Re: TangoGPS and Locations maps
Le mardi 26 août 2008 à 15:24 +0200, arne anka a écrit : > > I don't think so : > > did you compare the files? > i gather the naming derives from the gps location data, thus the file > names for the same areas should be the same regardless of the format being > different. > similar names are not sufficient, as said above -- compare the files > (identify -verbose 5638.png) diff doesn't show any difference ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: TangoGPS and Locations maps
On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 15:44 +0200, Jelle De Loecker wrote: > Sorry for crashing this discussion, but could you clarify why there > would be a difference between a png saved by tangogps and locations? > > If they both use the exact same areas, the exact same name, and they > both save it as a png then it *should* be compatible. Anything else > seems way too crazy, no? > So the question is, how to make locations to cache it in the place you like it to be cached... ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
RE: TangoGPS and Locations maps
Png's have metadata, but not sure if it's used by the apps. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jelle De Loecker Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:44 AM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: TangoGPS and Locations maps Sorry for crashing this discussion, but could you clarify why there would be a difference between a png saved by tangogps and locations? If they both use the exact same areas, the exact same name, and they both save it as a png then it *should* be compatible. Anything else seems way too crazy, no? arne anka schreef: >> I don't think so : >> > > did you compare the files? > i gather the naming derives from the gps location data, thus the file > names for the same areas should be the same regardless of the format being > different. > similar names are not sufficient, as said above -- compare the files > (identify -verbose 5638.png) > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: TangoGPS and Locations maps
> Sorry for crashing this discussion, but could you clarify why there > would be a difference between a png saved by tangogps and locations? i wouldn't know -- i don't use locations. but why shouldn't there be _no_ difference? > If they both use the exact same areas, the exact same name, and they > both save it as a png then it *should* be compatible. Anything else > seems way too crazy, no? how would i know? someone suggested there's a difference and the questioner did apparenetly no other check than comparing directory structures and file names. so, to sort the issue out what's left is comparing the actual images, don't you think? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: TangoGPS and Locations maps
Sorry for crashing this discussion, but could you clarify why there would be a difference between a png saved by tangogps and locations? If they both use the exact same areas, the exact same name, and they both save it as a png then it *should* be compatible. Anything else seems way too crazy, no? arne anka schreef: >> I don't think so : >> > > did you compare the files? > i gather the naming derives from the gps location data, thus the file > names for the same areas should be the same regardless of the format being > different. > similar names are not sufficient, as said above -- compare the files > (identify -verbose 5638.png) > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: TangoGPS and Locations maps
> I don't think so : did you compare the files? i gather the naming derives from the gps location data, thus the file names for the same areas should be the same regardless of the format being different. similar names are not sufficient, as said above -- compare the files (identify -verbose 5638.png) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: TangoGPS and Locations maps
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 1. There is not standard for offiline map archiving, so why be surprised if some open programs use a their format to archive data? The important is that the way how they archive the maps is full open and fully documented. 2. Google maps are not yours and you must to use it according their license: and its license don't permit to do a lot of nice things. Michele Renda Nishit Dave wrote: > We love the choice Linux offers. Yeah. That is what keeps us going > on. Would it not be better to use googlemaps wherever made possible by > GPRS? > > > > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIs+98SIAU/I6SkT0RAh6UAJ46Grnuy1YM7FM45GnUk4WFix6QCgCgpPWL 3tC+n/ey24LGQXYcl5tyrXU= =3nBm -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: TangoGPS and Locations maps
Le mardi 26 août 2008 à 13:30 +0200, Michele Renda a écrit : > The maps used by locations, are vectioral maps? > > > > from what i can tell, locations stores the maps in it's own format, > > which is not compatible with tango, which directly uses the png files > > supplied by osm: I don't think so : Locations : ls /tmp/diversity-maps/osm/14/8295/ 5635.png 5636.png 5637.png 5638.png TangoGPS ls /home/root/Maps/OSM/14/8295/ () 5632.png 5634.png 5636.png 5638.png 5633.png 5635.png 5637.png 5639.png diff /home/root/Maps/OSM/14/8295/5638.png /tmp/diversity-maps/osm/14/8295/5638.png Maybe copying the maps from TangoGPS to /tmp/diversity-maps/ would work, without the need for packing them with om-locations-map-pack. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: TangoGPS and Locations maps
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Michele Renda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > The maps used by locations, are vectioral maps? > > Thank you > Michele Renda > > robin paulson wrote: > > julien cubizolles wrote: > >> Would it be possible for TangGPS and Locations to share osm maps ? If > >> not, where does Locations store its (I'd like to backup them in case of > >> flashing) > >> > > > > from what i can tell, locations stores the maps in it's own format, > > which is not compatible with tango, which directly uses the png files > > supplied by osm: > > > We love the choice Linux offers. Yeah. That is what keeps us going on. Would it not be better to use googlemaps wherever made possible by GPRS? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: TangoGPS and Locations maps
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The maps used by locations, are vectioral maps? Thank you Michele Renda robin paulson wrote: > julien cubizolles wrote: >> Would it be possible for TangGPS and Locations to share osm maps ? If >> not, where does Locations store its (I'd like to backup them in case of >> flashing) >> > > from what i can tell, locations stores the maps in it's own format, > which is not compatible with tango, which directly uses the png files > supplied by osm: > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Om2008.8_Locations#Create_Offline_Maps > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIs+lOSIAU/I6SkT0RApusAJ9N0R14KnbdNxNc37mJCyghQcGqIwCdHHpn P/4lzXcWe46aKqXa8TRXP/w= =aCDz -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: TangoGPS and Locations maps
julien cubizolles wrote: > Would it be possible for TangGPS and Locations to share osm maps ? If > not, where does Locations store its (I'd like to backup them in case of > flashing) > from what i can tell, locations stores the maps in it's own format, which is not compatible with tango, which directly uses the png files supplied by osm: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Om2008.8_Locations#Create_Offline_Maps ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
TangoGPS and Locations maps
Would it be possible for TangGPS and Locations to share osm maps ? If not, where does Locations store its (I'd like to backup them in case of flashing) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
