Map This! v0.3

[DragonPimpsta]

wow deniska, nice job.. if the sony GPS device comes with gps software, yours would probably look cooler

[mavsman4457]

This would be incredible if you could get Sony's GPS to work with this!

[F9zDark]

Well for about 60 to 70 dollars you can make a GPSlim compatible via serial port. Thats what started this to begin with.

Compatibility with Sony's GPS feature would be grand, but I'd think that Sony would probably sell their GPS unit plus a navigation UMD bundled together for around 100 dollars (considering typical GPS system costs and knowing that this is Sony).

The benefit to Sony's system is that it mounts ontop the PSP (even though it looks horrifyingly ugly and doesn't match the PSP color scheme.) The detriments are that it probably requires a firmware upgrade and the cost. If I bought the system and software from Sony, I'd be hard pressed to use a free navigation tool, since I am not getting what I paid for out of it.

As it is now, if other GPS systems can be made compatible with this, we have a choice and more choices means better deals and bargains. Buying the Sony GPS device and using Map This! with it is like buying a Dell PC bundled with all the software you would need and then putting Linux and Open Office on it; its just illogical.

[LampDev]

What's the cheapest GPS system this works with?

[deniska]

What's the cheapest GPS system this works with?

probably discontinued holux blue tooth models like GPS 230/231 (if you can find one)
Btw, gpslim 236 got a price drop after the new, 240, model came out.
There are "Buy Now" offers on ebay for 57USD.
Gpslim 240, selling for ~100$, is probably smaller than the sony's model (it's roughly half the size/weight of gpslim 236)

[Dickhead]

Well Sounds like we need to get USB GPS support working in 1.5 somehow. Maybe hacking the gps prx to work on the 1.5, like when you customize the firmware with the extra prx etc. Or we could emulate the gps prx on a standard 1.5 built into the map program. It should have standard gps support for other usb gps units as well.;It will be great that because I am rubbish at soldering and dont want to mess my psp up.

[F9zDark]

I used the included program for downloading Google Maps data for Map This!... And damn does it take long! Its on about 12 hours now. If the Properties box is to be trusted, its at about 1.6 gigs so far.

I just wish there was a way to download whole states, that way we could keep them organized and can have a state or two ready to go for traveling or what not.

[F9zDark]

Well Sounds like we need to get USB GPS support working in 1.5 somehow. Maybe hacking the gps prx to work on the 1.5, like when you customize the firmware with the extra prx etc. Or we could emulate the gps prx on a standard 1.5 built into the map program. It should have standard gps support for other usb gps units as well.;It will be great that because I am rubbish at soldering and dont want to mess my psp up.

You dont have to solder anything on the PSP. Just the remote control (if you use this alot, its suggested that you purchase another one for this modification). Since the part needed on the remote is that 6 pin serial plug that goes into the PSP.

Problem is, that I think the PSP GPS will be more involved than people think. The PSP doesn't have a host controller in it, so it cannot work like a computer where one can just plug in any USB peripheral and have it work outta the box.

Who knows what Sony did to make it work, but I bet we can't just plug in any old USB GPS system and make it work.

[Gabba Gandalf]

i cant upload a map !!!!
how does this in this version works ????

and how near can i zoom only 4x or more ???

[F9zDark]

The map folder (where all the map images are organized) needs to be named like this: "_~~~~" The _ is necessary. The ~'s represent the name of the map. Put them into the maps folder in Map This.