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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
Font

Uh....Does the print need to be so big? Oversize bold print is considered a form of "shouting" in posts.

I'm not deaf, or blind.

:D

Normal size font would be greatly appreciated.

:)

QA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] meet_bijoy:
Digital Compass?

Hi,

This is a great application and I'm using it for quite some time now. The new release is wonderful and made this app more useful.

In the "http://navicomputer.com/screens.php" website, I saw the last pic (attached in this post as well) and wondering is this a Digital compass.

If yes, then it is a really one of the best addition in this release. But, how to bring this compass in navicomputer. I couldn't find it in the app. Please help.:confused:

If no, then I think it will be good to have it in the future releases.:)

Thanks!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SaintaxError:
Hardware or Software issue?

Hi,

Great program, I really love it.

It works absolutely fine “on land”, accurate, precise, easy to use. A true pleasure and very useful.

However recently I noticed a strange behavior when “in the air”, and I don’t know if it is caused by my phone GPS (HTC Touch HD) or the application.

Two issues in fact:

A)	The first one deals with altitude. It seems that rapid variations of altitude are not properly reported by the program (again, I am not sure it’s Navicomputer’s fault at this stage, could be the “sensor”))

Just after take off, the altitude increases slowly, but definitely not at the real “climb rate”. At a given point in time, the altitude suddenly jumps to the correct value (see the attached altitude profile and the same viewed in Google earth) and then the process starts again (i.e. slow increase below the real value of dz/dt, then it jumps again to the correct altitude, making a sort of staircase shaped curve for the altitude)

Then when the rate of climb reduces, apparently this “behavior” disappears.

The same behavior occurs going down.

GPS (phone) or software problem?

B)	The second issue deals with speed.

Having a nice fix (7 to 10 satellites), the speed is displayed in white (top of the screen) and the cursor on the map is a blue triangle. That is, I guess, the normal behavior.

Now the issue. I noticed quite often at cruising altitude and speed (11,000meters or so, 800 to 900Km/h) the following behavior:

a)	The fix is good, 7 to 10 sats, steady green

b)	Suddenly the speed turns grey and freezes on the last “good” value

c)	Immediately the blue triangle cursor switches to a blue cross

d)	But the flight path is still (correctly?) displayed on the map !

e)	This situation (then with a good fix, no speed info, with the blue cross and with a displayed flight path) lasts for few minutes (0.5 to a couple of minutes some times), then suddenly it returns to normal, speed is re-acquired and the cursor goes back to the blue triangle. The “back to normal event” is some times accompanied by a sort of correction on X, Y, Z (sort of bump in the flight path)

Hardware or software issue?

Anyone experienced this?

Cheers

Eric
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
Compass ?

Yes, it is a compass, but unfortunately not always shown by NaviComputer. Many devices have the capability of using the compass and if so, then Navi will display it. The Omnia is such a device.

It is a nice feature. Stick around. You never know what will pop up in a new version! :D

Regrads,

QA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
Navi in a plane?

Well, I simply want to say that Navi was not designed to work in a fast moving aircraft. The accuracy of the app will depend upon how fast the update rate is within the device itself, and the stability of the signal supplied by the internal gps.

When the cross changes from triangle to cross, the unit is searching for a new signal to verify position.

If the altitude freezes, I would suspect that the device has lost a usable signal.

What type of device are you using, and what would be your normal cruising speed? This information should be valuable to the developer.

I know the developer cannot check these issues in the air, but I can. Should be able to look into it this weekend at the earliest, weather permitting.

The developer may have some comments which will follow shortly since he reviews all posts almost daily (even mine. :)).

Regards,

Tippy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SaintaxError:
Navi in a plane?

Hi ,

Thanks for your explanations.

I am using an HTC Touch HD, as far as I know (not sure), the sampling rate of the GPS is 5 seconds.

I used it (for the fun, obviously not for navigation) in a commercial flight so altitude ranges from 0 to 11,000 meters and speed up to 900Km/h I guess.

Again, when these altitude (staircase) and speed (freeze) issues occur, the fix is steady green with a least seven to ten satellites.

Cheers

Eric
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NaviComputer:
Cool, now I know what pilots do when they are bored while the automatic pilot does the work. Playing around with their phones:D

Unfortunately there is nothing I can do regarding your issues with altitude and speed. I can only retrieve the data which the gps receiver delivers. When the speed goes grey and the triangle turns to a cross, the gps receiver simply said "speed and heading is not valid".

