Windows maps download tool for MapThis! by in7ane

I've added the ability to create Google Earth overlays from GPSFS maps - Set Dir, View, GPSFS to Site Dir (creating a local set of tiles) and pointing directly at the online tiles - * tab in the bottom left, click GE Overlay. This could be useful to check the accuracy of various mapping sources (assuming that Google Earth is correct, or comparing a few to see which ones agree).

For example:

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/posts/MapABC.kml
MapABC (the map source used by google.cn) seems to be significantly offset from Google Earth (this may be due to a different projection/grid in China, that was not converted correctly).

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/posts/YahooSat.kml
Yahoo Satellite is slightly offset from Google Earth.

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/posts/VEMap.kml
Virtual Earth Map only has a few of the main roads which seem to generally correspond to the roads layer in Google Earth.

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/posts/GoogleSat.kml
Google Satellite corresponds exactly to Google Earth, as expected.

Note: the KML files contain links to tiles hosted on the various mapping services (not the actual image tiles) in order to provide an illustration and a way to evaluate the quality of the services offered.

BarfHappy, that's right - google seems to have a limit on how many satellite tiles an IP can downlaod in a given time.

magixx, see if you can view the map after generating it (click View and/or Test in GMDL) to see if the map is ok, if it is try a ready made map and see if that loads in Map This! ok: http://www.in7ane.com/psp/maps_various/ if it doesn't it's a memory card/psp problem.

DennyPSP, k soshaleniyu da - maksimalniy razmer Bitmap v .NET ogranichen.

Hi In7ane,

Would it be possible to download maps from:

http://kart.gulesider.no/kart/index.c

With your GMDL tool?

I would guess that Norway is no priority, but would you consider making support for this site?
I like this one because it has all the speed cameras on it :P

MemorX, not unless it's done by hand (it's not a tiled map like google and maps.live.com) - if there's a source/viewer that is I should be able to implement it (in firefox, Tools > Page Info > Media tab if you can see the map being made up of 256x256, or possibly similar, tiles).

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MemorX, not unless it's done by hand (it's not a tiled map like google and maps.live.com) - if there's a source/viewer that is I should be able to implement it (in firefox, Tools > Page Info > Media tab if you can see the map being made up of 256x256, or possibly similar, tiles).

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I see, how about a map service like http://www.hvor.no ?

It seems to be buildt with tiles (256 x 256).. Its not as good as the first one, but it would still be better than Google and the others.

Thanks for your answer!

To in7ane

пасиб..скажи а реально сделать на выбор тип файлов для сохранения карты с Google?
не PNG а JPG допустим..Уж очень большая карта в PNG получается...

DennyPSP, prosto konvertirovat v jpeg razmer silno ne izmenyaet (naprimer 4.57MB vmesto 5.22MB) no silno ponejayet katchestvo (skoree vsego oni ushe silno optimizirovali png). Ya posmotryu esli mojno zadat kakienibud compression settings chtobi eto ulichshit.

MemorX, hvor.no is tile based but does not correspond with google tiles (so you won't get GPS support), for example:

http://mt1.google.com/mt?n=404&v=w2.46&x=16&y=9&zoom=12

http://webcache.gisline.no/?x1=0&y1=...524288&s=0&l=2

any other sources? Alternatively it may be easier to achieve your desired result with POIs.

Jocke, missed your messages on MSN - I am still getting around to finishing up Swedish geodata (but it will get done eventually).


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Israeli Maps
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Neither Google nor Virtual Earth have detailed road maps of Israel, and the ones I've been able to find on the web are either flash, rendered sections, or incompatible tiles - has anyone come across anything that looks like it could work with Map This! ?

Map of Israel can be captured form the following website:
emap.co.il
I dont know how to use this map site with the psp

i cant seem to get it to work right...

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2959/18760159dn3.jpg

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/449/35673386ck1.jpg

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/4293/16480576rl4.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/1382/68607199rx3.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7275/99903431mq2.jpg

my problum is i cant get it to zoom right... it zooms in to much for me to capture both citys.

and when i zoom out it just looks wrong the overlays are gone. >.<

also its realy tough to use on 1024x768 rez it reuqires some higher rez that my laptop cant handle... >.<

Hi prexcellent program :thumbup:
Can someone tale me how to put UK postcodes and how to enter it in address locastor

@in7ane
Do you plan an Option to small down the map size?
For example you can convert down the downloades Tiles (less colors for example). This would shrink down the map size.
I tried this with IrfanView Batchconverter - but the program crashes while loading more than 65000 tiles.

I believe that MIB.42 might be working on a compression tool for this..

oh, thanks for information :)

Because my map of Germany is exactly 3.8GB big.
A little bit to big for 4GB MS ^^

Hi, i wonder how its going whit the swedish map of this program?
I really need it, and it should be awesome whit a swedish map.

Good luck!

//// FortuN

Hi first off thanks for this great app!
just a quick question.. is there a way to uncheck the 1X zoom level when downloading a map?

go to the advanced Tab and change the zoom values.

