure what to change. Its almost as the gps needs to "refresh" with the satellites faster and more.

Thanks in advance

(PS: Not very educated about the workings of a gps system, these problems could just be normal)

or do some kind of predicting in relation to the current speed you're travelling..

[bootspsp]

i upgraded to 3.10oeA the other day.. It works for me just the same as 3.03oec.
I am still testing

[real_mrquake]

I have a 1.50 original firmware on my PSP, and I also have DevHook 0.52 emulating 3.03.
My question is quite simply, could I run MapThis on 1.50 or on DevHook 0.52 ?

[nikitenko91]

i put the five files it gave me of my city, and when i turn it on it just says "please wait while map is loading" and then it shuts the psp down. can some one help me?
i go the lasest verison 3.10oe-a

[deniska]

I have a 1.50 original firmware on my PSP, and I also have DevHook 0.52 emulating 3.03.
My question is quite simply, could I run MapThis on 1.50 or on DevHook 0.52 ?

I tried it once with some older devhook version, emulating 2.71 & HEN and it worked... not sure about the latest devhooks...
And you can run "generic gps" version under 1.5 kernel just fine (in case you not looking to use it with PSP-290)

[deniska]

Hey Deniska great program. Even with the PSP 290 I usually get 3-4 bars even on this rainy/cloudy day inside my truck. Works very good for me. It even started up in only 1min and 45 secs today for me which is fast even for me. There is only one thing that I would like to ask: When im in the closest zoom level the arrow is very choppy when moving and has quite the delay ie:When I am driving about 35 miles per hour and pass a road in real life it takes about 2 seconds before I pass the same road on the gps. Is this sort of thing fixable? I saw some settings in config.txt but not sure what to change. Its almost as the gps needs to "refresh" with the satellites faster and more.

Thanks in advance

(PS: Not very educated about the workings of a gps system, these problems could just be normal)

The recever send coordinates updates once a second... therefore you may see some chopiness and small delays...although 2 secods sounds a bit too "delayed" - I'll take a look at my code...
Unfortunatelly, it's kinda hard for me to test/ improve it since I rarery get continuous reading in the car, driving through my area... :-(

[Killing2Live]

Thanks Deniska! To tell you the truth that is the only real problem that I have!! The "lag"(choppiness) and the delay. I used some velcro to put a simple psp stand (one from logitech amp) on my dash and it stays there beautiful receiving signals through my window. Tonight I went to a function at a school about 30 minutes away and even though it was foggy and raining it was still getting 3-4 bars the whole way there. Even reaching 5 bars or whatever the max is when I got to the school! (high elevation let me note) Thanks again Deniska Im sorry to hear about your experience inside the car :(

[real_mrquake]

I tried it once with some older devhook version, emulating 2.71 & HEN and it worked... not sure about the latest devhooks...
And you can run "generic gps" version under 1.5 kernel just fine (in case you not looking to use it with PSP-290)

Hum... that's my problem, I've already have the PSP-290 Sony Original GPS.
When I try to run the MapThis on Devhook 0.52 emulated, I always have that famous message: "Loading USB Accessory module... error".
I've already tried many configuration files of (usbacc & usbgps), and always receive the same message.
:(

[Psyberjock]

Well, I can confirm the 3.10OE-A and OE-A' map loading error on two PSP's, a white and a black. Anyone know how to contact Dark_Alex?

[PSPLawyer]

Hey Deniska,

Yesterday during a fit of grief due to not being able to get a "fix" on a satellite, I thought of an idea: Why not put the prx modules from Homestar: 21st Century. I remember running this (Japanese) game when I first got my PSP-290 and I locked onto a few sat's within seconds, even inside my house.

Anyways, I tried looking inside the ISO but found only two prx modules none of which were the ones used on Mapthis. Any idea why that is?

1. What is the function/purpose of "INITLOCATION=1"? (I remember trying "0" and found that "1" worked a lot better. I was wondering if I should try "2" since I couldn't find a fix last night for over half an hour - although it was a bit foggy in Los Angeles- and I want to get full operation on your program)

2. How does "directions that follow the roads" work? I tried placing a POI file I created using Gmdl that supposedly directed me from home to my destination and when I loaded it on Mapthis, nothing happened.

3. What am I doing wrong with the directions and is there another method of getting directions?

Thanks.

P.S. I tried irsmp3.prx plugin and found that while it works fine playing the first song and the following ones, the program crashes when I tried to skip to the next track. Pause, however, worked just fine.

[deniska]

Hey Deniska,

Yesterday during a fit of grief due to not being able to get a "fix" on a satellite, I thought of an idea: Why not put the prx modules from Homestar: 21st Century. I remember running this (Japanese) game when I first got my PSP-290 and I locked onto a few sat's within seconds, even inside my house.

Anyways, I tried looking inside the ISO but found only two prx modules none of which were the ones used on Mapthis. Any idea why that is?

1. What is the function/purpose of "INITLOCATION=1"? (I remember trying "0" and found that "1" worked a lot better. I was wondering if I should try "2" since I couldn't find a fix last night for over half an hour - although it was a bit foggy in Los Angeles- and I want to get full operation on your program)

2. How does "directions that follow the roads" work? I tried placing a POI file I created using Gmdl that supposedly directed me from home to my destination and when I loaded it on Mapthis, nothing happened.

3. What am I doing wrong with the directions and is there another method of getting directions?

Thanks.

P.S. I tried irsmp3.prx plugin and found that while it works fine playing the first song and the following ones, the program crashes when I tried to skip to the next track. Pause, however, worked just fine.

INITLOCATION value is being passed to the usbgps method with the same name.. I am not quite sure how it works, therefere see what works best for you...

Once you create directions file - you should be able to see it in POIs section... (it will be displayed as a bunch of dots in current implementation...

During plugin play, map this is most likely crushing because it can't allocate enough memory.. so... no good advice there... (perhaps playing lower bit rate files would help.. not sure...

[gillberg]

I also get crash with latest version of mapthis with psp 290 and latest OE. Fix please thanks :)

[nikitenko91]

i got the lastest verison 3.10oe-a and i finally put me my whole metro area on here and when i browse through it, it just gets stuck randomly and then i got to pull out the battier to reboot it, or it reboots by it self.

and another question, how do i get addresses on here? so i can search an address?

