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

**the_ace** · February 23rd, 2007, 08:43

@zsc:
thanks for this great tutorial.
i have fw 3.10' on my psp, so yesterday i changed to MapThis! 4.7 and it works MUCH better with my old prx. i tried for about 30 minutes, zoomed like mad - it didn't crash.

the psp-290 is a little bit weak in getting position data through my car window. sometimes its loosing connection but it works quite well.

i´d buy a holux too, just 4 the car. but then i cant use my psp with itrip.

has anybody tried an mp3-plugin to hear musik while navigating with psp-290?
i don´t know if the mp3-plugin can be controlled by the remote control cable.
has anybody experiences with that?

i will make tests under different conditions and report the results here.

i´ve been testing hybrid maps yesterday - those are very nice!

unfortunately in my area they are not available at google maps. hope google will update their maps soon^^.

btw: i didn´t buy the psp-290 in a shop, because i heared of problems getting them.
so i tried ebay and got one from japan in only one week. this was pretty expensive (about 90€) but now i´m a lucky owner of such a device^^.

**rhygin** · February 23rd, 2007, 08:57

@zsc
I#ve already made an FAQ and try to keep it up to date. You can find it it deniskas dicussion forums.
Check this:
Yet Another FAQ For MapThis!
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51440

**zsc** · February 23rd, 2007, 11:45

@the_ace, try live.local? I'm in Los Angeles, california, usa, and in the downtown area Live have up to -3 zoom on aerial/hybrid mode. I havent tried downloading yet, but planning on making a "hybrid" map+hybrid...um...mapThis map.

**zsc** · February 23rd, 2007, 11:47

@rhygin, well i guess I don't have to make one then...hahah, nicely done. I'll tell people to refer to it and add it as part of my sig if you don't mind.

**the_ace** · February 23rd, 2007, 12:12

@zsc.

live.local? never heared that before. in gmdl i can´t see anything like that. today i will read the gmdl wiki, maybe i know more after this.

i live at germany´s westcoast up in the north.
there is weak infrastucture and only few people living in a large area. so google didn´t mind taking detailled picures of this part of the world ;-)

maybe i can find some better pictures anywhere i still don´t have the knowledge to implement them in map this! or gmdl^^

is it this you are talking about?

http://maps.live.com/

i´ve seen my village and the result is the same as in google maps. but i like it.

maybe its possible to implement this for lower zoom levels. that´s a great idea... i will try^^

**rhygin** · February 23rd, 2007, 13:12

@zsc
Go ahead I think its a good idea to have the link in the sig as it looks as if many people don't know about the FAQ

**GiUd@** · February 23rd, 2007, 14:11

i hope someone will create geodata of europe...i'm waiting for it

**PSP[skitz]** · February 23rd, 2007, 17:34

Hi, I just got my GPS290 yesterday. I had some trouble with it when i got home last night and posted it in the wrong section.

So today is an ideal day to test it out again. I live near the border of Queens/L.I., so there's not so much interference from building and etc. I have a perfectly clear view of the sky, its sunny out now and no clouds. Today i got better result.. once i turn on GPS mode i found 1 sat and came back around 3 mins later i have found 6 sat plus 3, 4 others that kept dropping back and forth. But it did take me 22:05 mins to lock onto 4 satellites. Took longer than i expected.. So when i got a lock i walk around my balacony.. the cursor started to move, it went 20 block from where i was then a min later it got back to my current position (hovering tho, not on a still position).. Might be the signal... i only get 1/6.. sometimes i get negative ALT too..

Wondering if anyone can tell me what to tweak to get a better connection... I'm running on 3.03 OE-C and MapThis! v48.

Thanks in advance. Keep up the good work deniska! :thumbup:

**PSP[skitz]** · February 23rd, 2007, 18:19

Update on my GPS290..

After running MapThis! for almost an hour I decided to restart the program. This time the Satellite lock on is much faster less than a minute. Maybe because it already has the Satellite on record, so it doesnt have to search for it again. I also get a 5/6 signal.