Re: [Viking-devel] Out of date maps
Phil phil_...@bigpond.com writes: On 09/11/12 11:06, Greg Troxel wrote: You could edit OSM to make your town up to date (without copying from proprietary maps, of course). I've done that in my town, including entering trails, so that OSM is now the best map available. It turns out that adding a couple missing streets to OSM was nowhere near as difficult as I had imagined. I'm glad to hear it. I hope you will find it fun to keep adding other details. I had a plan to make trail maps all by myself, long ago (around 1999), but found it too daunting and never got to it, and was glad to discover OSM, with tools, the database, and the community already there. A bit OT, but something I think most viking users would find interesting: the program mkgmap (described on the OSM wiki) converts OSM data to Garmin format, for use with etrex/nuvi/oregon/etc. There is also 'osmand' that runs on android to display maps (from offline vector data). The only minor problem that I have not solved yet is how to have Viking download the new map rather than use the existing cached map. If I change the zoom level then the new map is downloaded. Perhaps the simplest option is to delete the cached map? Right-click on the 'mapnik' layer on the layer pane, and find 'reload all onscreen maps'. I think that will cause you to reload tiles that you know are out of date, but not burden the server re-requesting everything. By default, viking caches OSM tiles for a long time, to comply with OSM's tile usage policy (basically due to limited resources to provide tile service to the world). pgpcZJY2Ek3r3.pgp Description: PGP signature -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov___ Viking-devel mailing list Viking-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/viking-devel Viking home page: http://viking.sf.net/
[Viking-devel] Viking 1.3 Screen Cast
I've finally got around to making a screen cast http://vimeo.com/53209746 Also see: https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/viking/index.php?title=Screencast Let me know what you think. I don't think I'll give up my day job for a career in broadcasting... Be Seeing You - Rob. If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you. -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov ___ Viking-devel mailing list Viking-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/viking-devel Viking home page: http://viking.sf.net/
[Viking-devel] Viking manual under Kubuntu
Thank you for reading this and I hope it's not an off-topic question. Firstly, I have searched Google for a solution, exhausted all possibilities on the Kubuntu mailing list and installed all likely packages. I have two Linux distributions, one that I've used for 17 years (including it's ancestors) and now I'm trialling Kubuntu. I have installed the same Viking source file (version 1.3.2.1) under both installations but the manual is not displayed under Kubuntu. I've also installed the Ubuntu Viking package and the result is the same - no manual when help or F1 is pressed. There are no messages displayed on the console even when the debug or verbose options are used. The Viking directories are identical under both installations. I'm wondering if I'm the only person on the planet to have this problem or if this a known issue with a solution. -- Regards, Phil -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov ___ Viking-devel mailing list Viking-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/viking-devel Viking home page: http://viking.sf.net/
Re: [Viking-devel] Viking manual under Kubuntu
Firstly, I have searched Google for a solution, exhausted all
possibilities on the Kubuntu mailing list and installed all likely packages.
I have two Linux distributions, one that I've used for 17 years
(including it's ancestors) and now I'm trialling Kubuntu. I have
installed the same Viking source file (version 1.3.2.1) under both
installations but the manual is not displayed under Kubuntu. I've also
installed the Ubuntu Viking package and the result is the same - no
manual when help or F1 is pressed. There are no messages displayed on
the console even when the debug or verbose options are used. The Viking
directories are identical under both installations.
I'm wondering if I'm the only person on the planet to have this problem
or if this a known issue with a solution.
Interesting, as I've only just been looking at some of this today.
Viking's help should be installed in /usr/share/gnome/help/viking/C/viking.xml
(possibly /usr/local/share/gnome/help/viking/C/viking.xml if installed from the
source)
I'm not quite sure of how the installation for the help is actually controlled.
My Ubuntu 12.10 system works fine in opening the help. IIRC 12.04 seemed to
work OK too.
Which version of Ubuntu are you using? Older Ubuntu versions used even older
versions Viking which have various shortcomings.
Some other things you can try:
See if the main help text is anywhere on your system(s) try on the command line:
locate viking.xml
The help is invoked is via this C call gtk_show_uri ('ghelp:viking')
I suspect the Kubuntu doesn't support the 'ghelp' mechanism without yelp and/or
other stuff installed.
Try on the command line:
yelp ghelp:viking
I note we don't check the return value of gtk_show_uri, nor the error code it
returns. So ATM it will fail silently.
I will fix this. NB There is also a small chance it doesn't use gtk_show_uri(),
but it fails silently there too.
By the way I have been working a little bit on the manual, and the latest
version has been updated on the Wiki.
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/viking/index.php?title=Users_Manual
(Now includes a little bit about the Map Cache Scheme)
HTH.
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