[Lunatik]

i got the lastest verison 3.10oe-a and i finally put me my whole metro area on here and when i browse through it, it just gets stuck randomly and then i got to pull out the battier to reboot it, or it reboots by it self.

and another question, how do i get addresses on here? so i can search an address?

You'll have to build a geodata file in order to do addresses. If you look around on this thread in7ane has a tool that helps build the geodata files. then you can just go into the map this menu and do an address search.

[wildon]

Hey Deniska,

Yesterday during a fit of grief due to not being able to get a "fix" on a satellite, I thought of an idea: Why not put the prx modules from Homestar: 21st Century. I remember running this (Japanese) game when I first got my PSP-290 and I locked onto a few sat's within seconds, even inside my house.



Thats interesting man. I will try it in Metal Gear Solid Ops once i receive it....

can we use that prx's

[dcemuUser25]

Just to report something unusual...

I have just recently bought a white psp with original firmware 2.71 and TA-082 motherboard. I got it down to 3.03OE-C with the 2.80 downgrader.

Thing is, when I run Mapthis on this psp, I found that it gets a fix as fast as the green proggie and after a run for some time, I can get full 5/6 bars.

Before this, I was using an older black psp with 3.03OE-C and using the same memory stick with the same files, performance was poor, hardly getting to 3 bars, same locations.

Well, it might be the weather or other factors, but I just want to say that I might have been wrong before about Mapthis because the good results with the new psp has happened consistently(more than 5 times today with at least 10mins run). If anyone has similar experiences, please feel free to post. :) I will post if results do differ again.

[deniska]

Thats interesting man. I will try it in Metal Gear Solid Ops once i receive it....

can we use that prx's

If someone hooks me up with MGS or that homestar proggie I'll look in to differences in performance if they exist...

[deniska]

Just to report something unusual...

I have just recently bought a white psp with original firmware 2.71 and TA-082 motherboard. I got it down to 3.03OE-C with the 2.80 downgrader.

Thing is, when I run Mapthis on this psp, I found that it gets a fix as fast as the green proggie and after a run for some time, I can get full 5/6 bars.

Before this, I was using an older black psp with 3.03OE-C and using the same memory stick with the same files, performance was poor, hardly getting to 3 bars, same locations.

Well, it might be the weather or other factors, but I just want to say that I might have been wrong before about Mapthis because the good results with the new psp has happened consistently(more than 5 times today with at least 10mins run). If anyone has similar experiences, please feel free to post. :) I will post if results do differ again.


Interesting...
I have 3 theories about this:
1) slightly higher output voltage on TA-82 thus more power to PSP-290
2) less electical noice/interference that the new chipset provides..
It would be interesting if someone ran this receiver through some kind of usb extention cable, taking it away from PSP, to see if that makes any difference...
3) satellite luck ...

Anyway, keep testing..
thanks for the report..

[PSPLawyer]

Deleted.

[PSPLawyer]

Has anyone translated what it reads on the instruction book for PSP-290. It's all in Japanese but the pictures indicate that (I believe) best reception comes when you leave the GPS receiver "flat" and not upright. In other words, the GPS receiver has to be perpendicular with the psp.

I've noticed that it gets best reception this way too. Anyways, I was just wondering if anyone read Japanese and could decipher all of this.

[harpik]

here (http://www.playstation.com/manual/pdf/PSP-290X.pdf) you have the instructions in some lenguages ;)

[FSNS]

Sorry to come to this forum with a question. But I have been working with the PSP-290 GPS device for over 6 hours with the same trail and error as this user: http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51350

The only difference from me and this user is that I am working on a 1.5FW with the latest DevHook Emulator (v0.52) Emulating 3.03.

My question is, will MapThis! (0.461S) work with DevHook v0.52?

Any information would be greatly appreicated.

[iangel]

i did a somewhat extensive test on my PSP-290 with MapThis and the green proggy for 2 hours around my area in toronto yesterday.

my conclusion confirmed that the best prx combination is with a 2.71 usbacc and a 3.03 usbgps. it performs slightly better than a 3.03 usbacc and a 3.03 usbgps. (and of course alot better than a 2.71 usbacc and a 2.71 usbgps.)

it was especially true on the green proggy as i would definitely get a fix within 1 min 30 sec, most of the time within 1 min. (and for once it took less than 20 sec, and it was done with a 'freshly copied' set of prxs! meaning it hasn't been ran with the program before and that it contained no satellite position data.)

when i tested the EXACT same set of prxs on MapThis (i copied the 2 prxs that has just been used successfully on the green proggy over to MapThis, meaning the usbgps.prx contained as much as 12 satellite data, supposedly), it is a different story. MapThis had trouble detecting more than 2 satellites most of the time, let alone getting a fix. and it would have to restart my PSP-290 once in a while. (the program even completely stopped (gps state: off) my PSP-290 a couple of times when i tested it with a 3.03 usbacc and a 3.03 usbgps, fyi.)

therefore it confirmed that the green proggy DOES get a fix alot easier/faster than MapThis.

all of the above tests was done with the new eboot, 0461S_1 (mhz: 222), inside an idle car in an open area, with a white japanese original firmware 2.0 psp (running 3.03 oe-c) at the same position at all times.

it was even more difficult to get a fix with MapThis when the car was moving slowly.

Hope the information helps...

[PSPLawyer]

Thanks angel, that was very helpful information. (I just tried your method and I also got a REALLY fast fix (within one minute). I also noticed that it found a lot more satellites than usual.)

Has anyone else tried loading directions onto MapThis? Whenever I go to "POI LOOKUP" and load the directions, it gets to "loading data" and freezes and then the psp shuts off. I notice that it freezes when I do a "POI LOOKUP" AND the "TRACK UP MODE" is on. It seems like it cannot do both at the same time.

Whenever I can get POI LOOKUP not to freeze, it just "blinks" "loading data" real fast and does nothing, i.e. the map does not change and just stays the same.

Anyone get the same problem with freezing? Anyone get directions to load up successfully?

[dcemuUser25]

Thanks angel, that was very helpful information. (I just tried your method and I also got a REALLY fast fix (within one minute). I also noticed that it found a lot more satellites than usual.)

