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Navigation Tools

2010-08-04T10:03:15Z

192.166.201.59: /* Maemo Mapper (now known as Mappero) */

A key application on the internet tablets is navigation. The [[Nokia N900|N900]] and [[Nokia N810|N810]] have a built-in GPS receiver; the [[Nokia 770|770]] and [[Nokia N800|N800]] can connect to a separate GPS receiver over bluetooth with the NMEA interface

== Complete Navigation Solutions ==

The following applications provide GPS-based navigation and route calculation.

=== Stand-alone ===

Stand-alone navigation apps are self-contained: they can calculate routes without needing a network connection once provided with local map data.

==== Sygic ====

Links:
* http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=34409

Pro:
* Turn-by-turn voice instructions

Cons:
* Commercial, proprietary, closed source
* Some maps not available

==== Navit ====

Links:
* [http://www.navit-project.org/ homepage]
* [http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Navit_on_n770/n800/n810 Maemo <= 4 specific page]
* [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=38800 Maemo 5 / N900 discussion]
Pro:
* open source
* turn-by-turn voice instructions
* uses vector data from openstreetmaps and free garmin maps
* 2d and 3D view option
* touchscreen interface
* flexible with a rich set of configuration options via an XML file
* almost daily development releases, good progress

Con:
* works pretty reliably but still rough around the edges
* custom configuration requires modification of XML file in text editor
* Little/no developer interaction via t.m.o.
* Limited search functionality

Tips and Tricks:
* the main communication channel for navit is on IRC. You will find the core hackers there as well as some users. See the navit [http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Contacts Contacts page] for details
* it automatically routes if it has a gps fix and a destination. A destination can either be set by pressing on the map and selecting "set as destination" from the appearing context menu, or via the address search.
* Easy install of latest version on N900 here [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=746245 Install script]
* [http://bokomoko.de/~rd/navit-config.tgz Configuration Files] for the N8x0. The files should go to /home/user/.navit and expect maps named *.bin in /media/mmc2/Navit (may be changed by editing the .xml configuration files)

==== Gosmore ====

Links:
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gosmore homepage]
* [http://guest.lunatech.com/~neil/maemo/gosmore-maemo/ maemo specific page]

Pro:
* uses vector data from openstreetmaps

Con:
* Not yet stable, routing untested
* very few releases, little development progress visible
* map conversion from openstreetmap format to gosmore .pak format has to be done by user.
* I did not get gpsd working.

==== Roadmap ====

Links:
* [http://roadmap.sourceforge.net/index.html homepage]
* [https://garage.maemo.org/projects/ maemo garage page]

Pro:
* Open source
* Use vector maps from OpenStreet Map
* Rich configuration file not in XML
* Good graphics on the tablet
* Development of the software is active but the portage to the tablet is often two or three releases late

Con:
* OpenStreet maps must be processed before use. There are a few procedures to do that on PC but sometimes they crash specially with big files.
* Only one map at a time can be used
* Project is not very active

=== Cloud-Based ===

Cloud-based navigation requires a network connection to calculate routes.

==== Ovi ====

Pro:
* Free (comes pre-installed on N900)
* Good maps

Cons:
* Closed source
* Clunky
* No turn-by-turn voice instructions

==== Maemo Mapper (now known as Mappero) ====

Links:
* [https://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemo-mapper/ garage page]
* [http://blog.mardy.it/search/label/mappero Mappero Developer Blog]

Pro:
* Open source
* Pretty stable application
* Turn-by-turn voice directions
* Works by default with openstreetmap, but can also use commercial maps
* The maps download is convenient within maemo mapper and maps can be stored on the device. No PC required.

Con:
* works only with pixmaps (i.e. inefficient map storage)
* Acquiring a new route requires online connection; the connection is not needed to follow a downloaded route.

==== Mapper ====

* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Onion/Mapper Mapper] is a fork of Maemo Mapper designed for [http://www.openstreetmap.org openstreetmap] data collection.

== Map Editors / Other Tools ==

* [http://www.harbaum.org/till/maemo/index.shtml#osm2go OSM2Go] is an editor for [http://www.openstreetmap.org openstreetmap] data.

== Incomplete or Dead Navigation Applications ==

=== Roadnav ===

Links:
* [http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/ homepage]

I could not get it working so far, no updates on news site since two years.

=== Carman ===

Links:
* [http://openbossa.indt.org.br/carman/ Homepage]

===Wayfinder===

* N800 and N810 come with [http://www.wayfinder.com/ Wayfinder maps] pre-installed. Routing/navigation is not enabled by default and requires a $99/3 years license. Map data and formats are proprietary.
* Wayfinder is defunct

== Keeping Data Costs Down (International Roaming) ==

Some of these tools retrieve map data on the fly, and this can be very costly if you are travelling internationally. Below, as captured from a post, are some tips that might help.