I guess the gps receivers in our phones simply are not suited for such high speeds.

Yes, there is a digital compass in navicomputer, but it's only available in the Samsung Omnia II special version since most phones do not have a built in compass.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] frizzone:
I'm at your disposal for an Italian translation. ?'m delighted to do this.

I send you a MP in order to know how can I do.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hskeik:
NaviComputer,

can you please add picture support to the option "add POI", it will be great
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mattsta:
Thanks for the great application!

Also thanks for showing me the great open source maps, a great project and I hope more people can contribute to it to make it what it could be. I used your logger last night to map some roads and add them in to the OSM database. Would be handy to be able to add notes to points as its hard to write down street names to correspond with points. Maybe a separate file or something if the GPX file cannot support it.

My area is decently covered in streets but hardly any have names... well I fixed up a lot of them already but being easier to do it would be great.

If the OSM doesn't cover your area well try and fix it up but I know some areas were terrible in coverage (country towns). If you need better offline maps than the OSM can do PM me and I might be able to help.

Also how come you limit your sources file to the OSM style lookup? Why not allow variables in the url?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Baldrick1:
Hi NaviComputer

Great app! Am road testing at the moment! ;)

One small question! From the GPS signal one should be able to determine heading? If that is the case then why could you not drive the NaviComputer compass from that...if the device does not have one built in. :confused:

I am sure that every user of the app would love that as a feature! I think that it would actually 'finish off' the app quite nicely. ;)

Perhaps I am all alone on ths one...but just thought that I should ask/suggest it!

Cheers

Balders :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
Maps

It might be better if you went to the Navi website and read the Blog Quickstart....Using NaviMapper, and you will find the answer.

http://navicomputer.com/blog/

Regards,

QA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mattsta:
Maybe I'm stupid but I can't find a blog named anything like that.

From the FAQ "Path of the tiles on the server must follow the standard OSM rules. (server/zoom/x/y.png, size 256x256)." so some other places you could get maps from using the latest version you cannot.

Some areas around me are very bad in OSM so I have been getting tiles from other sources while I get a chance to help and map them for OSM. The downloadable version just makes this harder to do.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] meet_bijoy:
Thanks NaviComputer and QA for the info!!

I agree will Balders, it will be a great feature to have GPS compass in NaviComputer, even I will be looking forward for along with many others.

Usually I will be using a different app for GPS compass like RichesseGPS along with NaviComputer, as my jade doesn't have build in compass. So will love to have the digital compass feature in NaviComputer itself. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ihtsham:
Slow download of NaviMapper

Such a great application!, I am using SonyEricsson Xperia X1.

Could you please tell why NaviMapper takes so long to download the maps?

I appreciate efforts for this free and great application!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
Maps ?

Mattsa,

Sorry you are having difficulty locating the information. Go to the Blog on the website. Then scroll down the sections until you see Quickstart..Downloading Maps with NaviMapper....Quick Tutorital for Using NaviMapper.

NaviMapper can use other map sources for the reason you give, and the Tutorial and FAQs describe how to change the XML file. However as mentioned more than once in the forum, NaviSupport cannot offer direct assistance when restricted map sources are concerned such as Google, Microsoft etc. It presents legal issues as they do not allow their maps to be "cached" by non-licensed applications. Sorry.

Regards,

QA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mattsta:
Thanks, but I think we are mis-understanding each other.

I already am downloading from other map sources, I also understand we aren't supposed to cache some maps for offline use.

I just wanted more flexibility in the xml so if we choose to download from other places we can without being forced to only use OSM maps (or derivatives) which the XML forces.

If the market wasn't so small I would probably agree in trying to force OSM and encourage people to update their areas but imo this isn't the case and some areas are just so poor you cannot use OSM maps for those areas.

Though I am using gmaps offline I am still helping the OSM as I think its a great project and could do with more people assisting it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] VeenK:
Calibration request

Hi,

I am new to NaviComputer and very impressed. I did some research on other offline GPS programs and mapping solutions and your interface seems great. Fluid, easy, and te best part... it works....

There are of course many feature requests you may get. Such as adding your own scanned images/maps etc. If you are going that route, great. But that would also mean you will need to ad a calibration function.

