[GUIDE][11-10-12]GARMIN for Android![Lebanon map 1.5b][11/10/2012] - Android General

Thread available at rirozizo.blogspot.com
EDIT3: removed again
EDIT2: Check out "CoPilot GPS" - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alk.copilot.mapviewer this is free, official, and the lebanon map can be downloaded in-app, more reliable, and better than navitel (no ads, i'm just admitting that my work here is done)
EDIT: The map is BACK! since google maps is good enough, i re-released the map for free
NOTICE: i am trying to make this guide require free apps and not paid apps... i have found a way to get GPSMapEdit for free (officially), but unregistered, now there is only the android app that needs to be free not paid... please help me out to find another app than Navitel, that is free and reads those maps. thank you
Indexing maps with the newest version of Navitel have some problems... i index my maps with the old version
I do NOT support converting licensed maps. If you do, i am not responsible for anything that will happen to you (getting arrested, war,getting killed...) DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK when converting licensed maps.
Garmin NT maps can't be converted.
This guide is for making any map work on any android device available (and has GPS)
It's about converting the maps into a format that is compatible with an app on Android.
I)What You Need:
► PC
► Android phone
► GPSMapEdit (for PC)
► Navitel (for Phone)
► a map with any format
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NOTE: GPSMapEdit and Navitel are paid and NOT FREE!!
II)What To Do:
1► open GPSMapEdit on PC
2► drag and drop a map to the blank GPSMapEdit screen
3► select ALL the maps from the container to open, if your PC is slow, you'll have to wait a bit
4► when opened, click file, export, Navitel 3.2.6 map (*.nm2)
5► it will prepare itself, and start converting...
6► i have a 2.33GHz quad core CPU and 4GB RAM, and it took about 30 Mins to convert and export... please BE PATIENT!!! if you want to know that the program is not in the "not responding" state, open task manager-performance, and see that the CPU graphs are getting a little above 50%.
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PLEASE READ!!!
the conversion process most likely WILL FAIL!! with an error.
the error i got was:
Code:
WARNING: There are two nodes at the same position
this error can be fixed.
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III)How To Fix The Overlaying Errors:
1► when you get the above error, close the message box
2► Open tools, verify map...
3► deselect everything and only keep "Check routable polylines for self-intersections in nodes" and hit start
4► you'll see a list of the same errors that you saw in the exporting process, don't panic! just double click on one of them and the screen will move to its position.
5► locate the overlaying nodes,
5a► select them, right click and press "connect to nearest nodes"
5b► or, split the overlaying nodes, and delete all of them, but keep one (this is usually harder)
6► when you're done, and the list of errors is gone, export and finish.
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On Phone:
1► Download and install Navitel
2► Run it, and finish the setup (language, others....)
3► When done, don't do anything related to maps, but just close Navitel.
4► open a file browser, you'll see a folder called "NavitelContent"
5► Open it and go to the maps folder.
6► in the maps folder, put the exported .nm2 map in it.
7► relaunch Navitel
7a► open menu, settings, map, user maps, press the add button (the middle one), and choose /mnt/sdcard/NavitelContent/Maps/
7b► Navitel will index the newly created map, and when finished, it will show it to you.
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There you go Fully working maps, on android... i followed those very steps, and now i'm selling my map for 10$.
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TIPS:
1► On GPSMapEdit, it takes alot of time to repeat the connect to nearest nodes process for removing the errors.... one fast thing to do is first do it manually the first time, and then you can press F4 to repeat the process
2► usually, overlaying errors occure on roundabouts, and roundabouts have lots of nodes, the solution is in the list of errors. there's the coordinates for each overlay, you can follow these coordinates to specify the exact node.
3► if the "connect to nearest nodes" is grayed out, this means that there are two groups of nodes that are overlaying, split all the nodes and then reconnect them into one group, or do III) 5b
If you have an issue, please specify what map are you converting, and if it is free or paid/licensed
credits to neato4u for this thread, and ajape for his help.
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ONLY FOR LEBANESE PEOPLE Lebanon map v1.5 (v2 is coming in bug-free, when you guys test the v1.5 for me)
Or for the ones willing to go to lebanon...
I have officially converted a lebanon garmin map to android... Yes moderators and admins, this is not illegal as there is no map for lebanon, and i made it to garmin then converted it to android... It's all me...
The map is here: (as of v1.5b)
nm2 Format: REMOVED
nm3 Format: REMOVED
nm3 format is faster, it doesn't need indexing, so the app will launch faster, but if you still want to index the map yourself, i left the nm2 format for you, but i do not give support for it.
The map works on an app called Navitel (paid from market)... It has some bugs, but it'll have to do.
1► Download and install Navitel (remember, we are lebanese, we help each other)
2► Run it, and finish the setup (language, others....)
3► When done, don't do anything related to maps, but just close Navitel.
4► open a file browser, you'll see a folder called "NavitelContent"
5► Open it and go to the maps folder.
6► in the maps folder, put the .nm2 map file you just downloaded in it.
7► relaunch Navitel
7a► open menu, settings, map, user maps, press the add button (the middle one), and choose /mnt/sdcard/NavitelContent/Maps/
7b► Navitel will index the newly created map, and when finished, it will show it to you.
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That's it! Now you have a fully working offline GPS map for lebanon
please lebanese dudes, help me fix the map bugs by testing it and reporting flaws (Like illogiacl routes, hangs/crashes on route calculations..) and if you can find the corrupted point, please tell me its coordinates so i can fix it in v2
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Changelog:
UPCOMING: i'm trying to merge 2012 roads with 2010's details (POIs) so that the users can get the best of both worlds
v1.5b(11/10/2012)
►►no updates on nm2
►created the faster nm3 format.
►► now you can launch the app faster than ever before using the greater nm3 format, without the need of indexing.
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v1.5 (25/8/2012)
►fixed Jounieh Road corruptions.
►fixed ALOT of bugs in Bhamdoun and Saoufar.
►better GPS reception by polishing the map.
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v1.1 (26/6/2012)
►fixed ALOT of bugs, but there is still some...
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v1
►initial release
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please post guide!!