Has anyone else tried loading directions onto MapThis? Whenever I go to "POI LOOKUP" and load the directions, it gets to "loading data" and freezes and then the psp shuts off. I notice that it freezes when I do a "POI LOOKUP" AND the "TRACK UP MODE" is on. It seems like it cannot do both at the same time.

Whenever I can get POI LOOKUP not to freeze, it just "blinks" "loading data" real fast and does nothing, i.e. the map does not change and just stays the same.

Anyone get the same problem with freezing? Anyone get directions to load up successfully?

I tried it a couple of times, works great for me. No problems there.

BTW, angel and PSPLaywer, do you guys have TA-082 motherboards for the psp as well? Just curious to know. The green proggie still works best in comparison but I noticed a vast improvement from my new psp.

[PSPLawyer]

I tried it a couple of times, works great for me. No problems there.

BTW, angel and PSPLaywer, do you guys have TA-082 motherboards for the psp as well? Just curious to know. The green proggie still works best in comparison but I noticed a vast improvement from my new psp.
No. I have an original psp that I got on launch day in US.

I am, however, running on 3.03 OE-C; just FYI.

[iangel]

i did a somewhat extensive test on my PSP-290 with MapThis and the green proggy for 2 hours around my area in toronto yesterday.

my conclusion confirmed that the best prx combination is with a 2.71 usbacc and a 3.03 usbgps. it performs slightly better than a 3.03 usbacc and a 3.03 usbgps. (and of course alot better than a 2.71 usbacc and a 2.71 usbgps.)

it was especially true on the green proggy as i would definitely get a fix within 1 min 30 sec, most of the time within 1 min. (and for once it took less than 20 sec, and it was done with a 'freshly copied' set of prxs! meaning it hasn't been ran with the program before and that it contained no satellite position data.)

when i tested the EXACT same set of prxs on MapThis (i copied the 2 prxs that has just been used successfully on the green proggy over to MapThis, meaning the usbgps.prx contained as much as 12 satellite data, supposedly), it is a different story. MapThis had trouble detecting more than 2 satellites most of the time, let alone getting a fix. and it would have to restart my PSP-290 once in a while. (the program even completely stopped (gps state: off) my PSP-290 a couple of times when i tested it with a 3.03 usbacc and a 3.03 usbgps, fyi.)

therefore it confirmed that the green proggy DOES get a fix alot easier/faster than MapThis.

all of the above tests was done with the new eboot, 0461S_1 (mhz: 222), inside an idle car in an open area, with a white japanese original firmware 2.0 psp at the same position at all times.

it was even more difficult to get a fix with MapThis when the car was moving slowly.

Hope the information helps...

upon further testing, setting the initial location to 1 gave me the best result of the three. i got an average hdop of 3.4 (3 bars) with initial location 1, compared to an average hdop of 2.2 (2 bars) with initial location 0, and even had trouble getting a fix with initial location 2.

and yes, with the gps logo of PSP-290 facing upward does provide the best reception.

[iangel]

I tried it a couple of times, works great for me. No problems there.

BTW, angel and PSPLaywer, do you guys have TA-082 motherboards for the psp as well? Just curious to know. The green proggie still works best in comparison but I noticed a vast improvement from my new psp.

no mine is not a TA-082.

[JingleBalls]

upon further testing, setting the initial location to 1 gave me the best result of the three. i got an average hdop of 3.4 (3 bars) with initial location 1, compared to an average hdop of 2.2 (2 bars) with initial location 0, and even had trouble getting a fix with initial location 2.

and yes, with the gps logo of PSP-290 facing upward does provide the best reception.

I've read the lower HDOP, the better. Mine is often around 1.6-1.4 when I have a fix. No complaints on my end either.

[deniska]

HDOP - "horizontal dillusion of presision" has nothing to do with the bars (well.. almost)
High hdop value is usually associated with bad choice of satellites due to weak signal (ie the receiver has a fix on a few satellites that are grouped to close to one another and therefore triangulation of coordinates yields significant error...
The green bars show the number of "fixed" satellites: 1 bar=3 sat; 2 bars=4 and so on...

[iangel]

HDOP - "horizontal dillusion of presision" has nothing to do with the bars (well.. almost)
High hdop value is usually associated with bad choice of satellites due to weak signal (ie the receiver has a fix on a few satellites that are grouped to close to one another and therefore triangulation of coordinates yields significant error...
The green bars show the number of "fixed" satellites: 1 bar=3 sat; 2 bars=4 and so on...

oh i see... thanks for your information deniska!

[gillberg]

Deniska, are you working on making this more stable in 3.10 OE? I like this prog, and it was working fine in 3.03 OE, I'm guessing there's some changes in development on 3.10 fw.

[bootspsp]

i just found out that Sony released 2 version of the gps290. The 1st was just the unit(which i got) and the 2nd was released with a UMD called MAPLUS. I bet ever1 knows that but me..LOL

I met some1 &cough$ who had this umd and they let me try it out. It is only good for japan.
It has lots of info and must of nearly fulled up the umd.

I don't read or speak Japanese so it is hard for me to use as there is no languages settings. I have found out how to use the gps look up section though.
It finds sat very quick and gets a fix with in a 5 mins. It is very overcast here today.

The coor are slightly different then of mapthis which i know has pinpointed me many times.

I will test it out over the next few days but then i leave for Bangkok.

[Mystheryman]

@bootspsp
The GPS Units are the same.
Only the Bundle for sale is different.

@Deniska
I have decrypted Firmware 3.10 with psardump to geht usbgps.prx and usbacc.prx
When I try to start MapThis with this Files, then it tell me "...cant load usbgps" or anything like that.

With the Files from 3.03 everything works fine.

@All other, MapThis also runs on 3.10 OE-A perfectly ;)

PS:
MapThis also Works in Germany with PSP290 - Japan import *hehe*

[bootspsp]

mystheryman

thank you very much i did not know that...............................

ubsgps and usbucc from 3.10 works np for me

[kooraiku]

Hello,
Just got home from Japan with a Sony GPS module (the one that came bundled with Maplus). I'm dying to use this with MapThis! but I'm a noob to the homebrews. Could anyone point me in the direction of some instructs as to how to get this working (i.e. loading up the right firmware, etc.)?
Much appreciated.