This should work fine ;)

so if I downloaded all of my map from google, and then I came back and downloaded the satellite images later on... is there a way I can merge these into one? or do I just have to load them as seperate maps? what if i ungpsfs them copy them into the same folder, and then regpsfs them, will that work?

thanks

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oh, thanks for information :)

Because my map of Germany is exactly 3.8GB big.
A little bit to big for 4GB MS ^^

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How long did it take to download that ?
It must be a billion images (if not converted to GPSFS) :rofl:

I think it would be nice if you can fit Benelux or Europe on a 2gb memstick in future versions. Now you can only do that with most zoom levels disabled.

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How long did it take to download that ?
It must be a billion images (if not converted to GPSFS) :rofl:

I think it would be nice if you can fit Benelux or Europe on a 2gb memstick in future versions. Now you can only do that with most zoom levels disabled.

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about ~3days
converted to gpsfs ;)

But deleting all the image files after converting was a mess ^^

I'm having a problem, that I wanted to see if anyone else is having...

After going through the entire process of creating a custom map, I open it in the PSP, only to have it hang there reading the memory stick, forever. In trying to sort out the issue, I notice that the custom map I created, does not have the same directory structure that the sample maps have (1x/000, 2x etc...) Is this a problem, or should it be all in one directory??

Note - I dont have a GPS attached yet, I'm just trying to get the software to work first. I've enabled fakefeed, and copied the "no-GPS eboot" to the system dir.

Let me know if anyone has any ideas about what this could be.

I'm running 3.40OE currently. with mapviewer in the GAME150 folder.

thanks,

meier3283 - can you zip the map and post it here?

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Originally Posted by meier3283

I'm having a problem, that I wanted to see if anyone else is having...

After going through the entire process of creating a custom map, I open it in the PSP, only to have it hang there reading the memory stick, forever. In trying to sort out the issue, I notice that the custom map I created, does not have the same directory structure that the sample maps have (1x/000, 2x etc...) Is this a problem, or should it be all in one directory??

Note - I dont have a GPS attached yet, I'm just trying to get the software to work first. I've enabled fakefeed, and copied the "no-GPS eboot" to the system dir.

Let me know if anyone has any ideas about what this could be.

I'm running 3.40OE currently. with mapviewer in the GAME150 folder.

thanks,

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Move your mapviewer application to GAME340 Folder
and set Kernel to 3.4

then it should work

Mystheryman - I've tried all three folders, and the only one the app will open in, is the 1.50 folder.
I was hoping it was that simple :(



Deniska - I appreciate you having a look. I've build/downloaded it ~5 times, some on 4.16b, some on 4.17a, neither seem to work for me.

Please understand that these are my first attempts, and I could be doing something stupid, but I've read all the tutorials I could find, and am following them to the letter...

I'm more than happy to do any testing you might need, I'm not a coder, but am good at t-shooting (we'll see how easy this problem turns out to be :) )

Anyway, if you find something, let me know.

(I should get my Holux 240 by Monday, so I can do some "real" testing at that point)

p.s. I love the application, and can't wait for it to "catch up" to some of the mainstream devices.

I can't seem to link it, so here's another place.
ftp://custftp2.nai.com/outgoing/dmeier/_northdallas.rar


Thanks guys,

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Originally Posted by meier3283

Deniska - I appreciate you having a look. I've build/downloaded it ~5 times, some on 4.16b, some on 4.17a, neither seem to work for me.

Please understand that these are my first attempts, and I could be doing something stupid, but I've read all the tutorials I could find, and am following them to the letter...

I'm more than happy to do any testing you might need, I'm not a coder, but am good at t-shooting (we'll see how easy this problem turns out to be :) )

Anyway, if you find something, let me know.

(I should get my Holux 240 by Monday, so I can do some "real" testing at that point)

p.s. I love the application, and can't wait for it to "catch up" to some of the mainstream devices.

I can't seem to link it, so here's another place.
ftp://custftp2.nai.com/outgoing/dmeier/_northdallas.rar


Thanks guys,

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I tried your map and it works - but missing some zoom levels. Did you remove levels 2,3,4?
I still see 1,5,6,7...

If you did not remove them then perhaps google disconects you at some point...
why not try VE maps ?

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Mystheryman - I've tried all three folders, and the only one the app will open in, is the 1.50 folder.
I was hoping it was that simple :(

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Set your Kernel to 3.40 in Recovery Menu
And then MapThis should work in GAME340 Folder.

If not - I'm confused ^^

Hi guys.

Due to a neccesary re-installation of Windows, i've lost my old GMDL.

Yesterday I downloaded GMDL again (version 0.4.16B) and unzipped it, but whenever I try to open it, this is what I get:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/7...lemgmdljz1.jpg

Now I know that this isnt a failure in GMDL, but in Windows, only I can't seem to find out what Windows needs to run it.

Suggestions :confused:

EDIT:
Sorry, read in the Starterspost that you need to have net.2.

Downloaded it, and I'll see if it works now

Deniska - I'll start over on the download, I'm not certain what I did with that last attempt, I was probably getting desparate and making some changes. (Probably trying to speed it up)

Mystheryman - I confirmed that I'm already set to 3.40 in the recovery menu, so I'll create another map, and place it in the GAME340 folder, and post back.

