RoadMap for Maemo v1.1.0j-7diablo
Stable Quality
Votes: 12
Free & Open Source license
RoadMap for Maemo is a vector mapping application for the n800/n810. It can use maps compiled from U.S. Census Bureau Tiger Data, ESRI shapefiles or openstreetmap.org binary protocol map data. It can also import/export route data in GPX format for use by other apps like Maemo-Mapper. Roadmap features include- 2D/3D views, openstreetmap.org download based on GPS position, highly configurable UI, auto-start of gpsd, voice notifications, address lookup and more! (requires wget)
| Author | charles werbick |
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Changes in version 1.1.0j-7diablo
1.1.0j-5- Fixed memory bug when using OSM and Tiger maps. 1.1.0j-3- Fixed a Locale specific GPS bug... 1.1.0j-2-Added long-click and menu options to download OSM maps of current view. -Added support to get google routes by clicking on start and destination on map or by address. -Added backlight controls to keep backlight on when moving...
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It works, sort of. Seems a little iffy for Canada, at least my part of it. Then again, maybe I'm doing something wrong.
First off, I couldn't get any OSM data to download... it just stopped, no error messages. So, I edited the /user/share/roadmap/preferences file and forced a map directory there (changed to metric and increased the label font size while I was at it.) Still couldn't download OSM data, so I grabbed the Canadian data and the index file from http://roadmap.sourceforge.net/maps.html. That worked. I now have a decent roadmap of BC.
But, I still haven't figured out routing, it says it can't find addresses, so I guess I've got a lot more help-file reading to do. Most of the menu options, like download a route from Google, don't seem to do anything... no error messages, just, well, nothing... I'm probably doing something wrong but, you know, it's not all that intuitive.
On the plus side, and why I've given it a 3* rating, is that it does look good - I mean, screen wise, it gives a good vector map. It also has the map loaded locally, so it doesn't need to download aka Maemo-Mapper. Being vector, it doesn't take up that much space and it zooms much easier. Being able to change the road-name font size is a great point as it actually makes the map usable whilst driving. It's nice to be able to actually see the street names at a glance. Can't do that with Mapper. Oh, and it doesn't seem to crash all the time like Mapper does either.
Overall, assuming I can actually figure out what I'm doing wrong with routing, Roadmap has a lot of promise, though it doesn't come easy.
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