Maybe this is something you should start with anyway. I am living in Melbourne an it works great here. But, I remember that some online maps (Google) can be off in certain locations. I was once in China and there they were off by a couple degrees. Chinese government seems to be the cause. (they may be afraid for guided missiles...ha ha). Not great if you are visiting for business or tourism. I had something similar with Fiji.

With respect to China the GPS coordinates being off by a couple of degrees was deliberate and I was told the case for all GPS systems. I was told by a GPS technician there that local GPS systems produced at factory get a code to adjust. But foreign systems are always going to be off....

I am sure that this is a stupid and unuseful situation which other governments know and fix for their own military systems. But for free, online stuff I have experienced first hand my GPS being a few streets further away.

Therefore, it would be great if you could add a calibration function. Just for when I get back to China or elsewhere this may occur.

For those reading this and thinking his GPS must be faulty... I assure you this is not the case. And yes I used Google cache at the time and now know I should not. I will not do so anymore...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Alkazar:
Hello,

Congratulations for this great work.

I like the navigator and I'm using it since a week.

I downloaded a map with NaviMapper, but I would like to make some modifications on it.

Is there any map editor (like OziExplorer) that supports the .nmap format??

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mattsta:
If your using the OSM data you can edit it on their website: http://www.openstreetmap.org/

It may take a bit for the tiles to be rebuilt but I've found it to be very quick, under 24 hours for it to show up. Wait a bit and check the maps, after it shows download that section again.

Hmm maybe we need to way to join or redownload a section for an nmap or does it use the file with the latest data in it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NaviComputer:
MapSources.xml Improvement

Mattsta,

thanks for your comments. I understood what you mean with the mapsources. It's on my todo list (like many other things) :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pdafuzzi:
Start with GPS On

Hi,

everytime i start NaviComputer on the PDA GPS is turned off and i must switch GPS on.

Is it possible to start with GPS enabled?

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
GPS not turned on?

Yes, you can go into the Menu/Options and check "Keep device always on".

That should do it. Give it a try.

NOTE: If you are using an HD2.....Users have reported difficulty when their device shuts screen down. (Search the forum for posts on this, or backtrack a page or two) They have found that using the application S2U2 to lock screen and hard keys seemed to alleviate the difficulty.

Regards,

QA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pdafuzzi:
Sorry, but this only prevent standby while NaviComputer is running.

What I want is if I start NaviComputer GPS should be switched on.

Normally i must activate GPS during the Menu after every start of NaviComputer.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zinconnu:
Thanks for this update! Can anyone post the .cab file please? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NaviComputer:
zinconnu,

here you go. And thanks again for the translation. Let me know if there is something wrong with the translation.

By the way: For what reason you cannot use the windows installer?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
Ok, sorry, I am a bit fussy today.:rolleyes:

I think you want Navi to set the GPS to ON whenever you start the application. In other words, make "GPS ON" the default. Is that correct?

I can have the developer look into that. It should not be difficult to change the default setting during initialization. Maybe you will see it in the next revision. It will be up to developer to fit it in between the schedule and wish list. :D

Regards,

tippy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pdafuzzi:
Right, that's what I want :D

Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zinconnu:
You're welcome. I will try and let you know if there is something wrong with the translation. :)

And, i cannot use the windows installer, because i'm not at home now (so away of my desktop computer).

Thanks for the .cab file too. ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zinconnu:
Ok, i've tryed, and i've found two little problems. I give you two screenshots. ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
Little Problems

Must be really small problems, as I really don't see what you mean.

Please explain. :confused:

Regards,

QA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mattsta:
Since this uses OSM data another cool feature would be to mark anything wrong like a POI but it submits it to the openstreetbugs database.

http://openstreetbugs.appspot.com/

Also for helping the OSM maybe a quick camera launch button that you can set to load the camera, saves me having to navigate around showing and minimizing apps.

Thanks for the new version too! Though an option to have GPS turn on automatically when you open the app would be nice.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zinconnu:
When i wake up i cannot speak english...Zzzz...

Difficult to explain, i'm not english...:D

Hem, to explain...there are "cuted (cut, or cuted?) texts" in the app. The word "rechercher" , in french, doesn't appears entirely, for exemple. That's why i've posted two screenshots, where you can see this problem two times.

Do you understand ? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] R.Moeller:
Great Tool, how about OpenSeamap support?

Thanks to the developers. This is very good tool.