I'm keeping this as a placeholder for my guide... The guide will come in 2 weeks... You can forget it for now... I have finals, so from now to 2 weeks, i can't do anything
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Guide and link have been posted
Xda users, i can post a guide about conveting ANY map into an android readable map
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Lebanon Map 2012
The map link is not working, please post new one.

carmenbitar said:
The map link is not working, please post new one.
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works fine here without a sign in.
EDIT: you didn't click download, you just viewed the file (according to my email)... if you want, PM me your mobile number and we can chat by whatsapp
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Guide posted with support currently ON
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lebanon map v2 will be uploaded on 1/7/2012 (first day of next month)
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sorry for triple posting
v1.1 is out
please test the map and report bugs
thank you

i'm seeing alot of interest from the number of downloads of the map i've put.
please reply and tell me if you have a problem, or just to say thanks
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good work<thanx so much bro:good:

Excellent Work
Exceleent work. Thank you so much. Still waiting for v.1.2 :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::laugh:

HNYT said:
Exceleent work. Thank you so much. Still waiting for v.1.2 :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::laugh:
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well there won't be a v2 unless you guys post bug report here. so far i have 2 bugs
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so, anyone ready for version 1.5?
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Hello, I got error "Too many objects in the map. Please split the map into smaller parts." - but i really need the whole map. What to do?

Corpysix said:
Hello, I got error "Too many objects in the map. Please split the map into smaller parts." - but i really need the whole map. What to do?
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there's an option n GPSMapEdit to split the map into several files... i don't know its exact location cuz i don't have the PC on right now...
basically it makes the map smaller by splitting the map into 2 or more files... the data will still be there... nothing will be gone
EDIT: tools -- split map to files...
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Thanks a million i am downloading yhe map just one question what version is this map 2012 or 2013
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Ok i have downloaded the map. Thanks a lot. But i have converted a year ago the Lebanon 2011 map and the 2011 map has phone numbers to many hotels and hospitals urs doesn't have any. If u want i can upload mine

cnadra said:
Thanks a million i am downloading yhe map just one question what version is this map 2012 or 2013
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Ok i have downloaded the map. Thanks a lot. But i have converted a year ago the Lebanon 2011 map and the 2011 map has phone numbers to many hotels and hospitals urs doesn't have any. If u want i can upload mine
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the map here is 2010. here's why:
i actually compared 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, and i found that 2010 has the most POIs... you're right, 2011 has phone numbers, but i'm more interested in POIs... v1.5 coming soon
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pm me if you need any app... ANY app

v1.5 is up!
please report bugs/issues if there is any

Bug report
Hello,
First i would like to thank you for the hard work and the gr8 map!!
Concerning the bug, when trying to go from freikeh or qornet el hamra towards antelias , the route selected is invalid.
Regards

