psp+mapthis+psp290 in germany

hi, im from germany and have some reports and questions.

first thank u deniska for your great work :thumbup:
i got my psp290 last week and got it prompt work.
its not the fastest gps but quite ok.

now my question:
i found on the web some geodatas for germany just googled for german geodata and find directly some datas but dont know how to do it to emplemet it on my map so how can this work?
i want some tripcalculating, no trippainting....
is it possible to ad this geodata which i found to a map?

if someone got a german map with geodata plz pm me...

i think that all germans should write here thair experiences...

greez

hi, are you sure its geodata for whole germany? I also tried searching but didnt find anything x_X

actually it is possible to change it into mapthis format, we would just need to know the way it has to be and write a program, which should change it to be readable by the mapviewer.
I think deniska offered help with that.
It would be nice if you could send me the link to the files via pm, cause im also interested in german geodata :D

i found some here
http://opengeodb.hoppe-media.com/index.php
or here
http://www.giswiki.org/wiki/Geodaten_Deutschland

verry intresting is this page...
http://www.xenum.net/geodaten.html?m=&s=

i just searched google but nothing new...
the only thing i have is a map-collection from a clarion navi... its a fbl format and i dont know how to open it...

I'm interested too ^^

i would also like to thank deniska for this great app!

i just received my psp-290 and it works great, even without the extension cable! i can't wait to use it in berlin next week.

geodata for germany would be great, but i don't think that this will happen soon, as the EU just does not want us to have this info for free.

btw: some info of my setup: psp ta-082 with fw 3.40 OE-A, mapThis 0.497 and a brand new psp-290. i used keycleaner to fix some but not all the keys and it works just fine for me.

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Originally Posted by mrjingles

i would also like to thank deniska for this great app!

i just received my psp-290 and it works great, even without the extension cable! i can't wait to use it in berlin next week.

geodata for germany would be great, but i don't think that this will happen soon, as the EU just does not want us to have this info for free.

btw: some info of my setup: psp ta-820 with fw 3.40 OE-A, mapThis 0.497 and a brand new psp-290. i used keycleaner to fix some but not all the keys and it works just fine for me.

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umm.... oÔ
black-dragon already has geodata for germany. Its not official but very complete. The problem now is just to format it correctly

I'd like to quickly point out that ones search results with Google differ dependant on which suffix you use - the search results for Google.de anr different to Google.com, or .co.nz etc etc. As such, it would be more helpful to either stipulate what Google suffix you used or, less complicated, just post links to the stuff you find.

If you guys do track down some unencrypted geodata it should be reasonably easy to get it into a CSV (import in Excel, drag some columns about, etc.), and after that I've added importing custom geodata into GMDL, see: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Map_This!?#Custom and redownload http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.4.17a.zip

i'll give it a try and let you know when i'm done.

ok, i tried it and GMDL always crashes when i click on process with the error message: "Input string was not in a correct format".
The details say:

Spoiler!

Code:

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
  at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
  at System.Number.ParseDecimal(String value, NumberStyles options, NumberFormatInfo numfmt)
  at System.Decimal.Parse(String s)
  at GMDL.GEOmain.CustomProcessFile_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Documents and Settings\brokenbridge\Desktop\GMDL\GEOmain.cs:line 2507
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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Global Map Download Tool
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.20159
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.20159
    CodeBase: file:///D:/PSP/PSP%20Games/Map%20This!/map_generator_for_windows/GMDL/bin/Debug/Global%20Map%20Download%20Tool.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Data
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
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System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
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ZipForge
    Assembly Version: 1.3.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.3.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///D:/PSP/PSP%20Games/Map%20This!/map_generator_for_windows/GMDL/bin/Debug/ZipForge.DLL
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

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

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

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i guess i'm doing something wrong with the conversion in excel but i tried all kinds of ways and it never worked. could it be a problem that lat and lon are converted by my german excel to the format 13,4568768 instead of 13.4568768?

thx for any advice!

i used the following file:

Yes, the CSV is ; not , delimited (makes sense since decimal point is decimal coma), redownload http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.4.17a.zip and check the CSV is delimited by ;... checkbox

thank you very much for your quick help, i really appreciate it!

now he starts to process the files, but then i get an error message after it says "starting geodata":

Value was either too large or too small for an Int32

Spoiler!

