MapThis! - GPS MAP VIEWER FOR PSP Released

**Emeriastone** · August 18th, 2006, 02:54

Wow!!!

**califrag** · August 18th, 2006, 03:18

absolutely amazing deniska, another great application! any thoughts into making it compatible with msn maps? (http://maps.msn.com) as I believe it uses the same mapping software as google maps? can't wait to get a gps to try this with!

**mavsman4457** · August 18th, 2006, 03:46

I'm downloading my map now and it has paused at 560 out of 21844.

Edit: Ok so I switched out of that download, I think it was too big for my memory stick. Then I messed up on the units and did a map of the ocean. Trying it for a third time to get it right.

**deniska** · August 18th, 2006, 04:19

start up with small maps..at least over WIFI...
Don't try to load an unfinished map - it may stall the viewer & corrupt your memory stick..
BTW, MAKE SURE YOUR TURN OFF ALL POWER SAVE FEATURES.
The best way to generate maps is with the cygwin scripts that I provided...

**s1k0** · August 18th, 2006, 04:31

Sweeet good job!!!!!

**deniska** · August 18th, 2006, 04:32

Originally Posted by califrag

absolutely amazing deniska, another great application! any thoughts into making it compatible with msn maps? (http://maps.msn.com) as I believe it uses the same mapping software as google maps? can't wait to get a gps to try this with!

I thought of that already..
they seem to use a slightly different address coding scheme, so I could not hack it in 15 minutes (before my attention span ran out)
Feel free to look in to this - should not be too hard...but GPS coordinates routines will probably have to be adjusted...

