MAP THIS! version 0.461S (beta) with support for PSP-290 GPS accessory

[BarfHappy]

I know every GPS unit on the market has that automatic looking for and lock on to the satellite once it’s powered on. But I’m talking about the GPS-290 for the PSP and current MapThis 0.498 doesn’t have this function yet! If you have used it, then you will know every time you switch from GPS mode to MapView mode and back to GPS mode it will lose your location and have to start looking for satellite and get a lock on all over again. I was suggesting that when ever we switch from GPS mode back to MapView Mode it will still tracking our location in the background. That way we don’t have to wait for the lock on to the satellite every time we switch back and forth from one mode to another. And when we just started the MapThis the program start in MapView mode, it would be great if it can start looking for satellite and locking on to then in the background in this mode so that when to switch to GPS mode it will take a lot less time to get a lock on on our location. Hopefully everyone can understand what I’m talking about, and like my suggestion.

There might be something wrong with your PSP290 because that is not how mine is working on my MapThis 0.499 . I keep the fix when changing from GPS mode to MAP mode and back. Even more, i start in map mode, wait the equivalent of time it takes to usualy fix (around a minute where i live), switch to GPS mode and tada my position is immediatly found.

[Mystheryman]

There might be something wrong with your PSP290 because that is not how mine is working on my MapThis 0.499 . I keep the fix when changing from GPS mode to MAP mode and back. Even more, i start in map mode, wait the equivalent of time it takes to usualy fix (around a minute where i live), switch to GPS mode and tada my position is immediatly found.

My PSP-290 is the same as you.
Fixing in the Background.
I can switch ffrom Mapviewer to GPS every time when it has fixed once.

[seanluxor]

when i run the PSP290TEST, during the accessory moduel the PSP just turns off. Ive got my own prx in mapview folder but it doesnt work. any suggestion?

[Mystheryman]

I found out, that MapThis 0.499 is very buggy.

@deniska you said, it can help to load a small working map at startup.
This small map (only 84 tiles - only my village - approx. 1MB) loads up very fine.
But loading the bigger map is a Game of luck. Sometimes it works - sometimes not - sometimes MapThis crashes while scrolling.

So I'm waiting for MapThis 0.5 non beta

But no big problem, because MapThis 0.498 is working fine
Really great Work deniska
And allways remember - nobody is perfect

EDIT:
GPS State OFF Problem was my fault, because mp3 plugin was enabled.

[seanluxor]

i just used map this in the maryland area with a hybrid map and it works great!!!! still can only get like 3 to 4 bars tho

Do u get the bars soon as u switch on ur GPS or do u have to wait for couple of minuts to get reciption?

[leon21ca]

BarfHappy And Mystheryman
Can you guys tell me which firmware of prx's are you used, so that I can test out if it's just the prx problem or it's my GPS-290 gone bad, I'm hoping it's not my GPS-290. i'm running Mapthis 0.499 with 2.70 for both prxs

Thanks

[Mystheryman]

BarfHappy And Mystheryman
Can you guys tell me which firmware of prx's are you used, so that I can test out if it's just the prx problem or it's my GPS-290 gone bad, I'm hoping it's not my GPS-290. i'm running Mapthis 0.499 with 2.70 for both prxs

Thanks

I'm using
usbacc.prx from 2.71
and
usbgps.prx from 3.03

[BarfHappy]

BarfHappy And Mystheryman
Can you guys tell me which firmware of prx's are you used, so that I can test out if it's just the prx problem or it's my GPS-290 gone bad, I'm hoping it's not my GPS-290. i'm running Mapthis 0.499 with 2.70 for both prxs

Thanks

Ah, i tried so many combinations that i lost track of the firmware version they come from !

usbgps.prx: 29 276 bytes, dated 2007/01/18
usbacc.prx: 3 856 bytes, dated 2007/01/22

quite old ones, but somehow i found the time to first fix and time to refix the best with these.

I have a japanese PSP btw, 1st model bought at japanese launch, not that it my influence so much but who knows.

[leon21ca]

thanks for all the info, I'll give them a try and play around with the combinations of prxs. and see how all that goes

[mattnin]

Does mapthis work with pikey? Also, I have a request for mapthis. Could it be made so text entry is easier for address lookup? Right now as it is, it is a pain in the neck to enter in characters using a combination of the analog stick and the buttons.

Also another great feature that could be added is address lookup that works without entering in zip codes, but works by searching out the region that is being viewed. It sucks to have to enter in zip codes every time I search. Believe me, I search addresses a lot!

I use mapthis almost every day now for work in Colorado. Where I am working, the maps are very poor, but mapthis w/ google maps is working great, although it could be made better. It took me 8 weeks to finish this work I had last year, and this year I should be done in 4 weeks and I have mapthis to thank.

I am not using it with a gps receiver. I use it purely for the map viewing software. I am using Custom firmware 3.40 OE I believe.

I am looking forward to new releases!