Windows maps download tool for MapThis! by in7ane

[nikitenko91]

what are file county boundry errors? i get alot of those when i try to make a map using gmdl

[deniska]

what are file county boundry errors? i get alot of those when i try to make a map using gmdl

Some couties are missing boundary coordinates info - span in terms of lat/lon.
The tool compares each US county's coords with your map span trying to determine if it overlaps.
There are a bunch of counties which are missing that info.. it should not be critical to most of the users outthere though...
Eventually, I'll look in to manually fixing those boundaries...

[taspankya]

Some couties are missing boundary coordinates info - span in terms of lat/lon.
The tool compares each US county's coords with your map span trying to determine if it overlaps.
There are a bunch of counties which are missing that info.. it should not be critical to most of the users outthere though...
Eventually, I'll look in to manually fixing those boundaries...

so in the mean time will it crash or work? i generated a map of puerto rico that took several hours and i ended up with this.
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/a97dab235d.jpg

should i keep it as is or is there something i can do to fix the errors?

[in7ane]

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.4.5b.zip

(1)
Added NY, DC, Chicago, Philly, Boston and Berlin subway system overlays as GPS compatible sources.

(2)
USGS topographic, 1m ortho, and urban ortho, maps added as GPS compatible sources. (Note: min zoom of 2 is probably sufficient for topographic).

(3)
UK topographic (New Popular Edition) added as a semi GPS compatible source (google tiles to lat/lon to UTM is one step too many it seems, if anyone has google tiles to UTM code I'd appreciate it).

(4)
GeoData now automatically runs, if checked, if you click Pull Tiles under Advanced (also runs before the map done message). And no longer giver errors on the empty counties. taspankya those errors did not affect the geodata file.

(5)
POIs and directions can now be loaded from Map This! files (icons too for POIs, ignored for directions). Directions now also have an option to have the path points have a different icon (handles splitting into files ok). AZImmortal nice suggestion, thanks.

Future:
zsc, deselecting areas at variable levels rather than the 8x8 grid will take some work...

deniska, if you do get around to changing the county borders - tell me, and I'll have the program redownload the county border files - will need to have some sort of file version tracking mechanism built in.

[deniska]

Nice work, in7ane!
I'll give it a try once I am back from my skiing trip in a few days...
As far as directions go, I am trying too improve the existing logic.
The new version will inter-connect and display up to 4000 points, so the route is seen as a curved line at any zoom... it will automatically refresh the 400 nearest waypoints every 10 minutes... So I don't know if there is a need for cutting the directions files in chunks of 400...
The points should be in a sequence though for the new path logic to work...
I'll post a new beta in a few days for you to try...

[PSPLawyer]

can someone please tell me how to get geodata.dat file of Los Angeles county?

I have a folder with ALL the zip codes in Los Angeles but the files are just numbers (particular zip codes) and the files are just called "files."

I've spent sleepless nights trying to get geodata to work on mapthis to no avail. i would really appreciate some help. everytime i click "geodata" tab next to "download map" I get an error.

[zsc]

Well, have you already made a map? Or are you planning on making one?

If you havent and are planning on making a map for LA, just make sure "Add GeoData.DAT (US only)" box is checked, it's near the bottom on the left side of the program window.

If you already have a map, try this,

1. Click the GeoData button next to "Download The Map".

2. Click the "1/3 Select map" button, select the directory of your map (should start with "_")

3. Click "2/3 Select for map" button

4. Check/Uncheck the boxes for each of the County you desire. I have a big map for LA County that covers LA County, as well as Ventura, Riverside, San Bernandino, Orange, and a little bit of San Diego, so the boxes on those rows are checked.

5. Click "Save geodata.dat" button

Done, a geodata.dat file should be in your _Map directory.

If you like, I also have a geodata.dat for all of CA, I think. I found it on Deniska's MapThis! v0.4 forum,

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=45279

in one of the posts. Just search the thread for geodata.dat. However, since it contains ALL of CA, it's about 23MB, whereas the one I just made using the 5-steps is just 11MB.

[ThaNerd]

In7ane. I wish you won't mind, but i started adding a few UI features to your app... Mostly, added some features about how controls do react whenever resizing/enlarging the windows, and a simple calculation of "percent done" in the main window and in the post-process download (the redownload of missing files).

I was about to release the thing (under GPL license of course, with due attribution) for a few people i chat with thru another bb website, but i just noticed you released version 0.4.5...

So i will re-do everything i've done before with the new version...

Would you consider using some kind of DAV website such as sourceforge or Google Code Hosting?

Also, maybe it's time to rename it something like "Online Maps Download" (since despite it still rely on Google, it also is able to download data from many other sources...)

[Mystheryman]

Hi,

Does anyone know, how to get geodata.dat for germany?
Can't find any information about it.

[PSPLawyer]

Well, have you already made a map? Or are you planning on making one?

If you havent and are planning on making a map for LA, just make sure "Add GeoData.DAT (US only)" box is checked, it's near the bottom on the left side of the program window.

If you already have a map, try this,

1. Click the GeoData button next to "Download The Map".

2. Click the "1/3 Select map" button, select the directory of your map (should start with "_")

3. Click "2/3 Select for map" button

4. Check/Uncheck the boxes for each of the County you desire. I have a big map for LA County that covers LA County, as well as Ventura, Riverside, San Bernandino, Orange, and a little bit of San Diego, so the boxes on those rows are checked.

5. Click "Save geodata.dat" button

Done, a geodata.dat file should be in your _Map directory.

If you like, I also have a geodata.dat for all of CA, I think. I found it on Deniska's MapThis! v0.4 forum,

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=45279

in one of the posts. Just search the thread for geodata.dat. However, since it contains ALL of CA, it's about 23MB, whereas the one I just made using the 5-steps is just 11MB.

Thanks zsc, I was able to locate the CA geodata file on the threads....

However, I would still like to become familiar with the gmdl tool. The problem I think is that ever since gmdl came out, I am never able to unzip the file. I always get a message of "the system cannot find the file specified." I have always just run the "Google Maps Download" exe file straight out of the zip folder and am able to download maps with success.

However, now when I click on "geodata" button next to "download the map" I get the message "Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click continue.....Could not load file or assenbly 'ZipForge, Version=1.3.0.0,...."

Can you tell me why I'm getting this error message or how to correctly unzip the gmdl folder/files?

Thanks.