[iangel]

@bootspsp
The GPS Units are the same.
Only the Bundle for sale is different.

@Deniska
I have decrypted Firmware 3.10 with psardump to geht usbgps.prx and usbacc.prx
When I try to start MapThis with this Files, then it tell me "...cant load usbgps" or anything like that.

With the Files from 3.03 everything works fine.

@All other, MapThis also runs on 3.10 OE-A perfectly ;)

PS:
MapThis also Works in Germany with PSP290 - Japan import *hehe*

mystheryman, are you sure it runs 'perfectly' on 3.10 oe-a? 'cuz i've read many times about the program not being stable and freezing on 3.10 oe-a.

[Mystheryman]

Can't detect any problems on my 3.10 OE-A.

That is all I know ;)

[mikemelbrooks@blueyo]

I am having problems unzipping the files I have used winzip and winrar. Help Please! Mike

[nikitenko91]

i got the lastest verison 3.10oe-a and i finally put me my whole metro area on here and when i browse through it, it just gets stuck randomly and then i got to pull out the battier to reboot it, or it reboots by it self.

[deniska]

Here is another beta version for those who wants to try it...
To install, you must ovewrite your current EBOOT.PBP with the new one from appropriate folder and copy the new graphics to system filder.

Features:
The PSP-290 version has some optimizations which may prevent it from hanging in 3.10 FW..
Faster reverse geodata lookup function...
Hopefully better rendering in GPS mode...

GPSlim version features most of the things rolled out for PSP-290 version:
SAT INFO screen (although display is slightly different from PSP-290 due to difference in GPS feeds)
Better trip stats logic - you can now jump in to map mode w/o loosing the trip stats.
Map rotation in map mode
Faster reverse geodata lookup
alpha sort in map/attraction menues..
Note: NMEA recording is currently disabled, untill I workout a better logic and interface to support it..

Since GPS-mode rendering logic was changed in both versions you may need to adjust SPEEDFACTOR value in config.txt to allow smother scrolling...

[bootspsp]

thanks deniska
I will test it over the next few days and let u know if i have problems.

[Mystheryman]

no problems with new version till now.
Now it works with 3.10 prx's for me.

One question @deniska
Are you planning to support maps with more than 1024? If you know what I mean? ;)

[mikemelbrooks@blueyo]

I still get this error message.
! I:\New Folder\MapThis_047.rar: CRC failed in MapThis_047\GPSlim\EBOOT.PBP. The file is corrupt
! I:\New Folder\MapThis_047.rar: Unexpected end of archive

[mattcl]

works here :)

[Mystheryman]

@mike
Try to redownload the File.

[naor]

my mapthis find 3-4 satellite,but it doesn't work,it doesn't point me on the screen,what can i do?

[bootspsp]

i tested it 5 times yesterday and i got upto 8 sat and a fix ever time. This is quick as well.. Wel done deniska... 100% improvement....

[Xmant]

Tried a few times, but I couldn't get it to work on PSP290. The moment when Mapthis tried to load my custom made map, the whole thing hanged and eventually shutdown after a few second. If I try to load the supplied map from the earlier attached version, it works properly and if I try to reload my custom made map again, this time it then loaded fine without problem.

[gillberg]

Well, the latest one is an improvement, but not 100%. On a test I made, the signal was jumping around after a while when I stayed still somewhere, then it bounced around and when it got around where it was supposed to be, it crashed. But at least the map loads now. :)

[nikitenko91]

i changed my eboot to the eboot file from gps-290 and when i try too load my map it says "please wait while map is load" and then reboots ? can sum one help?

[bandit]

i changed my eboot to the eboot file from gps-290 and when i try too load my map it says "please wait while map is load" and then reboots ? can sum one help?
Same here

Anyone nice enough to upload the 3.10 PRX's and PM me the link?

[nikitenko91]

i need help getting the 3.10 prx's too then, so can some one attache them or tell me a way to get them..

[bootspsp]

it is very easy to get the prx.. if you use a pbp unpacker and then use psardump on the data.psar file which is in the 3.10 eboot.php(which sony gives us).

I am not sure if it is illegal to do that..

I can explain in more detail

[bandit]

it is very easy to get the prx.. if you use a pbp unpacker and then use psardump on the data.psar file which is in the 3.10 eboot.php(which sony gives us).

I am not sure if it is illegal to do that..

I can explain in more detail
I would but no time to do so.

[Porco]

Does anybody have an English manual for PSP-290?
Its use seems to be quite simple plug-n-play, still I can't get it work in MapThis 0.461s. It just hangs there as if being made from wood (and fakefeed=0)

[Mystheryman]

@Porco
Go here:
http://www.playstation.com/manual/pdf/PSP-290X.pdf
for the Manual.

[nightdreamer]

GDML's Advanced mode is No GPS support right now? the next version will do it?
thanks.

[Porco]

2 Mystheryman

Thanks a lot!
Probably I just could not get the signal from inside the building.

[nikitenko91]

Originally Posted by bootspsp
it is very easy to get the prx.. if you use a pbp unpacker and then use psardump on the data.psar file which is in the 3.10 eboot.php(which sony gives us).

I am not sure if it is illegal to do that..

I can explain in more detail
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can you give me more detail beacuse i never done this before.

[PSPLawyer]

Does anyone get "real time" tracking with their PSP-290? I mean, when I'm driving, the red arrow is about 1 second behind (meaning, after I pass an intersection, for example, the red arrow is still trying to catch up with me).

Is this just the nature of the beast with all GPS receivers?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[maiklof]

Hi! I'm from Spain and I've buy a PSP-290 GPS receiver but I can´t make it run!!! I try Map this 0.461 beta and 0.47 but nothing! What version and prx files are you using???? Thanks!!!

[PSPLawyer]

Hi! I'm from Spain and I've buy a PSP-290 GPS receiver but I can´t make it run!!! I try Map this 0.461 beta and 0.47 but nothing! What version and prx files are you using???? Thanks!!!
Tienes que usar los siguientes ficheros: usbacc.prx del 2.71 y usbgps.prx del 3.03 firmwares.

El 0.461 beta trabaja muy bien para mi. No ha usado el nuevo todavia (0.47).