''I was travelling to Seattle from London a few months back, and anticipated the same sort of data costs. I worked around it quite easily by using MaemoMapper, and using my WiFi at home to download and cache maps for the region. I did this for Google Maps, Google hybrid maps, and OpenStreetmap, giving me the ability to switch back and forth. If I remember correctly, I pulled down map zoom levels of 11 & 9 for the entire western third of Washington, levels 9 & 7 for the specific Everett - Federal Way section, and 9-7-5 from downtown out to the areas where I was going to be staying with relatives. I then added a similar detailed set data for the San Juan Islands, as I thought we might go whale watching. Downloading took a little bit of time for each set, but it didn't distract me much from the TV show I was watching at the time. Elapsed time was 1 hour or so. This was on my N810. To download maps, look for the "Manage Maps" menu.''

''What this gives you is *not* routing, it gives you maps. If you want routing, the data cost of going online to compute a route and then use it offline with the cached maps should be low. Since there are no voice directions, you'll have to depend on your co-pilot to read from the [[Nokia N900|N900]]. Unless your co-pilot has higher gadget tolerance than mine, swapping driving duties might be sensible. For holidaying, I find maps from OpenStreetmap to be significantly nicer than the "just roads" focus of TomTom/Naviteq maps as the wiki-like nature of things positively encourages people to list parks, walking paths, etc. Windsor Castle and Great Park http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51...layers=B000FTF and the alpine paths of Kandersteg Switzerland http://www.openstreetmap.org/?minlon=7.6556638&minlat=46.4775866&maxlon=7.6956638&maxlat=46.5175866 are two examples.''

[[Category:Beginners]]
[[Category:GPS]]

Community wish-list

2009-08-26T10:57:05Z

192.166.201.59: /* Game Ports */

'''This Page is a compilation of wishes from the Maemo community, this info was compiled from several threads on [http://talk.maemo.org/ talk.maemo.org]. You can add your own wishes directly in this list'''

This list aims to be simple, in order to help new Maemo developers/members get ideas/features needed by the community and also to show to Nokia, the community desires.

A more general Software wish list can be found [[Software_wish-list|here]]

==Ports==

*Abiword - Stable port
*Alexandria - [http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/]
*Blender - [http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=266479&postcount=30 Discussion on ITT]
*Gimp
*HFP - [http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18868 Discussion on ITT]
*HP48GX Emulator
*Inkscape
*J2me
*Java - Stable port
*KeePassX - [http://www.keepassx.org/]
*Microblog-purple for pidgin - [http://code.google.com/p/microblog-purple/]
*Opera
*Pyjama
*Quantum GIS
*SIAG Office
*Task Coach - [http://www.taskcoach.org/]
*TrueCrypt - Stable port with GUI - [http://www.truecrypt.org/]
*Xoscope - [http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/]
*Yabasic and or wxBasicscript aka PuppyBasic

===Game Ports===

*Angband - Nethack-esque game [http://rephial.org/]
*Armagetron - 3D tron-clone [http://armagetron.sourceforge.net/]
*Barrage - Vehicle shooting game [http://lgames.sourceforge.net/?project=Barrage]
*DESmuMe - Nintendo DS emulator [http://desmume.org/]
*eboard - [http://www.v7f.eu/public/n800/chess/ existing Port of an older eboard-Version for Maemo 4.1] - [http://www.bergo.eng.br/eboard/ Eboard Homepage]
*FreeCNC - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freecnc]
*FreeRA - [http://freera.sourceforge.net/]
*Free Syndicate - A critically-acclaimed RPG with online play [http://freesynd.sourceforge.net/]
*Frozen Bubble - [http://www.frozen-bubble.org/] - [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=305490]
*Hedgewars - Worms clone [http://www.hedgewars.org/]
*Liquid War - [http://www.ufoot.org/liquidwar]
*Spheres of Chaos - [http://www.spheresofchaos.com/index.php]
*Wolfenstein - [http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/wolf/]
*xpuyopuyo - [http://chaos2.org/xpuyopuyo/]

==Communication==

*SIP Client - A true SIP client that connects to any server I want and does not go through any fixed proxy like gizmo does.

==Games==

*Supaplex clone(Rocks'n'Diamonds, Megaplex...)

==Internet==

*Offline tools - flickr uploader, Gmail, Blogger and RSS

==Multimedia==

*Audiobook player with automatic bookmarking and playlist capability - see http://panucci.garage.maemo.org/
*Canola - FM radio, and better internet radio support in Canola (mediaplayer is far better, but far uglier!)
*Media Player - Better media player / internet radio app that plays ogg, wma, and he-aac, and doesn't corrupt the library when it feels like.

[[Category:Community]][[Category:Development]]

Maemo Summit 2008/Accommodation

2008-07-16T15:44:20Z

192.166.201.59: /* Cheap accommodation */

How are you sorting out your accommodation for the [[Maemo Summit 2008]]. Share tips and details!

== Confirmed bookings ==
Where are you staying?

