Windows maps download tool for MapThis! by in7ane

[rhygin]

I have the same problem as Er SeVi, everytime I use gmdl041b and uncheck some zooms the programm freezes.

I also notices that my cpu usage goes up to 100% all used by gmdl. Looks like a tiny bug here.

Still a great tool though keep it up

[in7ane]

Er_SeVi, rhygin thanks for reporting that - should be fixed now.

http://homepage.mac.com/f.levin/psp/gmdl0.4.2b.zip

It was not so much a bug as an implementation that did not seem to scale well - it adds x,y,zoom for each tile to be ignored, the problem was checking if the tile is already in the table, with that removed it seems to be better.

With zooms to 128x ignoring 64x 16x 4x took over 5 minutes, now it's instant, however the total tiles to download can now be underestimated due to double counting if areas to ignore overlap with layers to ignore (downloads are right - this is just a display problem).

Also added http://www.openstreetmap.org support (same projection as Google so GPS works).

[rhygin]

Hi in7ane,
I just tested your latest release. It works fine no problems with the program freezing anymore.
I downloaded the map to my psp and tested it -
It still displays the zoom levels even if they are not actually on the PSP and says that there is no map data at this zoom level just like before when I deleted zoomlevels after they had been downloaded.

Hi deniska,
could you possibly change Mapthis! slightly so that the zoom levels that are not available are skipped?
I guess this would be the better solution at least it would be more convenient.
Thanks a lot you two for your great work.

[deniska]

with the map format that we use in the program, it would be hard to tell if you are missing the entire zoom level or just a few tiles (checking all tiles in that zoom to see if they are present may turn out to be a big performance issue.

[chalupa2412]

Deniska,

I just got all the pieces I need to do this, GPSlim 240 and the cables (remote and usb mini) i've been trying to hook things up but my psp won't recognize it. I understand that the ground wire connects to pin2, but what am i connecting to pin six? is it the 5V. D+, or D- wire? And is that all i need to do for it to work? Is there any program that i need to boot the reciever on the psp? please help. your work looks great and any help is greatly appreciated.

[deniska]

Deniska,

I just got all the pieces I need to do this, GPSlim 240 and the cables (remote and usb mini) i've been trying to hook things up but my psp won't recognize it. I understand that the ground wire connects to pin2, but what am i connecting to pin six? is it the 5V. D+, or D- wire? And is that all i need to do for it to work? Is there any program that i need to boot the reciever on the psp? please help. your work looks great and any help is greatly appreciated.

I believe I gave some hints on how to troubleshoot it in the FAQ in disscussion forum..but if it get's out of control consider just buying the pre-made cable... (front page has the info)

[in7ane]

I'm moving things to http://www.in7ane.com/psp so this is not really a release, just a few things that got cleaned up in the process:

GMDL build 34432

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/gmdl0.4.2b.zip

Custom maps can now be saved in JPEG as well as PNG

Yahoo Satellite now scales down to 256 from 258 (don't know if they changed, or if this was an old bug). Baidu strongly typed to be PNG.

The double counting of tiles (skipped as a layer and as an area) is fixed, now total tiles in the progress box is correct.

GeoData 0.2.6a

http://www.in7ane.com/psp/GeoData0.2.6a.zip

C:\GMDL\... as a permanent cache option

Loading names step no longer as slow as before

Other cleanup before merging into the main GMDL app


deniska, I've run into a crash that seems to be specific to smaller GPSFS maps with missing tiles, with http://www.in7ane.com/psp/_NYJPEG.zip try to zoom in all the way then scroll all the way to the left and zoom out one level - none of the tiles load (at which point Map This! becomes unstable and the PSP has to be restarted).

[chalupa2412]

I got a cable together and i used the lua player serial echo program. I get a whole bunch of wierd characters when the GPS is plugged in, but its not working in MapThis! GPS mode. Is there something I may be missing like settings that need to be changed for the 240 model?

[nikitenko91]

when i download the maps all it does is gives me alot of pics. how do i make it into a file that i can view on map this!

[MIB.42]

in7ane, I am using gmdl0.4.2b.

- I'd like to get a map with Japan on the left and US West coast on the right. ( I am flying over to Tokyo soon and curious about the route )
- Preview shows "cropping" to US only.

Any insights? Thanks!