Windows maps download tool for MapThis! by in7ane

deniska, http://www.in7ane.com/psp/maps_vario...nquin_JPEG.zip will crash if you zoom in straight after opening the map (ie without a preset location), however if you scroll up and then zoom in it will be fine (bottom half of the map is empty).

rhygin, could you post a from-to for which this happens (they probably changed the site a bit - I'll update the app then).

People were asking about EU geodata - if somebody really wants it, it may be an idea trying to see what can be extracted out of openstreetmap.org (you'll get street names, and in dense European cities this may be sufficient). I will try to setup Canadian geodata in the next few weeks (Statistics Canada publishes a TIGER/Line like dataset in GML).

@in7ane
Hi I just used your latest GMDL and noticed that the resizing does not work 100%
If you decrease the size too much then some buttons overlap others and you cannot activate the hidden ones.
On my laptop 1024X768 it is not possible to see all buttons at all because I connot enlarge enough

To in7ane

Thanks I have found where to put scale but I do not understand 1 moment look at this
http://ifolder.ru/1199003
video at me scale why that another


And here video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDrcYar0vwA
if look at me it is impossible to unite some maps in
one and it is shown that big maps do not open in this program.
Is better the program works with files PDF when I code PNG-> PDF that the file opens..
PNG the same file before coding does not open...
Thanks for your program, hope we together her we shall improve...

RE
deniska, http://www.in7ane.com/psp/maps_vario...nquin_JPEG.zip will crash if you zoom in straight after opening the map (ie without a preset location), however if you scroll up and then zoom in it will be fine (bottom half of the map is empty).

This map perfect work on my PSP :)

How you have made the big scale in this map?
At me after translation in your program for me zoom 5 only and a map not full view at coding you specified what options?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08uEx2UCygY

Hi guys,
Using the GMDL tool and the Mapthis I found some problems for UK maps.

GMDL:
Aways when i tryed to generate the geodata.dat file using 0.46 or 0.48 versions, both crash and said to me that there is program error.

Map this:
Amazing application, but I think that for UK need to be fixed at some points.

After I've generated my geodata file, I was trying to use on Mapthis but it cant find nothing, either the most famous streets. Another problem is the Postal Code is just 5 chars and cant find anyone as well, so make me think that maybe the geodata file for UK is not working with map this.

Now Im dreaming, but we have some mark points, but I can't actually plan a journey with then.

Another nice thing is that maybe this forum could share the maps and POIs from a lot of places and users (customized maps) so the people could get better and existent information here than downloading by theirself. Its like create the wheel again ;)

Congratulations guys for that nice job, free for every one and really impressive.

Im a graphic designer and if I can help you guys please let me know.

Sorry about my english (brazilian guy in London).

@leaod,
UK geodata is not really a finished feature, so hang on...
If you want to help with graphics, see if you can improve the imagery in system folder.. (just keep the dimentions the same

@deniska
Nice one, this week I will spend some time trying to improve that graphics. I will post it soon.
Cheers

FYI, I posted yet beta version for generic gps units... Here is the link:
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/sho...604#post364604

in7ane
first of all...i would like to say thanks and great work to deniska and in7ane for 2 really great progs..i think they have come out with the best homebrew progs for the psp. that said..i would like to make some suggestions to in7ane maybe for the next gmdl prog.
1)by default, the browse tab in gmdl shows the google map page..maybe you can link this to the map source chosen ..like when the user chooses msn map..the browse tab would show the msn map page because some places are not covered by google map.
2)the map shown is usually far bigger than the actual map that is shown when the user previews it..maybe the map could be the same size as the map to be downloaded..this would make choosing the map you want to download far easier for noobs like me.

i hope in7ane would consider putting in these features in the next release.great job and thanks..:thumbup:

Right now im making a map thats for all my area (city) and it has been on for 3 hours (65%) :P
If i want to have a bigger area without remaking everything just to get slightly more, is that possible? How do i "lap" together two maps into one?

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Originally Posted by JoQ

Right now im making a map thats for all my area (city) and it has been on for 3 hours (65%) :P
If i want to have a bigger area without remaking everything just to get slightly more, is that possible? How do i "lap" together two maps into one?

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Combining maps is nearly impossible...
You best bet is to make another map with a different zoom range (perhaps you don't need super detailed zooms)

hey iwould like to download the latest gmdl4.4.0 i think the link on the page 40 dont work :/ where i can find another one

here's the latest version of gmdl, http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/sho...&postcount=478

thx :) im on gpslim which version of mapthis i have to use ?

read my sig above, go with the 0.488 beta.

if you havent done so already, download 0.46 and 0.488, copy and paste the contents of 0.488 download into the mapViewer (no %) folder of 0.46. make sure you go through config.txt in the 'system' folder and turn FAKEFEED=0.