[maiklof]

Y de donde puedo sacar esos ficheros especificos? podrÃ*as mandarme justo lo que estas usando a mi correo? ([email protected]) Yo estoy usando el custom firmware 3.03-OE C de Dark alex, tu?
Muchas gracias!

[PSPLawyer]

yo tambien: 3.03 OE-C

[nikitenko91]

i put the prx files from 3.10 and it still shows me "please wait while map is loading" and then reboots, it does this with the new eboot for mapviewer, but it works with the original one

[nikko74]

i put the prx files from 3.10 and it still shows me "please wait while map is loading" and then reboots, it does this with the new eboot for mapviewer, but it works with the original one
Be sure your map is really downloaded... Look at your _"MAP" repertory : i guess it's empty. Downloading the map from googlemaps needs often a really long time, even if your map is not huge...

[harpik]

deniska i have noticed something about initlocation, i think it is used to apply different strategies to startup.

Probably:
0- Coldstart
1- Warmstart
2- Hotstart

and here it goes some info about these states (estracted from other gps manual):

Coldstart
In coldstart the GPS receiver has no knowledge of the last position or time. This is the case
when no almanac or ephemeris data is available.

Warmstart
A warmstart is performed when the receiver has access to a valid almanac data and has not
significantly moved since the last position has been taken. This is typically the case if the
receiver has been shut down for more then 2 hours, but still has knowledge of its last position,
time and almanac. However, because the ephemeris data is invalid, the receiver needs to
wait till it has received this data.

Hotstart
A hotstart is performed when the receiver still has access to valid ephemeris data and precise
time. The receiver can predict the currently visible satellites and therefore a position can be
calculated quicker.

I hope these can be usefull

[deniska]

Yeah, that makes sence.. thanks for pointing that out.. I usually use "1" so it knows the satellite's angles and usually connects faster...
The data seems to be stored at the root of the memory stick after each session...

[deniska]

Here is yet another beta, since people still complain about the crashes... (psp-290 only)

I recompiled the png lib with some optimizations and disabled console messages..
Also implemented alpha sort in the map/poi menus...
Note that the sort is case sensitive event though the display is always in caps. So you may still "push" certain items up/down by changing the letter case...

Anyway, please test and give feedback...
You need to install it on top of ...047 version (on page 42)

In regards to shutdowns that people reported - after each shutdown there is a small chance that your MS got corrupted, so if you continue getting them even with new binary, this could be due to problems reading a corrupted map.. To remedy, consider formatting the MS and reinstalling the map...

This is still a beta, so things can happen ;-)

! For now, make sure that your maps are converted to gpsfs format.. ie all subfolders with map imagery should be compressed in 5 gpsfs* files..
Some people reported problems opening "unzipped" maps with new version...

[Peneck]

thx deniska!!

[harpik]

I think seting a way to "flush" gps info and/or forcing
a coldstart could solve some problems getting sats and fixes.

perhaps you could add an option or someting :o

Thanks a lot for your work :p

[deniska]

I think seting a way to "flush" gps info and/or forcing
a coldstart could solve some problems getting sats and fixes.

perhaps you could add an option or someting :o

Thanks a lot for your work :p


One can manually delete the gps_init_data.bin in the root of MS and change initdata flag in the config.txt file..

[nikitenko91]

ok i got fw version 3.10 oe-a' and i got my mapviewer in GAME folder, in the Mapviewer folder i got my 5 gpsfs files gpsfs, gpsfs1, gpsfs2, gpsfs3, and gpsfs4, and i got my prx files from fw 3.10 tell me what iam doing wrong. it used to work until i upgraded my mapviewer to .47s, and ever since it has not worked.

[wvstephens]

Formating the memory card does fix the freeze up during map loading, but CRAP I forgot to back up game saves.... Oh well I will remember next time. Thanks for the great app. deniska I just got my GPS today and it is great I am building a ton of maps now. I have the Geodata for WV if anyone needs it. Also quick question I know it is off topic but I live in a tri-state area is there anyway to add more than one geodata to a map?

[gillberg]

Hi Deniska,

The new version is less stable for me than the last version you made (.47). I don't really know why though. But, I think I only had one crash with .47 that I noted, I don't think it crashed any other time. Just wondering though, how come the version still says .46 in the help window?

[deniska]

Also quick question I know it is off topic but I live in a tri-state area is there anyway to add more than one geodata to a map?
You should be able to create a geodata.dat file for the entire tri-state area (or whatever your map span is).. just "play" with the options in the latest gmdl tool...
I had no problems creating NY-NJ map just recently..

[deniska]

Hi Deniska,

The new version is less stable for me than the last version you made (.47). I don't really know why though. But, I think I only had one crash with .47 that I noted, I don't think it crashed any other time. Just wondering though, how come the version still says .46 in the help window?
Thanks for the report...
hmmm... do you use gpsfs maps?

The version counter is a manual thing... sorry I forgot to change it in a rush...

[bandit]

You should be able to create a geodata.dat file for the entire tri-state area (or whatever your map span is).. just "play" with the options in the latest gmdl tool...
I had no problems creating NY-NJ map just recently..
Care to share that map?

[nikitenko91]

ok i got fw version 3.10 oe-a' and i got my mapviewer in GAME folder, in the Mapviewer folder i got my 5 gpsfs files gpsfs, gpsfs1, gpsfs2, gpsfs3, and gpsfs4, and i got my prx files from fw 3.10 tell me what iam doing wrong. it used to work until i upgraded my mapviewer to .47s, and ever since it has not worked.

[deniska]

ok i got fw version 3.10 oe-a' and i got my mapviewer in GAME folder, in the Mapviewer folder i got my 5 gpsfs files gpsfs, gpsfs1, gpsfs2, gpsfs3, and gpsfs4, and i got my prx files from fw 3.10 tell me what iam doing wrong. it used to work until i upgraded my mapviewer to .47s, and ever since it has not worked.

You probably want to put the viewer folder in to GAME310..
Also, make sure that you have system & map folders..
gpsfs files should be in a separate folder (_YOUR_MAP_NAME) under maps..

If nothing else works, try reinstalling 0.461S and then upgrading..

[gillberg]

Thanks for the report...
hmmm... do you use gpsfs maps?

The version counter is a manual thing... sorry I forgot to change it in a rush...