Code:

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

************** Exception Text **************
System.OverflowException: Value was either too large or too small for an Int32.
  at System.Convert.ToInt32(Int64 value)
  at GMDL.comprCS.compr(String dir_name, Boolean no_zip, String alt_zip_type, String alt_zip_loc) in C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\GMDL\GEOcomprCS.cs:line 59
  at GMDL.GEOmain.CustomProcessFile_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\GMDL\GEOmain.cs:line 2658
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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Global Map Download Tool
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.25761
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.25761
    CodeBase: file:///D:/PSP/PSP%20Games/Map%20This!/map_generator_for_windows/GMDL/bin/Debug/Global%20Map%20Download%20Tool.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Data
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
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ZipForge
    Assembly Version: 1.3.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.3.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///D:/PSP/PSP%20Games/Map%20This!/map_generator_for_windows/GMDL/bin/Debug/ZipForge.DLL
----------------------------------------
zlib.net
    Assembly Version: 1.0.2433.27290
    Win32 Version: 1.0.2433.27290
    CodeBase: file:///D:/PSP/PSP%20Games/Map%20This!/map_generator_for_windows/GMDL/bin/Debug/zlib.net.DLL
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

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

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

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But this time I used another file (but there's also an error message with the file I used before, something like 'out of bounds of array' or so):

Could you try once more ( http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.4.17a.zip again), I could not replicate the problem but I suspect it may have been due to another regional issue I missed (it may have been interpreting 12,345 as 12345 not 12.345 under some settings). If it still doesn't work - can you post your exact settings from Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > all 3 tabs

wow, thanks, that was a quick fix! thumbs up!

it's working now, no errors in GMDL anymore!
though now i have to figure out how to get this working in mapthis, because doing an address lookup there gives me no result all the time.

but that's not your problem anyways. so again, i really appreciate that you put that much effort into this great app!

This thread is pretty old (well more than a month) so I don't know if you managed to get it to work with MapThis! yet. If you do, please tell me as I would be very interested in GeoData for germany! And I myself don't understand any of that stuff you guys were talking about:(

And I still don't understand why you can't just download the GeoData with GMDL like you do when you download it together with a map from the US...


Thanks in advance

Hey Apu, i`m from there but i know its not possible now in the moment.You can`t get geodata from germany for free,its a monopolism,many kind of companys give you geodatas from germany for money.It´s a business..............

but one hope ,i hear many sites of www. talks about free geodatas in future.

Well, I'm from germany too, that's why I want the GeoData =)

But that stinks. Why sell the GeoData. Who would need it that desperate to pay money for it? Oh wel, hopefull someday it'll be free...

well, i managed to get the geodata from the website mentioned earlier in this thread, i even managed to convert them with the GMDL tool after in7ane kindly updated his software, but I wasn't able to use it on the PSP yet because a search didn't return any results. after that i didn't really have the time to look into that topic anymore because i'm busy at work right now.

is the geodata for all germany or just some parts?

good luck on getting it to work =)

hi,
I come also from Germany and get with the map good the die geo data let however something wish remaining there he like already by several said, it then simply abstuertzt.ist however a smaller problem:) but which I did not want to say am gmdl also only with framenetwork 2,0 leuft which many to know, like I still recently man can much read however whom one nothing find am sun thing:) therefore I wanted to it times which to say wie said, come from Berlin and could with maps productions of any kind help because I it so far well get and also fast;)

p.s. great job deniska ,its works great .thanks for this programm !!!

where did you get your geodata for your region?!

Im also from germany and have no clue where to get geodata for my region...

For anyone who is asking which region: It is "Hamburg"


Thanks in Advance...