* [http://www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/fichehotel/gb/mer/4988/fiche_hotel.shtml Mercure Hotel Berlin Mitte]
** Jaffa
** Jamie Bennett (Baloo)
* Hotel Name - URL - Comments
** Mr A
** Mrs B
** You

== Find your bed ==
=== Host a Maemo contributor ===
Some people living in or near berlin (including me :)) could provide accommodation in their residences. I think I have space enough for two people...
An other idea would be something like: [http://www.couchsurfing.com/] --[[User:jukey|jukey]] 15:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
:Still space for two people ? me and my girlfriend ? We are couchsurfers and are also looking for hosts--[[User:anidel|anidel]] 07:14, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Also looking for a place to crash just for Saturday, couch or floorspace all good. -- [[User:horkana|horkana]] 12:59, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

=== Cheap accommodation ===
The location of the summit is here: [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&hl=de&geocode=&q=rungestra%C3%9Fe+20,+berlin&sll=52.523451,13.323373&sspn=0.007873,0.018797&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr] Some colleagues gave me the following tips:
::* [http://www.diefabrik.com/3-1-rates.html Die Fabrik] (from 18 EUR/person/night - 2,6 km away from the summit place) [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&hl=de&geocode=&saddr=Schlesische+Stra%C3%9Fe+18&daddr=rungestra%C3%9Fe+20,+berlin&sll=52.512261,13.419842&sspn=0.007875,0.018797&ie=UTF8&z=15 route from hostel to summit place]
::* [http://www.hotelpensionberlin.de/hotel/preise.php?o=1357&startdatum=2008-09-01&p=1&s=de BaxPax Hostel Kreutzberg] (from 12 EUR/person/night - 2,4 km away from the summit place) [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&hl=de&geocode=&saddr=Skalitzer+Str.+104&daddr=52.503187,13.421001+to:rungestra%C3%9Fe+20,+berlin&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&via=1&sll=52.50546,13.417139&sspn=0.015752,0.037594&ie=UTF8&z=15 route from hostel to summit place]
::* [http://www.hostelxberger.com/index.php?show=preise&lang=eng Hostel X-berger] (from 12 EUR/person/night - 2,8 km from the summit place) [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&hl=de&geocode=&saddr=Schlesische+Stra%C3%9Fe+18&daddr=rungestra%C3%9Fe+20,+berlin&sll=52.512261,13.419842&sspn=0.007875,0.018797&ie=UTF8&ll=52.505669,13.431301&spn=0.015751,0.037594&z=15 route hostel to summit place]
::* [http://www.aohostels.com/en/berlin/apartment-mitte/apartment/rates/ Apartment for up to 4 persons] (from 79 EUR/appartment - 1km from the summit place) [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&hl=de&geocode=14407242129449315458,52.503158,13.420980&saddr=K%C3%B6penicker+Str.+127-129&daddr=rungestra%C3%9Fe+20,+berlin&mra=pr&mrcr=0&sll=52.507811,13.418941&sspn=0.015751,0.037594&ie=UTF8&z=15 route from hostel to summit place]

:::Other berlin-mitte locations are listet in [http://wikivoyage.org wikivoyage] ([http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikivoyage.org%2Fde%2FBerlin%2FMitte%23Unterkunft&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=de&tl=en here translated via google translate])

:::::::::::::::::::::::--[[User:jukey|jukey]] 14:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

=== Affordable hotels ===
People who may want something a bit classier than a hostel (presumably not sponsored by the Maemo Software Team) may be interested in this [http://www.berlin-landmarks.com/mitte_hotels.html list of hotels] which should be near the venue. For example, [http://www.accorhotels.com/frm_fiche_hotel.svlt?code_hotel=0357 Ibis Berlin Mitte] has rooms for about 74 EUR/night. --[[User:jaffa|Jaffa]] 20:11, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Here is an Accor hotels search for [http://maps.maporama.com/idl/accor/drawsa.aspx?xml=common&xsl=liste_hotel&Lang=En&MD_height=265&MD_width=372&_rawxml=1&MD_scale=0.00013333&SA_config=1&SiteOrigine=ALL&GC_address=Rungestra%C3%9Fe+20&GC_city=Berlin&GC_zip=&GC_country=DE hotels near the c-base]. The cheapest one is [http://www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/fichehotel/gb/etp/5058/fiche_hotel.shtml Etap Berlin Potsdamer Platz] at 65 EUR/night, [http://www.accorhotels.com/frm_fiche_hotel.svlt?code_hotel=0357 Ibis] is second at 75 EUR/nigh. The prices are for the whole 5-day stay; if you stay for only 3 days, Ibis is more expensive per night (but the total is still under 375 EUR).

=== Pure luxury ===
If you really need it a hint could be [http://www.osimworld.com/newt/l/handsetsvision/osim08/venue.html Hotel Palace], the venue of OSiM World.

=== Sponsored participants ===
Participants with a sponsorship covered by Nokia '''need to book their accommodation themselves'''. They need to pay in advance and claim their expenses to Nokia afterward, presenting the invoice paid. For budgeting purposes, please tell how much is your accommodation to Quim as soon as you know it.

The limit of accommodation costs covered by Nokia is '''375€'''. This reference amount comes from a rough calculation 5 nights * 75€. Feel free finding other combinations as far as you get your budget within the limits.