PSP-Maps 0.5

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March 19th, 2008, 02:31
royale

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PSP-Maps 0.5
This new version adds the following features:
- added Virtual Earth and Yahoo! Maps support (thanks to boomerang for the idea)
- address search menu
- customizable cache size
- added an option to load neighborhood to cache
- switched to TTF font
- fixed a bug with favorites
- new buttons mapping
http://royale.zerezo.com/psp/psp-maps.png

If you are curious, here is a quick video presentation I did for the previous version: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=01tgRsq8HIM

The Virtual Earth and Yahoo Maps support was quite easy to add since the tile system is very similar to Google Maps.
The address search menu uses the Google Maps API.
You can now setup PSP-Maps to have a very big cache.
And you can use the "load neighborhood" option to load the tiles around the current position in the cache, with a large radius (useful to generate a map for offline usage).

This version is available on my website: http://royale.zerezo.com/psp/
Or as usual in attachment to this thread.
March 19th, 2008, 03:23
anteopimp

awesome man!!! You just keep on getting better :D.
March 19th, 2008, 03:50
NoQuarter

This program looks great, gonna check it out now.
March 19th, 2008, 04:12
toto

super! merci royale! c'est une appli qui dechire!
March 19th, 2008, 08:46
one winged angel

it would be cool if he intrigated google sky mars and moon too

links: http://sky.google.com, http://mars.google.com, http://moon.google.com

BTW does anyone know what casino cash in our username is??
March 19th, 2008, 14:07
onetwentyeight

planning an extended holiday?

there's a casino in the forums (see link at top of page). i don't know if a more concrete reason exists, but if you're bored you can gamble away the cash we all seem to accumulate over time.

PS - props for not using the PSP keypad input method for address input! scrolling up and down through the alphabet like an arcade machine high score entry is infinitely faster.
March 19th, 2008, 14:37
sammiesosa#1

Very good update keep up the hard work.
March 19th, 2008, 16:37
sedkiller

This homebrew is great and is getting better each and every time.
March 19th, 2008, 18:15
fubarpatsharp

i cant get this to work :(

im on 3.90 m33-2, slim

just comes up with corrupted data

any ideas any one
March 19th, 2008, 18:45
sedkiller

Quote:

Originally Posted by fubarpatsharp

i cant get this to work :(

im on 3.90 m33-2, slim

just comes up with corrupted data

any ideas any one

In wich folder did you place the homebrew ??
March 19th, 2008, 20:34
No_one_in_particular

Looks mint !
March 19th, 2008, 21:56
royale

Quote:

Originally Posted by fubarpatsharp

i cant get this to work :(

im on 3.90 m33-2, slim

just comes up with corrupted data

any ideas any one

I don't understand why, but some users need to but the game in the GAME380 folder.
Check here: http://royale.zerezo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=760#760
March 20th, 2008, 01:21
royale

I am looking for beta testers who have this device: http://www.neoflash.com/go/index.php...=189&Itemid=37

I would like to add motion support to PSP-Maps.
Please reply to this post or contact me if you are interested.

Thanks!
March 20th, 2008, 21:20
elefas

Amazing new release! Great!
March 21st, 2008, 00:38
blackrave

This is a VERY good application, wow! I can see my school. The cache system works splendidly both online and offline, too. Thank you!

Until royale posts it here himself, you can get an updated v0.6 from the NeoFlash forums (he has entered it to the competition), or from his website. Everyone should consider getting a user at NeoFlash and look at the very good contributions this year, then find out which to vote for. PSP-Maps is deep in my thoughts.

Thanks again, and good luck in the contest!

royale, some things I would love to be changed to make it more perfect:
- Make the analog nub less sensitive -- it moves by itself almost all the time for me.
- Make a list where you can select which map to use, either by pressing the square button or through the start menu. Switching between them now is too slow and messy (unless I'm doing it the wrong way (pressing square and cross)). Also make it more clear to the user which map is currently in use. This would make the app more future-proof, too, as it currently stays on the loading screen until it gets a response from the site, and will keep doing it even if it doesn't (or maybe it displays "image not available" after a while, not sure! :O)
- I don't know how hard it would be, and it's not so important since you can switch between them with a single button press, but could you add hybrid support in Google Maps so that both street names and satellite images show at the same time?
- And, personally, I prefer the XMB keyboard input and think it's faster and easier to type with. I'd like an option to choose between that and the current "arcade/high-score" input, just to keep everyone satisfied.

Keep on rocking!
March 21st, 2008, 10:10
royale

Quote:

Until royale posts it here himself, you can get an updated v0.6 from the NeoFlash forums (he has entered it to the competition), or from his website.

I am not sure to post a news for this version, since it is a minor update.
It was mainly to add the splash screen for the contest :)
Full changelog is available here: http://royale.zerezo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=282
Thank you for your support, I hope users at Neoflash will also enjoy PSP-Maps :D

Quote:

- Make the analog nub less sensitive -- it moves by itself almost all the time for me.

Yes I agree, I also had the bug with the joystick moving alone yesterday.
I would also like to add support for the motion kit, since I think it could be funny to move the map tilting the PSP.

Quote:

- Make a list where you can select which map to use, either by pressing the square button or through the start menu. Switching between them now is too slow and messy (unless I'm doing it the wrong way (pressing square and cross)). Also make it more clear to the user which map is currently in use. This would make the app more future-proof, too, as it currently stays on the loading screen until it gets a response from the site, and will keep doing it even if it doesn't (or maybe it displays "image not available" after a while, not sure! :O)

Yes this is also in my todo list. I think I will add an entry in the menu. I don't want to show informations "on screen" to have the maximum visibility of the map.
But maybe I could add a button to show/hide informations (such as latitude/longitude/zoom level/map type/etc).

Quote:

- I don't know how hard it would be, and it's not so important since you can switch between them with a single button press, but could you add hybrid support in Google Maps so that both street names and satellite images show at the same time?

This is a just bit harder with Google/Yahoo Maps, since they use two images (the satellite view, and a transparent image on top of it). And it will be a bit slower too since we need to download two images for one tile.
Virtual Earth sends directly the combined image.

Quote:

- And, personally, I prefer the XMB keyboard input and think it's faster and easier to type with. I'd like an option to choose between that and the current "arcade/high-score" input, just to keep everyone satisfied.

Yes, I had both feedbacks, some user like it, some don't, so I think I will add both ;)