I've seen and asked about a problem some are having with wired gps - tomtom 5.x and wm2005 - well I've cured it and I have to confess I don't know the actual reason because I tried a couple of things between testing.
1. I DELETED all my POIs - I think TomTom looks all over the place for them so as I had some for france etc I had upwards of 200 (I don't think what I'm seeing is the specific POI issue - also when I tried looking for the poifix the link is broken)
2. I got a registry editor and deleted all references to GPS (and also the extra power icon in cpl) as I thought it may be the wm2005 gps as it doesn't really seem to do anything.
3. I then copied the 3 largest files on my sd card in gb maps - deleted the originals and renamed the new ones back to the old names (simply copy and paste - delete the original - and rename by deleting "copy of" - the thinking was to make the files more contiguous and give the software a fighting chance of getting the map data fast enough.
If anyone narrows it down to the specific problem (I know some have said 1. didn't do it) can they advise and also if anyone knows where there is a working poifix for tomtom 5.0
So I'm off to add a more reasonable 20 POI back (speed cameras of course!!......... oh and McDonalds)
tomtom pointer jumping
I had the same problem with my BT GPS receiver, I cured it by installing a different version of WM2005 from buzz' site http://www.buzzdev.net/
the version I used was WM2K52.01a64WWE
Hi All,
On my Diamond i use Oziexplorer CE for viewing and using landmaps (I think thats the English word, the Dutch word is "stafkaarten." Please correct me if i'm wrong).
I was wondering if there is an app for android that can do the same. I'll be receiving my hero any day now and this is the last app i need to replace.
Many thanks in advance.
If there isn't any, thats allright too. Then at least i can stop searching
Google maps or Route 66
don't know of anything (Google Maps or Route66 or CoPilot or whatever is NO alternative for OziExplorer ).
Did you try asking the authors of OziExplorer if they have an Android build in the back of their heads somewhere?
Maybe this can be interesting?
http://oruxmaps.x10hosting.com/index_en.html
greetings
Aureliator said:
Maybe this can be interesting?
http://oruxmaps.x10hosting.com/index_en.html
greetings
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sounds interestimg, ill try ...
did some tests with ownmap, but the map utility doesnt work and devs are not responding to mail
P.S: Looks promising, however, there are certain challenges with the conversion of ozi files, some segments are distorted and its about 200m away from the actual point ... In ozi, the maps are very precise. Will test and do some research, I'm shure, theres a solution to the 'minor' problems
Well, the month of august in Spain is the "hollidays month" and for this reason it's possible that developers are absents.
I like Oziexplorer and CompeGPS with my Windows Mobile PDA, and I will try change to Android with a new PDA HTC Hero and test this software Oruxmaps in it.
Greetings
OruxMaps
Obviously I did a mistake in converting, a second try lead a to much better calibration. First impression is very good, OruxMaps shows my position and let me record tracks and logfiles, I can set waypoints and follow a route (not tested yet). First wish: a tool to lock the keys and blank the screen to save energy why tracking a hike ... But as said, very promising application
looks very promising indeed. Does anyone know how to convert ozfx3 files to be used in this app??
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looks very promising indeed. Does anyone know how to convert ozfx3 files to be used in this app??
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never tried it, as I have the original files ...
but you might try demapper from terraperfecta
Can't download it from the market. Known issue?
I've created an Android application called Viamici for which you do not need a PC to calibrate a map - you can do it on a phone
New ideas for Ozi or substitute on Android?
Does anybody know about new developements on the problem: Running Ozi on an android-device?
Next wekk I visit the USA and will buy a Nexus One. It would be great if I could go on with all my Ozi-calibrated maps. Thanks for any idea!
"We are currently doing trials and evaluating whether we will develop an Android version." - http://www.oziexplorer3.com/ozice/faq_os.html
Some encouragement from our side would not be bad: [email protected]
Encouraging?
and this was Ozi's answer to my encouragement last week:
"An Android version will not be available for a considerable time."
Ozi Explorer replacement
Hi all,
Some time ago I wrote crossplatform library for reading Ozi Explorer maps
(_ttp://code.google.com/p/swampex/) and Ozi Explorer equivalent for Linux
(_ttp://code.google.com/p/ozex/) - and even used it in offroad competitions.
Moreover, I started project for Android and got a development version.
(_ttp://code.google.com/p/yozi/).
Unfortunately, it was discontinued due to the lack of time, but if someone want to take a part in development - please contact me.