I am thinking of " milking" msn maps for route data though...
In the scripts directory I put up a script called getdirections.sh which connects to msn maps and out puts directions.. Here is an example:
./getdirections.sh "195 Broadway, New York, NY" "10 market st, san franciscoi,ca"
1,40.710373,-74.009491,0.1,Depart on Dey St (West)
2,40.711056,-74.010782,0.3,Turn RIGHT (North) onto Church St
3,40.714921,-74.007941,0.6,Turn LEFT (West) onto Chambers St; then immediately turn RIGHT (North) onto Hudson St
4,40.72377,-74.007941,1.9,Bear RIGHT (North-East) onto Holland Tunnel [Hudson St] towards Holland Tunnel / New Jersey
5,40.727725,-74.021178,null,Entering New Jersey
6,40.731505,-74.039476,0.3,Bear LEFT (West) onto 14th St [Boyle Plaza]
7,40.732024,-74.044373,0.0,Road name changes to I-78 [US-1]
8,40.732024,-74.045145,1.2,Keep STRAIGHT onto US-1 [US-1 & 9] towards US 1 / US 9
9,40.739326,-74.064215,0.2,Keep RIGHT onto Ramp towards US-1-Truck / US-9-Truck / I-280 / Jersey City / Kearny
10,40.739237,-74.06791,0.3,Bear RIGHT (West) onto US-1 & 9-Truck [US-1 Truck]
11,40.738807,-74.073757,1.3,Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-7
12,40.746713,-74.096009,1.3,Keep STRAIGHT onto CR-508 [Newark and Jersey City Tpke] towards CR-508 / I-280 / New Jersey Turnpike / Harrison / Newark
13,40.749633,-74.119977,16.6,Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-280 towards I-280
14,40.858916,-74.365003,2.7,Take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-80 Express Ln towards I-80 / Dover / Del Water Gap
15,40.864243,-74.416297,372.0,Road name changes to I-80
16,40.977047,-75.1354,null,Entering Pennsylvania
17,41.170615,-79.095121,null,Construction between Alaska and Corsica (WB) (April 17; 2006 - September 29; 2006)
18,41.184962,-80.518894,null,Entering Ohio
19,41.123961,-80.768394,null,Reconstruction between Ohlton and Mahoning (WB) (May 29; 2006 - March 31; 2009)
20,41.110816,-80.828616,0.5,Turn RIGHT onto Ramp towards I-80 / Cleveland
21,41.112964,-80.837468,0.4,Keep RIGHT to stay on Ramp towards I-80 / Cleveland
22,41.117261,-80.843396,353.8,*Toll road* Merge onto I-80 [Ohio Tpke]
23,41.628623,-84.805691,null,Entering Indiana
24,41.591508,-87.227793,0.6,At exit 21; turn RIGHT onto Ramp towards I-80 / I-94 / In-51 / US-6 W / Illinois Tollway / Des Moines
25,41.588933,-87.233031,0.1,Keep RIGHT to stay on Ramp towards I-94 / I-80 / In-51
26,41.587215,-87.233209,18.0,Take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-80 [I-94] towards I-94 / I-80 / In-51 S
27,41.577076,-87.525145,null,Entering Illinois
28,41.577851,-87.573086,5.0,*Toll road* Keep STRAIGHT onto I-294 [I-80] towards I-80 / I-294 / Tollway / Wisconsin / Iowa
29,41.578107,-87.670423,145.2,Keep RIGHT onto I-80 towards I-80 / Iowa
30,41.486436,-88.198287,null,Resurfacing between Minooka and Joliet (WB) (July 30; 2006 - March 30; 2007)
31,41.440387,-90.321834,179.4,Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-80 towards I-80 / Davenport
32,41.579569,-90.364537,null,Entering Iowa
33,41.652423,-93.579199,13.8,Road name changes to I-35 [I-80]
34,41.59701,-93.777234,119.5,Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-80 towards I-80 / Council Bluffs / Omaha
35,41.23153,-95.843564,2.6,Merge onto I-29 [I-80]
36,41.233678,-95.893916,432.8,Keep LEFT onto I-80 towards I-80
37,41.2317,-95.911094,null,Entering Nebraska
38,41.221216,-103.619523,498.9,Stay on I-80
39,41.180925,-104.053219,null,Entering Wyoming
40,41.155923,-105.400276,null,Rehabilitation between Laramie and Buford (NB) (March 15; 2006 - September 20; 2006)
41,41.598038,-106.203752,null,Reconstruction between Elk Mountain and Arlington (NB) (July 10; 2006 - July 31; 2008)
42,41.24811,-111.04667,null,Entering Utah
43,40.718531,-111.89748,0.2,Turn LEFT onto Ramp towards I-15 / UT-201 / Las Vegas / West Valley
44,40.718531,-111.900833,17.6,Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto SR-201 [2100 South Fwy] towards UT-201 / West Valley
45,40.726092,-112.162696,null,Construction near Garfield (June 13; 2006 - December 15; 2006)
46,40.722141,-112.223184,634.3,Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-80 [Dwight D Eisenhower Hwy] towards I-80
47,40.738206,-114.043628,null,Entering Nevada
48,39.468473,-120.002749,null,Entering California
49,38.579859,-121.560551,69.8,Take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-80 towards I-80 / San Francisco
50,37.887821,-122.30929,3.6,Merge onto I-580 [I-80]
51,37.836526,-122.296149,1.1,Take Ramp (LEFT) onto I-80 towards I-80 / San Francisco
52,37.82596,-122.302856,5.9,Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto I-80
53,37.785491,-122.391608,0.5,Turn RIGHT onto Ramp towards Fremont St
54,37.788585,-122.394272,0.3,Turn LEFT (North-West) onto Fremont St
55,37.791679,-122.398301,0.3,Turn RIGHT (North-East) onto Market St

It should not be hard to use those way point coordinates in the program to trigger proximity alerts: "MERGE ON HIGHWAY 95" as you aproach the given way point....

**Psyberjock** · August 18th, 2006, 05:07

So I had a good idea for your app while i was in the shower. You can use it if you want.

This idea lets us change maps automatically as we cross from one to aother.

First you need to imagine a grid. Each box has a number from 1-16 (for example). The numbering pattern is standard (top down, left to right) so we always know where each number will be. Then overlay 16 maps. As you cross from area to area the maps automatically change.

There's the idea. Now for the method.

A config file has a couple simple to customize fields:
gridsize: 4x4
zeros: 1,4,16

The grid size is pretty self explianatory 4x4 makes 16 squares, but it could be 2x8 or anything. Just width x heigth.

The zeros are blank areas. Areas with no maps. These would be for oceans, unneeded areas, or whatever.

I was thinking that you could use a filename solution for helping to tell where each map is located, but with the config file, it may just be redundant, but for the sake of being thorough, here 's my idea on that.

Each file name is a description of the areas surrounding it.
For example area 1 in the 16 area grid would be named n0e2s5w0.jpg This shows that to the North, there is nothing, to the East there is area 2, to the South is area 5, and to the West is nothing.

Like I said, they're just ideas I had while taking a shower. You can use either, both, or neither of them. While it wouldn't prevent you from ever having to load a different map (probably from file space restraints) it would minimize the need to do so.