Windows maps download tool for MapThis! by in7ane

[deanspeed]

is there any way i can get bigger maps? i want to get my hole trip in ther so that i can use this next time i visit my mom 150 miles away.

[Russoxley187]

zoom out...
and make the map bigger
I think...

[deniska]

yeah this program works great. I wish had the skill
to code programs so that i could some how
contribute. deniska have you set up a paypal donation yet. its the least i could do to show
that i appreciate all the work your doing
-----gpslim236 will arrive today.. . finally!

cool, wire your millions to televny at yahoo.com !

Seriously, im am not doing this for money...
but the fact that people like it makes it worth awhile... :-)

[deniska]

is there any way i can get bigger maps? i want to get my hole trip in ther so that i can use this next time i visit my mom 150 miles away.

You should be able to chose any zoom range so you can deside how much detail and coverage you want to fit on your MS...
in the program - go to "advanced" mode and specify min zoom that you want to have... for example you may have a zoom range from 7 to 3....

[deanspeed]

well i tryed zooming out just enough to fit my town and my moms town, witch is from pensacola fl to panama city fl. and it says this: "Area selected with minimum zoom is too big (512 where 256 max)"

[in7ane]

A few changes:
- top left centered screen (with scroll bars) as requested
- pop up 1x and 2x previews
- downloading all 6 sources at once

Note:
- if you get the zoom not available message, could be a timeout, try again (or maybe the zoom level really is not available, then set a higher min zoom in Advanced)
- the maximum map size is 256^2 so 2^(zoom - min zoom) needs to be less than or equal to 256 (I guess this is an issue with the PSP file system, but deniska is a better person to ask)

screenshot:
http://homepage.mac.com/f.levin/psp/gmdl22.jpg

source and exe (in /bin/debug/):
http://homepage.mac.com/f.levin/psp/gmdl22.zip

Thanks for the feedback.

[deniska]

well i tryed zooming out just enough to fit my town and my moms town, witch is from pensacola fl to panama city fl. and it says this: "Area selected with minimum zoom is too big (512 where 256 max)"

Actually, PSP/MapThis should be able to handle 512x maps, although I only tested 256x ones...

Keep in mind that every next map size ~takes 5 times more space..
512 would probably consume ~ 2GB...


1024x, on the other hand, would present a problem because of the naming convention that I use..
Not sure if anyone would actually attempt to create one, since it's ptobably gonna take ~4GB on PSP's MS...

[deniska]

A few changes:
- top left centered screen (with scroll bars) as requested
- pop up 1x and 2x previews
- downloading all 6 sources at once

Note:
- if you get the zoom not available message, could be a timeout, try again (or maybe the zoom level really is not available, then set a higher min zoom in Advanced)
- the maximum map size is 256^2 so 2^(zoom - min zoom) needs to be less than or equal to 256 (I guess this is an issue with the PSP file system, but deniska is a better person to ask)

screenshot:
http://homepage.mac.com/f.levin/psp/gmdl22.jpg

source and exe (in /bin/debug/):
http://homepage.mac.com/f.levin/psp/gmdl22.zip

Thanks for the feedback.

Good stuff, man...
Just generated 128x map for my trip to NJ tonight, took me less than 5 min with MSN maps!!! Of course loading this map on PSP was much more painfull....

[vibez]

A few changes:
- top left centered screen (with scroll bars) as requested
- pop up 1x and 2x previews
- downloading all 6 sources at once

Note:
- if you get the zoom not available message, could be a timeout, try again (or maybe the zoom level really is not available, then set a higher min zoom in Advanced)
- the maximum map size is 256^2 so 2^(zoom - min zoom) needs to be less than or equal to 256 (I guess this is an issue with the PSP file system, but deniska is a better person to ask)

screenshot:
http://homepage.mac.com/f.levin/psp/gmdl22.jpg

source and exe (in /bin/debug/):
http://homepage.mac.com/f.levin/psp/gmdl22.zip

Thanks for the feedback.

Ok this version is unusuable for me. I'm having the problems Deniska was having, but now I can't see the controls on the left

UPDATE: Nevermind, missed the scroll bars

[in7ane]

I was thinking of automatically creating sets of maps (1-4, 1-16, etc) when the area was too large, but it's true about the resulting size. A better option would be to selectively download different areas down to different levels of detail (since MapThis! handles missing tiles and directories), this way you can have a path of high resolution - this will require a bit of a rewrite, and should probably be incorporated with getdirections.sh functionality (is anyone else looking at it? if not I'll have a go over the weekend once I've finished with the gps cable soldering).