I'm going to try just one zoom level, with no Geodata for this round.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks again :)

I've created new test maps, one with Google, and one with VE. I also tried them in the GAME folder, the GAME150 folder and the GAME340 folder, and the only time the program will start, is with it in the GAME150 folder.

I'm able to open the Global map.zip, and the New York Subway map, but not either of mine.

Just so you know how I'm getting here, here's exactly what I'm doing, so perhaps you can find my error.

1. Format the mem stick.
2. copy the MapViewer and Mapview% from the 1.5 folder inside of the archive mapViewer_v03.zip, to my PSP\GAME150 folder.
3. I copy the system folder from the archive MapThis0497_beta.zip, into the Mapviewer folder in my GAME150 folder.
4. I then use gmdl0.4.17a, to download maps. I choose a local zip code, give the map a name, and hit download map. I don't uncheck anything, or disable any zoom levels (for testing).
5. I then take the _test folder created with GMDL, and copy it to the maps folder on my psp.

My psp is set to 3.40 kernel in the recovery console, and again, the only time the app will even start, is when it's in the GAME150 folder.

When I select my custom maps, it just reads the mem stick for literally over an hour. (longest I've waited... but it seems to hang forever.)

I've also tried setting the CPU to 222, just to see, and there was no change.

Sorry to be a pest, but I can't let this get the best of me :)

Let me know if I'm doing something wrong...

Thanks again,

dreetje9 you need Microsoft .NET 2.0 installed. all you have to do is go to Microsoft Update website and downloaded and install the .NET 2.0 then you been fine. .NET 2.0 is about 88MB after installation.

Good Lcuk

@ dreetje9

have you installed microsoft net framework 2?

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Originally Posted by leon21ca

dreetje9 you need Microsoft .NET 2.0 installed. all you have to do is go to Microsoft Update website and downloaded and install the .NET 2.0 then you been fine. .NET 2.0 is about 88MB after installation.

Good Lcuk

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@ dreetje9

have you installed microsoft net framework 2?

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As the EDIT in the post says, problem was that I didn't installed .net 2.

I downloaded it, and it worked again,so problem was already solved, but thanks for the answers :thumbup:

meier3283

I just notice on my PSP that if I open one of the original Maps and then hit Select one time to change map and chose my '_Map"
it open up the map and show it

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meier3283

I just notice on my PSP that if I open one of the original Maps and then hit Select one time to change map and chose my '_Map"
it open up the map and show it

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Karozz - I just tried that, and it still won't load :( I can't imagine what I'm doing that is so different from everyone else.... Which eboot are you using? the one that came with mapthis? or the "no-gps" version, or even the holux or psp-290 versions??

Same problem as me in the beginning.

I think you are using an older version of mapThis!, which cannot read the GPSFS-Filesystem.

Get current working version from me here:
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/sho...&postcount=134

This should work I think, perhaps you have to upgrade to 3.30OE-A

I think it's currently really hard to find the current version of MapThis and everybody loads the 0.3-Version from the webpage without checking if theres another version out!

I recognized that this is the mainproblem asked in this forums!

So please someone make a Sticky with the newest MapThis!-Version!!!

I'll give it a try Waltrock, however, when you say upgrade to 3.30OE-A, you might have missed where I'm already on 3.40OE :)

Thanks for the help, I'll go download it now.

So I've loaded the version of Mapthis that you linked in that other thread, and while it does run, I'm still unable to load my custom maps. Now it just says "Please wait while map is loading" but it does not read from the memstick... Rather the opposite problem I had previously :)

I guess I'll try to hold out for Ver. .5 and perhaps I'll have better luck.

Ok, so for some reason, this guy's "version" seems to work just fine..... even with my previously created maps :)

So, now I have to figure out what the difference is.

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/arc...p/t-62158.html

In7ane, could you try getting maps or geodata from these providers:

www.locatienet.nl
www.reperion.com
Garmin Mapsource

Maybe these maps are better. If you want to try Map24, you should try the NON Java version.

Also, what is the difference in map sizes ?

If i download a google map from my neigborhood it's 20 mb, but what's the difference if i do that with MSN Maps ?

Is the size difference big ?

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Ok, so for some reason, this guy's "version" seems to work just fine..... even with my previously created maps :)

So, now I have to figure out what the difference is.

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/arc...p/t-62158.html

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Same problem by me. Fixed it by selecting a Start-loading-map ... don't ask me why my version dont want to load a map if you select it. If you plug a new map on the stick it works, after closing and reopening it, it stops with the loading sceen. Donno why this happens, but the standard-map solution works for me ;)

Has anyone figured out a way to get around the problem of not being able to select the "exact" section of map you want to include in GMDL? Meaning, when I zero in to a city, and then hit preview 1x, it's never the same, so I have to move it around a bit, and when I do that, it jumps around a bit, so that I can't place it exactly where I want it.

Is there setting somewhere, that eliminates that?