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Mini Weather (English Beta) WM6.1

Hello everyone,
With permission from the creator of mini weather I am posting an english version of the program.
Currently is shows weather conditions in the appointment slide panel.
There is no icons in this version for weather conditions.
I will post screen shots later today when I get home from work.
Xfaith
***Update I cant get the .rar file to my work computer to update the help files***
I will have to wait till I get hime to add the attachment
Ok here is the file, going to try and create a cab file for it, and will update the creator of the file.
Any issue's please post here, also if you notice spelling errors please post here.
Thank
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The link is broken. Please r upload.
thanks
Rgr
I just downloaded it with firefox 3.0
But here it is again, will post a screen shot ina minute also
xfaith said:
Rgr
I just downloaded it with firefox 3.0
But here it is again, will post a screen shot ina minute also
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I still get invalid zip file even download it direct to my phone.
Thanks
rgr, i use winrar, must not like the zip format, downloading winzip program real quick and reload it.
X.
xfaith said:
rgr, i use winrar, must not like the zip format, downloading winzip program real quick and reload it.
X.
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OK can download and file ok. installing now.
THANKS very much
I have Mini Weather installed. Fantastic. Bu how can I have the reading in Centigrade instead of Fahrenheit?
Thanks
I think maybe if you switch from www.google.com to somethingl ike www.google.co.uk (this is in the miniconfig1.ini)
I will ask the developer.
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xfaith said:
I think maybe if you switch from www.google.com to somethingl ike www.google.co.uk (this is in the miniconfig1.ini)
I will ask the developer.
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I have been googleing this whole evening but failed. www.google.co.uk only give temperature in C for current condition but not tomorrow and the following day. Even that it was indicated as ??F. It should be ??C. I believe that F is hard-coded.
Hopefully the developer will improve further on this product.
Thanks for your help anyway.
xfaith said:
rgr, i use winrar, must not like the zip format, downloading winzip program real quick and reload it.
X.
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great product....needs icons that shows the clouds for cloudy and sun for sunny etc....can someone work on this...maybe copying and pasting pics from the internet and then assigning them to values in the coding....if someone can give explanation on how..i can test it
ryah I know the chinese version has the icons, this is a first beta in english. I am not sure what he is programming in. I used PE Explorer to edit some spelling issues I originally saw. I have the icon set also that he is using with the Chinese version.
Also I have created a CAB file for it, will post it when I get to work. It cretates the folders, and puts the files in, and also created a RAI for :MINIWEATHER (thinking for future).
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Location Display
I added the following to all CityStartStr like this:
CityStartStr=postal_code data="
and I get the City Location to be displayed
Nice, did you figure out the Celcius:
xfaith said:
Nice, did you figure out the Celcius:
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nope. those are sent by the server so some conversion routine need to be coded in the program.
thanks
Does that show the zip code or the city when you added that?
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Xfaith,
I have installed this and it kind of works. I don't get what I had expected after modifying the ini file. I changed the city which I think worked but I do not get current weather and I don't get extended weather (more than one day). I am sure that I have made a mistake with my modification of the ini. After I modify the ini file do I have to reboot the phone to see the change?
Select update now.
Right now I only show today/tommrow on my slide panel, have not figured out (have not had the time) to go past that and see what else I can get going.
I tried to email the developer to add Celcius support from the settings pane, and he said give it about a week for icons, the chinese version already supports the Icons.
I am working on updating the .cab file I created, but can only do so much.
xfaith said:
Does that show the zip code or the city when you added that?
X
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It show the city name. I tried to upload my homescreen pic but xda server is having problem now.
Thanks
No problem I used <city data in mine instead, which provides the same thing. The developer gave me an update but it was just the spelling issues that I already noticed. I wish I knew what language the program was written in. Or better yet could read the chinese version a little to compare the two.
But I can wait a bit longer as he updates the english version. Hopefully it will be less the a week before we can start seeing icons.
X.
xfaith said:
No problem I used <city data in mine instead, which provides the same thing. The developer gave me an update but it was just the spelling issues that I already noticed. I wish I knew what language the program was written in. Or better yet could read the chinese version a little to compare the two.
But I can wait a bit longer as he updates the english version. Hopefully it will be less the a week before we can start seeing icons.
X.
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In my case if I use <city data I'll get this:
<city data="Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur"
so,
<postal_code data="Kuala Lumpur" is more appropriate. Well, whatever, we achieved what we wanted to see; that matters.
I dont mind waiting for the icons. My wish list:
- choice between celcius and fahrenheit
- display more days
- everything should be done through the settings panel rather than having to modify the .ini file.
- multiple cities choice
- able to modify city name (especially long names which I want to truncate)
Question: does the "Get Network Time" update the device clock? and can I change to a different server to get the time and the weather report?