Yeah, I used gpsfs maps. The thing is though, now I'm not so sure which version was the one that's better now because I think I put the .47 eboot in the wrong path and in reality the .48 was the one being loaded, so those crashes were before I tried replacing .48 with .47, but now I'm not getting crashes with .48, so maybe .48 is ok now, but it definitely crashed more than .47.

[wvstephens]

Thanks for the reply that worked great for me. I can now get all 3 states. I have just one more question and I did not see it covered anywhere. I am wanting to do directions from say point a to point b. I use X to set marker but I really don't know what to do from there since the route buttons have changed or been removed.

[deniska]

You probably want to hold [O] button to plot a path..
It's not really a route in full navigational sence..
A better solution would be importing a route, generated with gmdl tool... BTW, I am working on improving this route feature...

[tapioka]

hi deniska and everybody

my report with the 0.48 version of mapthis:

improvement
- lock with the satellite more quickly
- better reception

bug finds
- the psp freeze with the return of the mode takes care

this version is more stable of the previously release

thanks for your great works

[nikitenko91]

ok i took out my mapthis folder and made a new complete one and it works with .46 but with the others the maps would not load. and i got the geodata file and for some reason it dont have all the addresses and i can search for addresses i can only do reverse geolook up thing, could this be beacuse dont have the psp-290 yet, well i bought one and it should be comin soom.

------------------------------
never mind i got a new psp traded mine for a ta-082 and put 3.03 oe-c and 3.03 prx'x and it works great now i got the .48 running also and its much faster i now all the addresses show up.

[DennyPSP]

Car Stand for PSP with GPS-290

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaYyp2K77Bc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaYyp2K77Bc

[Jubei]

hello everybody,
may sounds like a noob question, but i tried to use the new v0.47, but I don't really know how it works.
I have the gpslim 240, and a psp 1.5, and not really familiar with custom firmware.
In the v0.46 there were the traditionnal 2 folder mapthis and mapthis%, but in the v0.47 there's only 1 eboot. i tried to copy it in both folder, or just each, but it doesn't really work.

i guess I have to create another eboot for the mapthis% folder, but i'm not sure. any help ?? thank you ! :thumbup:

[rhygin]

@Jubei
I don't think there is a big difference for MapThis! if used with custom firmware or 1.5, as custom firmware uses its 1.5 part for MapThis!.
First of all be sure you use the correct EBOOT.PBP. In the package for 0.47 there are two EBOOT.PBPs, one for GPSSlim and one for PSP290.
You need the one for GPSSlim its size is 701KB in windows explorer (the size of the GPSSlim EBOOT.PBP is 796KB). Put this EBOOT.PBP in the mapviewer folder and leave the original EBOOT.PBP in the mapviewer% folder.

Thats how I did it and it works fine for me.

[DennyPSP]

Я протестировал версию 0.48 на прошивке 3.03 Oe.b - работает побыстрее, холодный старт 3 минуты и 11 спутников видит - 7 фиксит...

[deniska]

Я протестировал версию 0.48 на прошивке 3.03 Oe.b - работает побыстрее, холодный старт 3 минуты и 11 спутников видит - 7 фиксит...

Thanks for the report

[brokolli]

hello,
i am from germany. i can confirm that psp-290 module is working fine in Frankfurt am Main.

But one question: how can i plan route and use it on psp that it shows me ? or do i have to do it manually with the marker ?

sry for my bad grammar.

[Russoxley187]

I been away for about a month and now I tried installing the newest version...
What is loading the usb assy module?
Has this xhanged that much?
I'm, running 3.2 oe
can someone help me out?

[zsc]

hello everybody,
may sounds like a noob question, but i tried to use the new v0.47, but I don't really know how it works.
I have the gpslim 240, and a psp 1.5, and not really familiar with custom firmware.
In the v0.46 there were the traditionnal 2 folder mapthis and mapthis%, but in the v0.47 there's only 1 eboot. i tried to copy it in both folder, or just each, but it doesn't really work.

i guess I have to create another eboot for the mapthis% folder, but i'm not sure. any help ?? thank you ! :thumbup:

In case you dont' know (as was the case with me), there's another thread for MapThis! using generic GPS receiver,

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=45279

I find that it's good to follow both threads.

Also, with my GPSlim 240, I sometimes have to wait a while before the receiver gets a fix. You know that it has gotten a fix when the orange light on the receiver is BLINKING.

So, try redownloading 0.46 (make sure you have the right version, get it from the other forum) and 0.47. Copy the eboot from 0.47 (again, the right one) to your 0.46 folder without the %.

[digitdon]

I am having a problem opening this program using WinRAR. Do you or someone else maybe have a "zip" version or "execute" version you could email to me [email protected] . Thanks.

[Mystheryman]

@brokolli I'm from germany to.
Not far away from Frankfurt.
Deutsch/German:
Wenn du willst, adde mich im ICQ - 122-826-969

[DennyPSP]

Thanks for the report



Да заметил только что в 0,48 версии в нижнем правом углу надпись 0,47s..это прально?

[mattcl]

MapThis_048_beta.
Im on 3.10 OEA' works ok here, but only with the 2.71 usbacc.prx and usbgps.prx

[taspankya]

MapThis_048_beta.
Im on 3.10 OEA' works ok here, but only with the 2.71 usbacc.prx and usbgps.prx

i'm also running 3.10 oe-a' and mapthis!048 beta... i extracted usbacc.prx and usbgps.prx from the sony release of 3.10... those wont work? i have yet to try it, i'm awaiting arrival of my psp-290... are you suggesting i not even bother and just get the prxs from the 2.71 firmware?... i'll try 3.10 first and see if i get no results, but its good to know 2.71 prxs should work so that i dont go crazy trying to figure out why its not working

[wvstephens]

I know this has probably been mentioned before. But would it be possible to add voice navigation to map this. I know the previous versions with gps support it was not really possible due to the adapter having to be plugged into the ear phone port. Now with the 290 that problem is taken care of. Thanks again for an awesome piece of software for my ever evolving psp.

[mattcl]

MapThis_048_beta.
i got a hold of 3.10 usbacc.prx and usbgps.prx
extracted from psar_dump2 and firmeware 3.10

All ok again :)

8 Sats in View and Fixed on 4

V quick

Thanks D

[digitalkid56]

I'm having trouble finding the GMDL app. Can someone make the map and dat files for Honolulu, Hawaii for me please. Or link me to a current version of GMDL?