Can someone help me make a map. I've read all the FAQ's and it just isn't clicking in for me. How can I make a map from scratch. Please help cause I'd really like to get this working.

How to create a map using GMDL:

Latest version of GMDL: 0.4.8b

1. Download and extract gmdl0.4.8b, all the files needed for GMDL to run are in '\gmdl0.4.8b\GMDL\bin\Debug' folder.

2. Execute 'Global Map Download Tool.exe'.

3. Using the Google map view, navigate to the area desire.

4. Click 'Advanced' button in the lower left corner.

5. In the box that shows up, click 'Get Numbers'.

6. Select the type of map from the list on the left.

7. In the Advanced box, select 'Preview', verify that the area shown in the center box is the one you want, if not, click 'Browse' tab, adjust the map (zoom in, zoom out, move it around), click 'Get Numbers' and 'Preview'.

8. Set the minimum zoom level, for MapThis! to work properly, zoom level must be greater or equal than '-2'.

9. If you want 'geodata.dat' to be added to the map, check the box 'Add GeoData.DAT (US only)', for US maps ONLY.

10. Click 'Set Dir' up top and choose the destination where map will be saved, must begin with '_' (underscore character), ie. '_Los Angeles'.

11. In the Advanced box, click 'Pull Files'.

12. A window will pop up, select zoom levels that you want in the upper left corner, only the checked zoom level will be downloaded.

13. In the 8x8 grid, uncheck any area that you dont want to download a detailed map for.

14. Click the bar on the top.

15. Sit back until map is created, place it in 'mapViewer\maps\' on your PSP.

I wrote the above instructions up from memory, the gmdl program is creating the GPSFS files from a 10GB map so I can't access any of the features. Please let me know if anything needs to be corrected/added.

Oh, the reason I have a 10GB map is because I made a MSN hybrid map of LA from zoom level 8 -> -1, 5x5 grid in the tiles selection. I know it isnt going to fit on any memorystick pro duo in existence, but I'm only using it to get some tiles and splice it with another MSN map of LA (regular) with the same specs.

@in7ane,
This is just an idea, but perhaps we could mirror the google's startup page that is used in the tool and customize it (remove all non-relevant links/logos and data)... if you can trim it down to a few static files - I'd try to host it at dcemu...

FYI, yet another beta for generic GPS units version: http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/sho...051#post366051

0.489

Hi in7ane,
A request for you:

Is their any chance of you incorporating Ordnance Survey Maps (UK only) for download in your next update please? I'd be very grateful.
http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm

Thanks in advance.

Sony GPS Users...

I'm using the sony 290 module running 3.03oec and MapThis newest beta, first off.

Everything's working like a charm, except I can't acquire the satellites. I noticed deniska wrote in an earlier post you had problems acquiring with the Sony gps module (upwards of 5 minutes), but I can't get anything after any amount of time...any secrets you've uncovered recently?

When I loaded in San Diego, everything was working well, but now I'm out in Hawaii and I've got zilch. I've messed with the config file locations, to no avail. I'm running with the wifi turned off and no UMD, still no avail. Any help would be appreciated.

what's on GPS-INFO screen?
GPS status? Does the clock running, etc?

Trip timer is running, but I've got no bars as far the actual GPS status goes.

This evening, I left it running in the car while I grabbed some eats, and it acquired the satellites somewhere between time 12 minutes and 88 minutes...yeah, I know it's a pretty big window, but at least it found them. Everything was working smooth till I restarted to see if they would acquire any quicker and no joy...currently been running for 10 minutes with no acquisition.

I love this tool, but when i'm making a map and choose which area it should be i go around in google maps-window, but when i later preview the map it's not the same place...
Very hard to explain :S

ZSC - Thanks man. That's the best how-to I've read so far on this topic. I'll try it when I get home. Anyone have a pre-made map of Toronto Ontario Canada? Since we're in the topics of how to's, I've got a couple more questions:

1) How do I add POI's
2) Do I have to pre-enter my route before I put this in my psp?

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Trip timer is running, but I've got no bars as far the actual GPS status goes.

This evening, I left it running in the car while I grabbed some eats, and it acquired the satellites somewhere between time 12 minutes and 88 minutes...yeah, I know it's a pretty big window, but at least it found them. Everything was working smooth till I restarted to see if they would acquire any quicker and no joy...currently been running for 10 minutes with no acquisition.