gps co-ords in contacts

how can one store gps location of a perticular person?
if i am visiting a freind's place in neighbouring city and would like to store his gps co-ordinates in my contact list, how can i do that? this will help me if i am visiting same place next time. this would be helpful in many countries where location can not be found from zip / post code.
thanks
You could save the location in your favorites in google maps, but i don't know of a way to directly attach it to a contact.
gpstoday shows the actual street address for your location, and many among other options, allows you to attach the address to a contact or create a new contact with the current address.
"Single tap to create a new contact with your current location as the address, or save the current location as an existing contact's address. Imagine not having to type the full street address on the PPC keyboard!"​
http://www.geoterrestrial.com/gpstoday/
The only problem i see with that is this.....
dourediff said:
......this would be helpful in many countries where location can not be found from zip / post code.
thanks
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I think it converts it to an address for storage.... and it sounds like there is no address.
dourediff said:
how can one store gps location of a perticular person?
if i am visiting a freind's place in neighbouring city and would like to store his gps co-ordinates in my contact list, how can i do that? this will help me if i am visiting same place next time. this would be helpful in many countries where location can not be found from zip / post code.
thanks
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I've never heard of a standard for it, but you could always simply store it as a note attached to the contact in the format of lat,lon
You can then just typically paste that into things, like Google Maps.
You can also record the spot and later put it into Google Earth or something, then save and load that KML file on the Tilt. If you 'launch' the KML file, all the points in it will show up in the Google Maps application.
joel2009 said:
The only problem i see with that is this.....
I think it converts it to an address for storage.... and it sounds like there is no address.
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Thanks for the replies...
currently i store lat/lon in "Office loc" field of address book of a contact and have to copy paste in google maps if i need to get location on maps.
i guess there is also not any easy way to get lat/lon in "google maps" of my current location / a point on the map. if i dont want to start any other app and need to get gps location from google maps then i need to follow steps below
1. on the map tap on desired location and select "Mark start point"
2. click on "Search" option and search for some poi
3. "Tap for options"
4. "Directions to here"
5. copy gps coords from the "Starting point" field.
is there any easier way than this?
thanks once again.
dourediff said:
Thanks for the replies...
currently i store lat/lon in "Office loc" field of address book of a contact and have to copy paste in google maps if i need to get location on maps.
i guess there is also not any easy way to get lat/lon in "google maps" of my current location / a point on the map. if i dont want to start any other app and need to get gps location from google maps then i need to follow steps below
1. on the map tap on desired location and select "Mark start point"
2. click on "Search" option and search for some poi
3. "Tap for options"
4. "Directions to here"
5. copy gps coords from the "Starting point" field.
is there any easier way than this?
thanks once again.
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now with latest version of GoogleMaps for Mobile i cant get the gps cords at all. do let me know if its possible
thanks
have you considered using trackme (found on xda).
Its great as it logs you journey which can be uploaded to google maps, google earth etc, its useful as you can take a foto and upload it along with your track. You can also view map/track on the app itself.
Check it out.
Also consider noni-plot gps, although no where near as useful as the above.
Happy playing
TIMMY! YOU SOLD YOUR POLARIS?! YOU BLACKSTONE WHORE TRAITOR
will you write some guides in the guides thread already?
nir36 said:
TIMMY! YOU SOLD YOUR POLARIS?! YOU BLACKSTONE WHORE TRAITOR
will you write some guides in the guides thread already?
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lol, yh i did Nir, i didnt want to, but it paid for my blackstone but i do miss it...... i keep telling my wife im going to flash her polaris, but she wont let me near it haha......
As for the guide, yes ive started writing GPS settings guide, as so many peeps ask about it. I think i may have chosen one of the hardest bloody subjects though as it really does depend on so many variables and that there is no right or wrongs!!! So unfortunately that doesnt make a very usefull guide, but i was going to list freeware/useful apps to it, so i guess it might not be that useless after all