Gonna pick up my GPS tomorrow, I'll let u know how everything goes. Will be running it on 3.10OE-A'.

[Mystheryman]

Does anyone know, how to get "geodata.dat" file for germany?

[JoQ]

Hi everyone!
Tommorrow i maybe will buy a PSP-290 GPS, i never used Map This! and there is now readme whatsoever so i dont understand what to do if i want to install it and try it out before i buy the GPS receiver.
I live in Sweden, is it possible to get it to work here? There is google maps for my area, but i dont know how to get them and how to use them with Map This!

Is it possible that anyone got some time to explain for me how to use Map This! before i buy the GPS, i dont want to pay for it if i cant use it. Thanks alot!

[wvstephens]

I'm having trouble finding the GMDL app. Can someone make the map and dat files for Honolulu, Hawaii for me please. Or link me to a current version of GMDL?

Gonna pick up my GPS tomorrow, I'll let u know how everything goes. Will be running it on 3.10OE-A'.


Look at the thread before this one. LOL people just don't even try. I will make you the dat file for HI if you want, just Private msg me your email addy.

[Russoxley187]

boy oh boy...
I thought I was ontop of this app...
I used to help ppl out with this, not I'm the one thats lost again...
Can soimebody help me?
I get the " Loading usb accessory module error"
I loaded the two prx's in the recovery module.
I'm runnign 3.2 oe.
Is there a installer for fw 3.10 yet?

[digitalkid56]

K I got my GPS today.. If anybody has the time to give me a quick lesson on how to get this up and running.. please hit me up on AIM: JASCO804

I'm trying to download the maps using GMD but can't see to load.. I got mapthis 48 mapview loading on my psp, with the 2 prx files from 310firmware, I created a /map/_hawaii folder where my map files are located. But still confused about what files I need..

I've been scanning through the entire thread back and forth but it's a bit confusing.. I basically need help. So if u have time.. please hit me up.. THANKS.

[Russoxley187]

im running 3.3 sec now, but i still cent get it to load.
I have the 2.71 prx's
gives me the loading screen and then it shuts off...
help someone.........

Now the Assy module loads ok, but the GPS module errors out...
any ideas?

[zsc]

First thing with PSP GPS-290, when you're using PSAR dumper to get the PRX files, make sure you hit the O (circle) button when prompted to dump the PSAR, instead of the X (cross).

Next, try turning off all of your plugins for the OE firmwares, then turning on one by one to see if there're any conflicts. Then, try using a small map as a test map.

[digitalkid56]

I've got my maps loaded, and mapviewer loads fine.. I can zoom in and around and everything looks good.. When I push the [ ] (square) to activate gps..

How do I know if it's working.. I tried the PSP-290 tool and it sees a few satellites.. but I'm not sure if its loading in mapviewer cuz there's no signal in the signal bar. How long is the average time before it locks on to any number of satellites?

**UPDATE** I think the area I live in sucks.. I can get about 4 satellite's at most.. They're fix for about 5 seconds, then mapviewer froze on me.. Also it projected that I was maybe 5 blocks away from where I really was.. Didn't get to play with it too much, as it took forever for me to detect any satellites. But seems everything works ok.. MapThis 48, experiencing a few freezes.. Using 310 prx's..

[leaod]

@bootspsp
The GPS Units are the same.
Only the Bundle for sale is different.

@Deniska
I have decrypted Firmware 3.10 with psardump to geht usbgps.prx and usbacc.prx
When I try to start MapThis with this Files, then it tell me "...cant load usbgps" or anything like that.

With the Files from 3.03 everything works fine.

@All other, MapThis also runs on 3.10 OE-A perfectly ;)

PS:
MapThis also Works in Germany with PSP290 - Japan import *hehe*


Something wrong....

I got the 3.10 OE-A with the mapthis 0.48 installed and I've tryed with 0.46 beta e 0.47 and the same thing happen:

I run the map this, loads the maps, but there is no signal and for me doenst detects the PSP 290.

Im using the prx files from 3.10 FW. Can some one help me please? Im getting mad :P

Cheers

OBS: Im in London.

[zsc]

Have you tried changing the INITLOCATION to another value? I think it's mentioned a little while back what the values mean. Try setting it to Cold Start. Also try Deniska's green proggie PSP290TEST or something like that, it tests the connection between the GPS module and the PSP itself.

Also try using prx files from another FW and make sure that when you PSAR Dumping to hit the O button when prompted instead of the X button.

Edit: INITLOCATION is located in config.txt in the system folder (that's the case for the generic GPS receiver variation, please look for it in the folder containing MapThis on your memory stick. Also, since you're running on 3.10OE-A, is the kernel set to 3.10? To check/change, turn off your PSP, hold down RIGHT trigger while you turn it back on (just keep hold the right trigger until the recovery menu shows). Go into configuration, check the third line, it should say Game folder homebrew, try it with either option (1.50 or 3.10).

[leaod]

First thing with PSP GPS-290, when you're using PSAR dumper to get the PRX files, make sure you hit the O (circle) button when prompted to dump the PSAR, instead of the X (cross).

Next, try turning off all of your plugins for the OE firmwares, then turning on one by one to see if there're any conflicts. Then, try using a small map as a test map.

How to turn off the plugins on 3.10 OEA?
Sorry for ask but i really dont know.

[leaod]

Have you tried changing the INITLOCATION to another value? I think it's mentioned a little while back what the values mean. Try setting it to Cold Start. Also try Deniska's green proggie PSP290TEST or something like that, it tests the connection between the GPS module and the PSP itself.

Also try using prx files from another FW and make sure that when you PSAR Dumping to hit the O button when prompted instead of the X button.

Edit: INITLOCATION is located in config.txt in the system folder (that's the case for the generic GPS receiver variation, please look for it in the folder containing MapThis on your memory stick. Also, since you're running on 3.10OE-A, is the kernel set to 3.10? To check/change, turn off your PSP, hold down RIGHT trigger while you turn it back on (just keep hold the right trigger until the recovery menu shows). Go into configuration, check the third line, it should say Game folder homebrew, try it with either option (1.50 or 3.10).