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There is GPS-INFO option in the in map menu (start button)
Apparently this is mostly a reception issue so here is some hint that may help:
1) set initlocation to 1
2) place the unit so it "sees" as much of open sky as possible
3) try not to move it during initial fix

BTW, you are posing in the wrong thread...

ZSC, thanks for sorting out most of the user's questions for me...
Whenever you create a step by step tutorial on any of the program's features, please mirror the post in the FAQ thread (in duscussion forum)

How do I know when the Map is complete?

Quicksilversvt, in top bar to the right it says 35% 94161 out of 267624 now at zoom 1x (for me right now).
I've been making this map for about 3 hours :o

I don't see that anywhere on mine. 0.4.8b

I got 0.48b too (Build 1561)...
Here's a picture that displays it, can't be clearer (tho, i have noticed that in low resolutions you can't see the bar.
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4954/aaabn8.th.jpg

Now I got it. My resolution was way off

Isn't there a way to view the entire page without changing the resolution. I couldn't even see the POI options with my old res.

What map type should I be using from the left column?

I've been using Google map. What works best for you guys?

really loving this, very accurate
but how do you route plan
i'm sure i'm missing some thing simple
thanks in advance

do any have the map of singapore for mapthis 4.61beta????:confused:

@meme me
check the FAQ link in my sig

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.4.9b.zip


First of all - resolution fix: the window now gets scroll bars on smaller resolutions/sizes while still scaling up, sorry about this guys.


rhygin, map24 seems to have changed and I can't see exactly how it works after a brief look at it, if you really want it to be supported again you probably want to look at this part:

http://www.de.map24.com/source/routi...t_nav_info.php

But keep in mind that European companies have a funky interpretation of the law ( http://blog.oflaherty.dk/2007/01/20/...inked-to-them/ ) - so a method that takes something that is contained within a browser window would be fine, but using the session token to run a query would have to be a separate program by someone other than me.

So map24 is disabled for now.


Russian Topomaps added as a rough source (it will take time to get this to a useful state).


monkeyboy1982, Ordnance Survey (from their site) maps are not compatible with the google projection so would not have GPS support, also OS is known to be very militant about their data - and frankly I do not particularly want to host any code that would point at their servers.


deniska, haizad, I'll have a go at adding Local.Live as an alternative navigation page. A customized navigation page is a good idea - maybe a Google Maps mashup with everything stripped out or an openlayers.org map pointing at Google's servers (I'm not going to sign up for Google Maps API, but will have a go at messing about with openlayers.org javascript).

Thanks for the missing JPEG tiles fix - that works now. Also, another map that crashes (on load), 2048x2048 so that may be the problem, if you have time: http://www.in7ane.com/psp/maps_vario...%20Ryazan).zip (730MB)

Nice work with the directions display!


DennyPSP, you need to specify points that link your source image files to lat/lon coordinates by lining up the source files on the left with the map on the right (see: http://research.microsoft.com/mapcru...#_Toc148418516 ) if it still doesn't work tell me an I'll have a go at creating a more step by step tutorial.


JoQ, in7ane.com does go down occasionally - it's on DreamHost and they seem to be doing some maintenance.


What you see in the browser is not exactly the are that will be downloaded - click the preview buttons to see what you will get. This is due to partial tiles being displayed and tile caching within the page.


I think I've replied to everything, if not, could you please repost.

QUOTE=in7ane;367199]

DennyPSP, you need to specify points that link your source image files to lat/lon coordinates by lining up the source files on the left with the map on the right ....

To in7ane

this I for a long time have understood that it is necessary to choose some points at the left and on the right all works without problems...

I had in view of little bit another, then when I open files MapCrunchers in your program and I press button Get Numbers then preliminary viewing - at me in column ZOOM shows a maximum 5 though in mapCruncher I saw all map entirely..

And if to shift coordinates to the left or to the right all map moves also I I see her entirely in the central window...
Sorry for my English...

DennyPSP, post in Russian if you want (tell me if you want the replies in Russian too) - I'll translate the question/answer for other's benefit. In GMDL - click Set under the MapCruncher option and select the directory with all the PNGs, it will get the numbers and set zooms by itself - just click Pull Tiles.

in7ane, im using your fantastic program, latest version 0.49b. But im experiencing some problems. The maps i'm downloading are all in Google Maps format, but if i choose one area to download, it aint the same as it _will_ download. Let me show this screen:
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6950/aaadl6.th.jpg
It's not the same area on the preview as on the result... And even if i pull more in one direction the map stays at the same place in Preview 1x. But if i pull even more it's a new place.

Can't explain exactly, sorry...