Brut (Google maps mod) offline maps

Hi guys,
I'll be going to Spain in August, and will be taking my phone with me. I will be using it with airplane mode on though (I'm taking it as a camera, as my actual camera is worse than the X10's)
I've been looking around for caching Google maps, and found that the Brut mod of Google maps has this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630887
I was just wondering if there is anyone who already has cached maps for Spain (more accurately, Valencia) that they could host somewhere.
I know its hardly likely, but worth asking!
If not then I will be browsing a lot of Spain tonight to save the maps to cache so I can use them later. (and maybe post them somewhere if anyone else needs them)
Cheers
it says you need a rooted phone.......let me know if this works for you.......and sry i can't help...
Bangarillo said:
it says you need a rooted phone.......let me know if this works for you.......and sry i can't help...
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The only bit that needs root is the uninstall of the existing Google Maps.
I can confirm that it does work on a non-rooted handset, I installed the apk using Astro without problems and now run the Brut version alongside Google Maps
And don't worry about it... it was a long shot anyway
this is pretty cool..
sorry i can't help i'm still new to android
but does this mean you can use google maps without incurring data (offline)?
i have an x10 and i am too looking for good pre loaded maps for navigation (i don't have a data plan)
kl25 said:
this is pretty cool..
sorry i can't help i'm still new to android
but does this mean you can use google maps without incurring data (offline)?
i have an x10 and i am too looking for good pre loaded maps for navigation (i don't have a data plan)
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Sort of, yes.
It will only save them to your cache once you have viewed them.
So if you need maps for Scotland, you need to have already viewed Scotland's maps on your phone, for each level of zoom you want to use them in.
Looking at the original thread, it looks like they will be adding a download function, so you can do exactly as you want, (and I do) Download on PC > move to phone > use Google maps without using data/in airplane mode/where you have no signal etc
I can't really answer your question. But did you check out MapDroyd? It lets you download and view your location on maps of entire countries. You can't search or get directions, but the maps contain details such as street names.
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murmeljenta said:
I can't really answer your question. But did you check out MapDroyd? It lets you download and view your location on maps of entire countries. You can't search or get directions, but the maps contain details such as street names.
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Thanks man, this could be exactly what I need... I'll try it locally first test locations etc (one comment said his location was out) but I can still read a map if all else fails
EDIT: It did work, but for the areas of Spain I need are not detailed enough. Cities seem to be OK and rather detailed, but villages (Bunol being the one I need) have nothing at all... just the main roads around the outside.
I will look to save the maps in Brut for the detail...
Try andnav2.
You can download the map files over at this " http://wiki.andnav.org/index.php/List_Of_MapTilePacks/ " link
I hope that you will enjoy your trip to Spain ^^
if you use the brut hack
you now have access to the maps offline, but will there still be navigation or does navigation still require you to have a data plan?
Or you can use mapDroyd :
http://www.mapdroyd.com/
Really nice stuff, free, simple, real
Vilam said:
Or you can use mapDroyd :
http://www.mapdroyd.com/
Really nice stuff, free, simple, real
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Check three posts up
hows the brut mod working for you
its a lot of work to save the map and at all the zoom levels
been taking up a lot of time doing that :S
kl25 said:
hows the brut mod working for you
its a lot of work to save the map and at all the zoom levels
been taking up a lot of time doing that :S
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Yea, that is the main problem... it takes ages, especially to make sure there are no missing gaps.
Thing is, once they are saved it is amazingly smooth to load between zoom levels.
It would be nice if there was an option to download all tiles from a set area to cache...
I think they are working on an update to allow this, but until then I will have to slowly save them to my cache manually
do you know anything about getting directions?
if i want to get directions, do i have to cache the route like i do with the maps?
kl25 said:
do you know anything about getting directions?
if i want to get directions, do i have to cache the route like i do with the maps?
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You don't HAVE to... I believe (but may be wrong) that google maps will temporarily cache a route's map tiles for a journey you have selected. If you go off route, normal Google maps would connect to to 3g to get the new map tiles.
I haven't tried the navigation feature with just cache tiles though, so I don't know if you can use it purely off line
Vilam said:
Or you can use mapDroyd :
http://www.mapdroyd.com/
Really nice stuff, free, simple, real
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does mapDroyd have turn by turn voice guide navigation as googlemap ?
thanks
Anyone have problem with Google Maps won't closed problem? It always running at background and drain the battery.
Someone here said you should not run any task killer and let droid take care of it, but why let map running at backgrand all day to drain the battery out?
i don't know abt u guys but i think MOTONAV is pretty cool!! it provides turn-by-turn and the maps are installed into the SD
so basically it works jz like garmin~~~
don't ask for the apk or maps, if u really need it pls google it
SiRIus[X] said:
i don't know abt u guys but i think MOTONAV is pretty cool!! it provides turn-by-turn and the maps are installed into the SD
so basically it works jz like garmin~~~
don't ask for the apk or maps, if u really need it pls google it
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Sounds promising...
Does it have the ability to pinpoint your location on a top down map as I won't be driving and really just want to be able to find my way around a strange area
Copilot
Copilot is another alternative, works brilliantly on the X10.
Available on the Market and I'm sure via some Google browsing too