Thanks for Help, I had a 1.50 with 3.01 running with devhook 0.51 and few days ago i've installed the 3.10 OE-A.

Well I changed the INITLOCATION and now when I press the square to go to GPS mode, the psp crashes. Im downloading the 2.71 firmware to try the prx files.

I've tryed the PSP 290 TESTE and just doesnt work as well. So I guess that the problem is the usb files isn't?

[tapioka]

hi everybody

i want to know one thing please.

anyone have tested the software mapthis with a car charger?.

with my psp, when i put the car charger with mapthis already running, the psp freeze.

what do you think about that?

thanks

[leaod]

Have you tried changing the INITLOCATION to another value? I think it's mentioned a little while back what the values mean. Try setting it to Cold Start. Also try Deniska's green proggie PSP290TEST or something like that, it tests the connection between the GPS module and the PSP itself.

Also try using prx files from another FW and make sure that when you PSAR Dumping to hit the O button when prompted instead of the X button.

Edit: INITLOCATION is located in config.txt in the system folder (that's the case for the generic GPS receiver variation, please look for it in the folder containing MapThis on your memory stick. Also, since you're running on 3.10OE-A, is the kernel set to 3.10? To check/change, turn off your PSP, hold down RIGHT trigger while you turn it back on (just keep hold the right trigger until the recovery menu shows). Go into configuration, check the third line, it should say Game folder homebrew, try it with either option (1.50 or 3.10).

ZSC,

Thanks for your help, now using the prx files from PSP 290 TEST the test is running but still bringing just 0 (zero) values for me.

Sorry for ask but what you mean with Cold Start?

OBS: sorry about my bad english, Im a brazilian learning english in London. ;)

[Russoxley187]

Ok, I got a question...
I finnaly got it started...
But for some reason it will not track any sats..
this version does still work with otuer gps's right?
I have the 236.

[leaod]

Guys,
I guess that i found the problem, I have the TA-082 and I found other guys that can't turn on the GPS in this mother board. Can any one help me? Does any one that has a TA-082 with the PSP 290?

Please guys help me, I've tried everything, different prx and values for innitlocation, i've formatted and tryed again lot of times and still won't work.

Deniska you are the big one, please help me :D

[JoQ]

Is it true that the PSP-290 doesnt keep the connection with satellites? Im thinking of buying it, and i dont want any crap that cant be used? How well does it work, please tell me everything!
Thanks!

[Natski]

I've pretty much read every single post on this board, but feel free to ignore this if it's posted somewhere else.

Could someone put together a finalized list of requirements needed to get everything working? Like a list of working firmwares and a quick step by step install. Just thought it might cut down on everyone asking the same questions.:thumbup:

[zsc]

@leaod, check this post, http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=355338&postcount=441

@Russoxley187, there are two variations of MapThis, both variations are included in the 0.47 download. One for the generic GPS receiver, ie. GPSlim 236, 240, etc. Another is for the Sony PSP GPS-290. Make sure you're using the right variation.

@JoQ, if you have doubts, check out the Holux GPSlim 240 (or the 236, slightly cheaper but bigger)

@Natski, in terms of hardwares, a PSP capable of running homebrew, I'm running it on 3.03OE-C without any major problem. A GPS receiver, either the Sony one (PSP GPS-290, available on Play-Asia.com) or a generic one (i think with a USB port, ie. Holux GPSlim 240, got mine through Amazon Marketplace, from Semsons & Co. Inc, came with a free PSP car mount, I had to email them asking for a switch from the free one listed). With the generic GPS receiver variation, you'd also need a special cable, either homemade or buy it online, read this for more info, http://deniska.dcemu.co.uk/.

[dcemuUser25]

Guys,
I guess that i found the problem, I have the TA-082 and I found other guys that can't turn on the GPS in this mother board. Can any one help me? Does any one that has a TA-082 with the PSP 290?

Please guys help me, I've tried everything, different prx and values for innitlocation, i've formatted and tryed again lot of times and still won't work.

Deniska you are the big one, please help me :D

Hi, I have the TA-082 motherboard and it has worked better that my older psp. No issues there. If you have read previous posts, there are some guys that have issues with usbhost...something. To avoid that, I updated directly to 2.80(not 2.71) and downgraded to 1.5 and then to 3.03OE-C. It all works great. Used the latest eboot from the forum, can get full bars and usually a fix within 2-3mins. :thumbup:

[dcemuUser25]

Is it true that the PSP-290 doesnt keep the connection with satellites? Im thinking of buying it, and i dont want any crap that cant be used? How well does it work, please tell me everything!
Thanks!

To me, the psp-290 is good because it is supported by some psp games and very portable.

My experience of it with my non-TA-082 motherboard was not that good but after changing, it works perfectly and connection doesn't drop off. Hope this helps. Refer earlier posts for more info.

[zsc]

@Tapioka, I'm using a GPSlim240 with MapThis while PSP is plugged into a car charger, no problem.

[wvstephens]

Ok, I got a question...
I finnaly got it started...
But for some reason it will not track any sats..
this version does still work with otuer gps's right?
I have the 236.

I may be wrong but I think this version only works the the psp gps 290. But like I said I may be wrong but I believe I read it somewhere in this forum.

[zsc]

there are two "variations" of MapThis!

one for the PSP-290 and one for generic GPS receivers, ie. GPSlim 236, 240, etc.

I think the current version for PSP-290 is 0.4.8 and the current version for generic GPS receiver is 0.4.7.

[digitalkid56]

I'm running 3.10 OE-A', on a TA-082 board. MapThis! v48 with PSP-290. First off, if I leave my psp sitting outside pointing straight up to the sky for about 10min, it'll "see" about 8 satellites although it won't "fix" onto any of them.. I had one instance of about 4 satellites fixing, but then my psp froze. Haven't been able to get any fixed yet. I can tell that the GPS is working by turning GPS function "on", pushing start and going to GPS Info.. You can see when a satellite appears and how many it actually fixes onto.

I've also tried a mix 2.71/3.03 PRX configuration and still no luck. I'm not sure if it's just hawaii, or my PRX's, or what.. But I'm not able to "fix" onto any satellites to use it as a functional GPS so far..

Anybody got a working combo/configuraton they'd like to share with the rest of us? Maybe we can just copy ur settings and see if they work.. Thanks