Windows maps download tool for MapThis! by in7ane

[zashley1]

subfire you should read this whole thread as well as the other for the psp-290 very useful info.

[in7ane]

Codaz, do you have gas.png in the map directory? If yes, can you post the map directory (without the GPSFS files). As for directions, you can change WARNINGDISTANCE in Map This! system/config.txt or check List Upcoming when creating directions in GMDL.

Mystheryman, I'll post when I've redone the area selection - the code around it is a bit of a mess so it may take a while.

JoQ, the geodata.dat files are a custom Map This! format, if you have data that has the following:

street name, street number, zip/post code, lat, lon

post it and I will look into creating geodata.dat out of it.

kamatschka, geodata is for address searches and reverse lookups (finding the closest address).

Quicksilversvt, to add geodata to an existing map:

1) Click GeoData (top left)
2) Select the StatCan RNF tab if you are adding Canadian geodata
3) Click 1/3 - Select map and select the map
4) Click 2/3 - Select for map
5) Click 3/3 - Save geodata.dat
6) Wait, and that's it.

[in7ane]

subfire91, I'm going to make an attempt at creating a video manual to show how the app works (mp4 videos created by Snapz Pro X, playable with Quick Time or VLC - videolan.org):

Downloading a map of LA with US GeoData (5:20 11.5 MB): http://www.in7ane.com/psp/manual/la_map.mov

(note: OpenStreetMap.org is used as the source - do NOT post videos of Google, VE, etc. being used as sources (USGS is fine), part of the area is deselected - that area is not downloaded at closer zoom levels to save space).

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Map_This%21#Video_Manual

note: the app in the video looks a bit different than the initial .13 release, redownload http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.4.13b.zip if you want the newer build.

[JoQ]

JoQ, the geodata.dat files are a custom Map This! format, if you have data that has the following:

street name, street number, zip/post code, lat, lon

post it and I will look into creating geodata.dat out of it.

Another member at this forum found this file for geodata in Gothenburg (city in Sweden). The fileformat is ".pba" but it is renamed to ".txt".
This should work excellent with GMDL, if you convert it to usable format ".dat".

Here is the file: http://www.megaupload.com/se/?d=177UY8KM

Hope you can make something out of this in7ane, i and pege36 will try to find geodata for whole of Sweden, but if u can convert this one we can try it out

Thanks alot for everything mate!

[Codaz]

JoQ, can you help with a geodata file of The Netherlands ?

[JoQ]

It wasnt me who found it, and the one who did... found it at a Swedish site. So there aint no Netherlands i think :/

[JoQ]

Here's the geodata for all major citys in Sweden, they aint put together, in different files. Maybe you can just put them together but i dont know how it works. All files are ".pba" -format. 40mb total of all files, i have checked and the adresses are correct.

I can try it out if u only want to test, just use the file i posted earlier or the "göteborg.pba" inside the zip-archive (same file). I live there and can try it out!

Thanks alot in7ane!

Download: http://www.megaupload.com/se/?d=9ZXNJVKJ

[kamatschka]

Is the GeoData stuff for applying Adresses and Street Names to the Maps in MapThis so you can search in MapThis for Streets?

Thanks...
greetz kamatschka

[pattot]

hello in7ane and deniska and thx for that verry great tools.
I am from Germany so sorry for my bad english
the reason why im writing is that i cant disable the 1x zoom in gmdl.
So the download tooks verry much time.
Is there any possibility to change this ?
(the button where i could disable the 1x zoom is grey)
thx for your help , pat

[in7ane]

JoQ, that looks good - I've just got to figure out what easting northing conversion to use from the coordinates - let me know if you have any ideas:

1480 A C Lindblads gata 2 1 10 11 80.236 2 1078302.8809 508759.6122,1078054.3809 508873.6122,

kamatschka, yes - but there is only data for Canada and the USA for now.

pattot, click Advanced, then set min zoom to a higher value (1 to miss out the lowest zoom level, 2 to miss out the lowest two, etc.)