[HOW-TO] Add your City in MIUI Weather App

Hello everybody,
when I searched the web for a tutorial how to add a city to MIUI-Weather app and found nothing yet, I started to try to add my own city to the database of MIUI. I was succesful and I thought that it would be a good idea to write a tutorial how to add your own city to the db.
You need the following:
root
SQLite Database Browser: sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser/
OR Root Explorer && SQlite Editor (thanks to Fisher_9511)
I'm not responsible if you damage your phone, brick it or it does not start anymore. You're the one who's responsible for your device. You should know what you do
I explain the process on the database of Europe and Germany, because there's nothing added for Germany.
First thing to do is to download the database of your desired location. Save it somewhere where you find it again. Now start "SQLite Database Browser" and open the database. It should now look like thid (Attached Image 1). Switch to the tab "Browse Data" and select "hotcity" as the table (Attached Image 2).
Now search for the abbreviation of your country, in my case it's "DE" for "Deutschland" (Germany). Remember the abbreviation and the posID of your country. So in my case I need "DE" and "110000001"
Now head over to weather.com and search for your city, where you live in. In my case I search for "Cloppenburg, Germany". Now you should have an url like this: "weather.com/weather/today/GMXX0017:1:GM". The part which is necessary is "GMXX0017", the GM stands for Germany, the XX is a placeholder I think and 0017 is the ID we need.
Now we have the posID of our country and the ID of our city. Now we have to sum the posID and the ID of our city. In my case it's "110000001" + "0017" which ends up in "110000018". This is the posID for our city.
Now we switch back again to our SQLite Database Browser and select "city" as our table (Attached Image 3). Now we have to go to the last page (Attached Image 7) and look for the last ID used in the database. In my case it's "16619" (Attached Image 4), so the next ID is "16620".
Now we create a new record and insert all our information we have, this happens when you double click the specific field of the new added empty line.
This should look like this (Attached Image 5).
When you entered every information it should look like this (Attached Image 6). Save your database and push it back to your device.
Code:
adb push miui_city_entire_eu.db /data/data/com.miui.weather/databases/miui_city.db
Now you should be able to select your city in the weather app and use the app effeicient.
(I hope it was the right forum )
I don't know Vietnam Post ID so MIUI weather fail to update.
LOL!
Well, to be honest, this is not the full part of the issue, there is more backend to this app which you have no clue about.
Good luck with your inaccurate ramblings about the id's.
We actually made those up and make it correspond to our backend system for picking up data.
Therefore if the PosID is not in our backend the app wont work anyway! So, everything you've said is a load of crap
If the PosID was to conform we'd have to add them to the backend system and also in addition to this in order of the last valid posIDs not your own.
Could an admin please close this thread down! it's heading no where without the MIUI-DEV backend anyway so its pointless chatter.
Damn thank god for the polite dev's. Why not explain this to him nice instead of being an ass ?
Why are you so rude with this guy, mobiusdigital?? he is just trying to make that app a little better, for those who desire more of it!! It's not neccesary for you to be such an indecent person, not even if you were the master developer for that app...
I think you should appologize "Technolover"... Beeing a "professional" dev. (as I think you are), also demands to be more polite... there are other ways to say the things you just wrote... or is that everyone in your country are that rude?? Gosh!!
I was going to install this app, but after the absolutely putrid attitude of the dev above, I will not. Sorry, pal.
Followed all instructions to the letter, but the MIUI weather app won't open, well I hope that MIUI Devs will add some functionnality to MIUI Weather to add our own cities, or something similar.
for the record
using HTC HD2, with last MIUI and living in France.
WOW that was rude
mobiousdigital said:
Well, to be honest, this is not the full part of the issue, there is more backend to this app which you have no clue about.
Good luck with your inaccurate ramblings about the id's.
We actually made those up and make it correspond to our backend system for picking up data.
Therefore if the PosID is not in our backend the app wont work anyway! So, everything you've said is a load of crap