BTW, I'm rare visitor of xda forum, so e-mail will be preferred way.
Best wishes.
yozi: replacement for ozi explorer on android
I've decided to reinvent the wheel and released alpha version of yozi - Ozi Explorer replacement for Android OS.
Features:
- Topographic maps rendering (ozf2/ozfx3 formats)
- Maps automatic load for a current location
- Switching between more/less detailed maps for a currend location
- Movement tracking using internal GPS receiver
- Import waypoints from GPX, KML, WPT files
- Show waypoint on Radar screen
- Shared waypoints database with RMaps2 application
- Worldwide search for places by name using Google's API (requires network access). You can search for a city, street, lake or river and view it's location on your topographic map.
Can be downloaded here (sorry, I'm novice here and can't post direct URLs yet):
_ttp://code.google.com/p/yozi/
Yozi works great!! It reads directly the Ozi maps files used in the Pocket PC/Windows Mobile Oziexplorer. There is no need to convert the files using a Desktop computer. Like the Windows Mobile version YOZI can read ozf2/ozfx3 files. These can be converted from other format using the normal desktop version of OziExplorer.
Congratulations!
I really recommend it to everybody. Easy, simple and clear app:
http://code.google.com/p/yozi/
BTW: Why is it not yet in the Market?
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Yozi works great!!
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mminbcn said:
BTW: Why is it not yet in the Market?
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Just have no time. I'll prefer to add some more features and polish the app first.
yozi v0.3.1 released
yozi v0.3.1 released and available on the market and through the site.
http://yozi.googlecode.com
- Supports topographic maps compatible with Ozi Explorer CE (ozf2/ozfx3)
- Fast maps auto-indexing on start
- Maps automatic loading for a current location
- Switching between more/less detailed maps for a current location
- Movement tracking using internal GPS receiver
- Ozi Explorer waypoints support (import from .wpt)
- Google Earth waypoints support (import from .kml)
- Geocaching waypoints support (import from .gpx)
- Show waypoint on Radar screen
- Set waypoint as target
- Tap-and-see: tap on waypoint to see direction and distance to it
- Worldwide search for places by name (requires network access). You can search for a city, street, lake or river and view it's location on your topographic map.
Hope you'll enjoy the app
I recently upgraded to HTC HD2 from a Nokia N95. I use my phone a lot for work when finding exact coordinates, and on the N95 I was able to input GB Ordnance Survey coordinates into a program (UTMData) and it would convert them to at least 10 other grid systems and, most importantly, insert a favourite into Google Maps.
There was also a function where inserting a placemark into Nokia maps would result in the same thing - a place in Google Maps. I realised today I almost can't get by without this functionality so I'm pretty desperate to know if anyone has produced a similar...something...that will replace my old phone?
In summary, I'm looking for a program that can convert OS coords into lat/long or UTM format, and ultimately place them into at least Google Maps(or a KML file), or additionally into OV2/CSV (for CoPilot Live 8 - when the POI functionality is updated), preferably in fewer steps as possible and defenitely WITHOUT the aid of a computer - I just don't carry one with me.
Cheers
Hi guys,
Just happened yesterday, i tried to share my position in an urban dense area using the 'new' Here Map, these are what I found:
- links to m.nokia.me but when people (and I) click it will redirect to m.here.com but then the coordinates will not shown in here.com, hence no points shown in map, only the bigger area
- longitudes are ok, but the latitudes are drifted by 200-300m north. In an urban dense area, this is easily 2-3 blocks away
WTF? They change Nokia Map to Here Map but they forgot to change the sharing URL. And it took me second try to share the coordinates accurately, even when the Here Map are showing my exact location from the beginning (not drifted at all)
In short, map is ok, but the sharing is broken. Why imbarassed me, Nokia?
Actually, it works fine for me.
On desktop with IE9 64-bit, it will show the map centered on the location but with no location icons. That's probably the limitation of the browser I use.
On my WP8 phone, it will automatically launch the Here map to show the exact location. As for the accuracy, it depends on your current location accuracy. It is pretty accurate for me sitting in my basement.
On my Android tablet and Android phones, it shows correctly in Chrome browser with location icon as well.
So, nothing is broken in location sharing.
Tested again on Win8 IE10 and it is the same as IE9. So is Chrome browser. They all showing the map without a location icon and slightly off to the right.
