GPS.STATION for Google Maps - Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development

If you use True VGA screen resolution,
there is a plenty of space to display not only one windows, but more.
I try to write such solution, to use Google Mpas with some additional tracking application. Working title: GPS.STATION
As you can see on screenshot,
my application displays on the left side of screen with 160 pixels of width.
Google Maps display on the rest of the screen, and it's scaled to free space.
How to use:
1. install the latest Google Maps version
2. install GPS.STATION (new folder will become on Programs)
3. make sure you have GPS Settings correctly to share data (default Settings\System\External GPS)
4. run GPS.STATION
On the first time, it will start to search for GPS Rx. You can tap the right part of the screen to launch Google Maps. In the Options you can set to launch Google Maps automatically aftert GPS.STATION started. If GPS Rx will miss, you can alwyas start to search from Options.
Unfortunately, Google Maps cannot launch automatically with Use GPS option set. You have to do it manually every time whete it started.
Now, you can use Google Maps actual view, together with GPS.STATION where you can see:
- details of satellites and signals levels
- tracking of satellites positions (yellow dots)
- tracking of Altitude (blue bars), and Moving Speed (orange bars)
- total distance of moving (m, km), and the time (hh:mm)
- direction to Start Point (degrees), and direct distance to Start Point (m, km)
- actual moving speed, and averaged value (distance by time) in km/h
You can reset Start Point any time by a special graphic button.
The main purpose to use GPS.STATION together with Google Maps:
- Google Mpas shows the current position
- GPS.STATION tracks the moving, saves to .kml file, and uploading to the server
This Beta version will expire on the end of January.
No functions are working currently, no tracking of moving included, not yet.
No saving to .kml, and no uploading to web server, not yet.
Your comments or suggestions are welcome.
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(please note on the above screenshot, how two taskbars are displayed together on the one bottom line, with own menus) ;-)

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Hi, is it possible to route with the new version of google maps?

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Routing with Google Maps in Windows Mobile device is hard.
Because it is making on server (not on your device).
You set two points to calculate routing, then it will send to google's server, there it will calculate on server, and then it will send back the result to your device. Request time, and charge you even more for wireless connetion.
For my experiences, it's hard.

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PAPPL said:
Hi, is it possible to route with the new version of google maps?
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It does work well, can calculate from current GPS position to another place... Good for getting a route overview, but not a full GPS solutions -- no announcements of turns (voice or on-screen display) and no dynamic recalculation of your route (you have to resubmit).

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I haven't tried it yet but it looks good.
Anywhere to say give me directions from "current position" to "destination" without having to enter a near by address?

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Google Navigator 2.8!
There is a solution.
http://www.pdafun.net/index.htm
JoseF

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I installed GPS.STATION;....... gps is OK but there is no Google maps. How and where I have to get that?
Thanks
Felcus

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JoseF said:
There is a solution.
http://www.pdafun.net/index.htm
JoseF
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Hmmm... Anyone try this with Advantage? Does it work with 128dpi?

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felcus said:
I installed GPS.STATION;....... gps is OK but there is no Google maps. How and where I have to get that?
Thanks
Felcus
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You have to install Google Maps (mobile software) from its source. in the main memory or microdrive or memorycard.

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felcus said:
I installed GPS.STATION;....... gps is OK but there is no Google maps. How and where I have to get that?
Thanks
Felcus
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Felcus,
You can download it from here:
http://www.google.com/gmm/index.html
Enjoy.

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Thanks to all,
Is there a way to save Google maps? We can not use it in driving if it is not stored locally. It is not good that we always download maps in refreshing especially when our connection (not WiFi) is slow.
Regards
Felcus

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felcus said:
Thanks to all,
Is there a way to save Google maps? We can not use it in driving if it is not stored locally. It is not good that we always download maps in refreshing especially when our connection (not WiFi) is slow.
Regards
Felcus
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Not that I'm aware of. If you want to use it for driving, you might want to explore Google Navigator rather than Google Maps.
Cheers.

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I've tried many versions of Google Navigator, they are all painfully slow, nowhere near what Google Maps speed is, basically Google Navigator is useless, at least for so far.

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When I launched the program in my Loox n560 with Windows Mobile 6, appeared an error: "This beta version expired"
Why?

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i to have this 8(