If the PosID was to conform we'd have to add them to the backend system and also in addition to this in order of the last valid posIDs not your own.
Could an admin please close this thread down! it's heading no where without the MIUI-DEV backend anyway so its pointless chatter.
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Very helpful, this is the kind of help everyone looks for, brilliant.
mobiousdigital said:
Well, to be honest, this is not the full part of the issue, there is more backend to this app which you have no clue about.
Good luck with your inaccurate ramblings about the id's.
We actually made those up and make it correspond to our backend system for picking up data.
Therefore if the PosID is not in our backend the app wont work anyway! So, everything you've said is a load of crap
If the PosID was to conform we'd have to add them to the backend system and also in addition to this in order of the last valid posIDs not your own.
Could an admin please close this thread down! it's heading no where without the MIUI-DEV backend anyway so its pointless chatter.
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Oh look, its the clown who thinks he owns miui. He wanted to sell the weather widget because he done a few dirty hacks. Also he was considering to sell some language packs. Myself and others co confronted him and our posts got deleted and I got banned.
You should see his attitude in miui-dev
WOW! I was really keen to try the app out, had been checking their site every couple of weeks to see if my country was in there yet. After mobiousdigital's reply, I'm disgusted.
-1 customer
How can I find the posID of country out of Europe? Like Asia country?
Ok, I used SQLite Editor from android and it's now working
HD2 with MIUI
anghe said:
I don't know Vietnam Post ID so MIUI weather fail to update.
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Sorry, but this works only for posID's which are in the "hotcity" table. I don't know the real backend of the app but I think that the posID's of the countries are just there to change them to the letters which wetter.com uses (e.g.: GMXX0017 for Cloppenburg).
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Well, to be honest, this is not the full part of the issue, there is more backend to this app which you have no clue about.[...]
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Maybe I have no clue about the real backend but it's not a full load of crap as you can see here. My Tutorial helped one to get his town working, so ...
Fisher_9511 said:
Followed all instructions to the letter, but the MIUI weather app won't open, well I hope that MIUI Devs will add some functionnality to MIUI Weather to add our own cities, or something similar.
for the record
using HTC HD2, with last MIUI and living in France.
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Try pushing it to /system/app/
@ tkjeeper & ermacwins
I'm not going to look further about him and don't really care about him but thanks
@ DragonKnight_91
look at my first quote
Fisher_9511 said:
Ok, I used SQLite Editor from android and it's now working
HD2 with MIUI
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That's a possibility, too it's cool that it worked for someone and that I could have helped one person
so live in Germany in a little village will it work here?
where can i download the database of my desired location?
i donnot like miui it looks like ios
Anyone can tell me where can I get posID ?
I manage to reach the weather.com for my info ... SNXX0006
Now, I'm stuck with posID to complete the entire db.
Please Help ...
milestone97 said:
so live in Germany in a little village will it work here?
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when you find the city on weather.com, then it should be possible
milestone97 said:
where can i download the database of my desired location?
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On the download page of the miui weather widget
EDD!E said:
Anyone can tell me where can I get posID ?
I manage to reach the weather.com for my info ... SNXX0006
Now, I'm stuck with posID to complete the entire db.
Please Help ...
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Sorry, but Asia isn't in the hotcity table, so it's not possible to get it working, except you know the posID from the Backend of the App but I don't think so =/
You have to wait for an update from MiUI-Weather
ermacwins said:
Oh look, its the clown who thinks he owns miui. He wanted to sell the weather widget because he done a few dirty hacks. Also he was considering to sell some language packs. Myself and others co confronted him and our posts got deleted and I got banned.
You should see his attitude in miui-dev
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lol [10char]

[Q] Is there any GPS software that can show satellite view maps offline?