However, on mobile devices, they show correctly either on app (WP8) or mobile browsers.
Hi everybody. This is my problem:
I’m trying to read some epub3 ebooks using the Astri-Bee reader on an Android phone (an LG L4II with Android 4.1.2). As soon as I open any of these books I get a message like this:
This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
If I turn off the data connection (the data connection thorough the mobile network), the error changes to:
Pagina web no disponible.
Es posible que la página web htp://0.0.0.0:49346/OEBPS/Text/1.xhtml se encuentre temporalmente fuera de servicio o se haya trasladado a otra dirección web de forma permanente.
(Sorry for the Spanish, I have this device in Spanish. Basically, it says a web page cannot be reached in the place addressed by the url htp://0.0.0.0:49346/OEBPS/Text/1.xhtml)
If I turn on the WiFi (keeping the data connection off) the problem solves magically and the epubs render fine.
If I turn off the WiFi (without turning de data on) the books still display fine.
If I turn back on the mobile data connection the rendering may be ok for a while, but, in the end will fail.
Some of these books I’m trying to read with Astri-Bee are examples created for the IDPF to help developers to test their readers (and designers to understand the epub standard). They are expected to have no design errors. In addition, I’ve tested them with the Kobo epub reader (in the same device) and (with Kobo) they display without any errors.
It seems to me that Astri-Bee is using some functions provided by Android (to extract the epubs' contents) and that they fail in certain conditions (when the mobile data connection is on, mainly). Unhappily, I have no idea on how the guts of Android work. It might be even something completely different, like a software conflict or so. This looks like a mystery to me.
Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.
Mmmmm… No answers yet. May be I didn't post this appropriately; may be nobody knows how to help me out of this thing. Let's try to move a little beyond and set down some plausible reading of these weird symptoms. They are gonna be plain speculation, but may be a speculation leading someone to have an idea on how to help.
An epub is a simple "linear" web site packed with some metadata (by mean of using zip compression). An epub reader basically is a web browser layout engine wrapped in a particular interface (with some specific-purpose functionalities). I haven't been able to find in a quick search any information about the guts of Astri-Bee, but I guess it's probably implemented by mean of reusing a named web browser layout engine. That seems to me the most sensible. Being so (and given the symptoms described, above, in the first post), Astri-Bee probably works this way:
- It recovers the metadata and builds the ebook internal structure, index an so on.
- It calls the web-browser-engine to lay out the first html inside the book. Being this engine for web browsing, its call probably requires as parameters an IP address, a port and a path. Astri-Bee passes them all.
- In order to make the book html reachable to the engine, Astri-Bee serves it in the localhost 49346 port (being ../OEBPS/Text/1.xhtml a normal path inside an epub).
- Finally Astre-Bee shows the engine-laid-out html being the first element of the book.
I can add here (to the symptoms described in my first post) that, when the data connection has just been turned off, and Astree-Bee is showing the web-page-cannot-be-reached message, the Astri-Bee page up/down functionality perfectly works and makes it browse the same message for further pages:
A web page cannot be reached in the place addressed by the url htp://0.0.0.0:49346/OEBPS/Text/2.xhtml.
This seems a hint leading to think Astri-Bee is properly unzipping and decoding the metadata, and only fails at browsing the htmls contained inside the book (when the data is on). Which reinforces the idea under the working-steps described above.
As already stated, all this may look like plain speculation. In fact, it is. But seems sensible and looks by now like the most probable explanation to me. It means Astri-Bee is probably using functions provided by Android to manage the network connections it needs for (self) serving and reading the epub htmls. So a crash in the way Android manages or provides these services when de data connection is on will lead to such symptoms as the described above in the first post.
I don't know how to test this thesis I've set up in this seccond post, and what’s more important, I can't even hint how to solve the rendering problem I described in my first post. I'm qualified but not at all an operative system authority and Android is way far from my expertise. Still need some help.
Anyone out there with some ideas?
Come on. I can't believe there's no one in this forum with a useful idea. Not one asking to make sure the software versions are the last ones. I've already checked that. One, I mean, that brings light to this problem. That helps me out of it.
I'm willing to check and try any sensible suggestions. :fingers-crossed: One of those ebooks is a demo of a functionally advanced epub and Astri-Bee has proved itself as the best epub renderer out there. It would be great to have that pair working in this phone of mine, as I already have them working all right in my tablet. :cyclops:
I look forward to your comments, guys, if there're any.