Windows maps download tool for MapThis! by in7ane

[Mystheryman]

Try following
usbacc.prx from Firmware 2.71
and
usbgps.prx from Firmware 3.03
This combination Works fine for me.
Perhaps you have to wait a while before you get a fix on some sat's.
Some people have to wait up to 10minutes.

But I can get a fix within 3 - 5 minutes.

[gruntl]

hi everybody, my psp-290 module just arrived an hour ago and i'm trying to set it up...my question: how do i extract *.prx files from a firmware? do i need something like PSARdumper or how does it work?

[GiUd@]

yes there are an extractor utility for 2.71 and 3.03 fw...

but i can't find the 2.71 one...but i remember there is another utility wich extract a package of the fw (data.psp) that have to be dumped

i can't remember
someone help us

[xb0xb0y]

Does anyone know how I'd be able to get maps of Japan in english? Google maps only shows it in Japanese, which I can't read. Many thanks to anyone that can help.

[rhygin]

@gruntl and Guid@
please read the FAQ's before asking questions that have been answered lots of times.
Just do the same as I did read all threads from the first to the last page you will then most probably find the answer to your questions. Should your questions haven't been answered yet then and only then feel free to ask.
By the way this counts for everyone who has questions.
most of the stuff frequently asked is already in my FAQ check my sig.

[rhygin]

Oh yes one other thing could everyone try to post their questions in the correct threads this would be really cool

[zashley1]

I will be reposting a poi_dl file tomorrow. Sorry I can't of help sooner.

[Milhause]

I finde page with Geodata, what I do it with this file.
I want transfer to Mapthis!
thank you
http://earth-info.nima.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html

[deniska]

I finde page with Geodata, what I do it with this file.
I want transfer to Mapthis!
thank you
http://earth-info.nima.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html

You can convert the data in those files to MapThis' POI format with a unix script (see below). There seem to be no street level data in those files.. Only coordinates for towns,lakes,etc..


### usage:: ./filter [file_name]
cat $1|cut -f4,5,22|sed -e 's/\t/,/g'|{

read line

while [ -n "$line" ]
do
latlon=`echo $line|cut -d ',' -f1,2`
descr=`echo $line|cut -d ',' -f3|cut -b1-30|strings`
if [ -n "$descr" ]
then
echo $latlon,$descr,,
fi
echo "$line,,"
read line
done
}

[gruntl]

yes ok sorry for my noobish questions, i figured it out now and its working fine, thanks deniska for your great work

what i'm thinking about now is that it would be really cool if a few people got together in a forum (or thread) and began sharing the maps they created, like uploading them on hosters like rapidshare.com. Not everyone would have to go through that trouble of creating them themselves and you'd have more maps, it would be faster too.

I also understand that there was a map download feature in older versions of mapthis, i haven't found it in the psp-290 version, am i just stupid or is it gone?