I have tried searching but could not find a topic to match what I'm after.
Does anyone know of a way to get a satellite views with GPS support for use offline? Ideally I could do with GPX (routes/tracks) file support as well.
As far as I know google earth is only available for android and does not have offline cacheing - I would have to make my phone dual boot as well (I need windows for some things)
I have tried J2ME for google maps but cannot scroll and I don't think can use gpx routes.
To make it clear what I'd like is to view my current position on a satellite map with a route (gpx file) shown on there as well. I need to be able to do this without access to a phone network.
It's a shame I can't just run google earth from my HD2 since that's exactly what I'm after.
Hi mate,
how to run google earth without network access?? this wont work on your pc either.
but maybe this is helpful for you:
i recently discovered that google maps on winmo is capable to display .kmz/kml files. these are google earth exports with e.g. a track.
if you just need to display a small area, load the track in google maps. on next start up your last loaded "picture" is cached and therefore u dont need network access. otherwise if u want to navigate you should get something proper like tt or igo.
edit: this should be your match: http://www.gps-mate.de/de/produkte/GPS-Mate/beschreibung.php (using osm)
feel free to use the thankmeter
regards
maybe this will work for you
p107r0 said:
maybe this will work for you
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here is the link to the XDA thread of OpenMobileMaps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=597957
huepfer said:
here is the link to the XDA thread of OpenMobileMaps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=597957
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thanks, that's what I was looking for to suggest, the other one came instead
men8ifr said:
Does anyone know of a way to get a satellite views with GPS support for use offline? Ideally I could do with GPX (routes/tracks) file support as well.
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NoniGPSPlot with NoniMapView
p107r0 said:
thanks, that's what I was looking for to suggest, the other one came instead
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I have been trying open mobile maps but cannot find how to get satellite maps on there. I found a 1 year old thread on here about changing the maps.xml file and tried that but either doesn't work or I am missing something. There is an option at add maps with a URL but I don't know if this would work with google satellite maps and I can't find out what the url shoudl be.
hgdorn said:
NoniGPSPlot with NoniMapView
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This looks promising - a dumb question though can I use version 3.02 for ;pocket pc' or 'smartphone' ? I don't know if the HD2 running windows mobile is classed as either of these things?
men8ifr said:
This looks promising - a dumb question though can I use version 3.02 for ;pocket pc' or 'smartphone' ? I don't know if the HD2 running windows mobile is classed as either of these things?
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NoniGPSPlot for "PocketPC" is running perfectly on my HD2 (and my old Trinity).
Tip: Don't remember to quit it when you don't need it anymore 'cause GPS uses lots of battery power. Tap on the main screen for a few seconds to get to the main menu.
I dont know what you are really searching for...
But I think best solution is navicomputer.com
hgdorn said:
NoniGPSPlot for "PocketPC" is running perfectly on my HD2 (and my old Trinity).
Tip: Don't remember to quit it when you don't need it anymore 'cause GPS uses lots of battery power. Tap on the main screen for a few seconds to get to the main menu.
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I can get noni gps to run i used the smartphone files. the problem now is downloading the satellite maps in enough detail on my pc with the noni application it will take several weeks or months to download the 8gb of data i need.
extrapurifier said:
I dont know what you are really searching for...
But I think best solution is navicomputer.com
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Looks like navicomputer doesn't support any satellite views
Thanks for the suggestion though.
men8ifr said:
I can get noni gps to run i used the smartphone files. the problem now is downloading the satellite maps in enough detail on my pc with the noni application it will take several weeks or months to download the 8gb of data i need.
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Do you need a satellite view of the whole world?
Zoom to the interresting place an then adjust the slider how deep (that means how many zoom levels of) the images have to be downloaded.
Mobile Atlas Creator
http://mobac.sourceforge.net/
I've been using NaviComputer 0.96 on my oversea trips. I would download maps (can be satellite maps too) before leaving, add POI and have no problem using if offline while on oversea trips. Best of all, it's free. It can do gpx tracks and log file too.

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