I would like to have support for OpenSeamap including the seamarks. Will that be possible?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] meet_bijoy:
Creating .gpx for new tracks - Please help

Can anyone please advice, how to create .gpx for new tracks which we are trying to venture out. :confused:

I want to create .gpx for a new route from an online map on my PC and then load the .gpx on my HTC Touch 3g and follow it thru GPS during my journey.

Although, I have created quite few .gpx tracks using NaviComputer on my Jade and even used .gpx tracks posted by others. But, I actually want to create .gpx on my PC before hitting the road.

Please help and advice me how to do it and which application can be used to create such .gpx :)

Thanks in advance!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NaviComputer:
zinconnu,

yea, I do see what you mean. Any proposals for shorter texts / shortcuts? French is a loooong language :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wobbu:
Should the title be 2010-02-18? ;)

Excellent app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zinconnu:
"Garder périphérique toujours allumé" --> "Périphérique toujours allumé"

"Recherche" --> "scan" (english word but used in france too)

...I know, french is a long language, thanks to Shakespeare?:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dingolino:
Downloading maps "on the fly" into a cache in online mode

Hi,

the feature what I am missing the most is that if I am online the downloaded map tiles are stored into a cache folder and could be used later on for offline mode.

While online the stragegy should be to see wheter the requested tile is in the cache and which version is the newest one. If the online version is newer than the cahce file should be replaced with the updated one.

The pre definition of a map download including the zoom level is not so convinient.

If I am in offline mode and try to access a page which is not available than a short "red" button should pop up to indicated that now no data are there. than I can decide whether I want to online again and open a interent connection

Best regards,

dingolino
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] robotang:
Suggestions

This application is the one I use most with my TP2. Great work!

As I am travelling all the time, it helps a lot for tracking and path findings.

Well, some humble suggestions below. Hope they are not too difficult to implement.

1. Allow saving the map used in online mode. This will save a lot of download time and very convenient for travellers who really do not have time to download the map before he hit the road.

2. Since it takes quite some time (e.g. 20 hours or so for entire Beijing at level 15, if able to stay connected for that long) downloading the map using NaviMapper, I have to split the area and do several downloads to make sure it works. It will be more convenient, if NaviMapper can provide the coordinates (lat, lon) selected of each download, two diagonal corner shall be enough. Or even better, if NaviMapper can provide the function to allow uses to cut a big area into grid like small regions, which will then download in sequence with consistent naming.

3. As OpenStreetMap is a community work, it updates all the time. It will be nice to provide online check and automatic update for the nmaps already downloaded by the users. This will make incremental updates possible and hence save a lot time to keep the namps up to date.

I just started to use NaviComputer recently. My suggestions might have been brought before. I apologize if so.

Thank you for the great innovation and effort!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] badblood_antony:
probs

my mobile is Imate Jaq microsoft windows mobile 5.1.195 - AKU 2.5.0

build 14967.2.5.0

processor - ARM926T OMAP 850

firmware - 1.1.1

bootloader - 0.1.13.0

cpu clock - 200MHz

flash type - M-System MDOC-G4

need to reinstall os

plz help me with the rom link

my battery shows 0% but works for 32 hrs

plz help urgent

plz reply via email badblood_antony@yahoo.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
Wrong Forum

Sorry, but this specific forum is for NaviComputer. Try using the search function on the top of the page for your device, or you can try

http://ppcgeeks.com. Go into forums, and then look on the page for your make and model.

Their website has a section that is "model specific".

Sorry.

Regards

QA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Tebbes:
Nice looking and handy application, just curious did you maybe used BruTile or SharpMap for this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NaviComputer:
no, i did not
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zinconnu:
Hi.

I've used Navicomputer today, and i haven't found another problem with the french translation.

See this post (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5666930&postcount=703) to know what are the problems, and the new translation. ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mittaa:
POI labels and icons

Hi

Great app with a huge potiential ... but I'm missing WayPoint/POI text :confused:

I'm using Google Maps inside my country (flatrate dataplan) and NoniGPSPlot when I'm abroad and need cached maps.

Often I prepare 20-30 POI showing places in the city i visit, but without WayPoint/POI text NaviComputer are of no use in this situation ...

Am I missing something ... is it already possible to show text?

If not ... any plan on adding this feature (OnClick show text 5 sec.) ?

KML import would be really usefull.

User defined WayPoint/POI icons would be nice, but is less important.

WayPoint/POI text and KML import would make me retire Google Maps and NoniGPSPlot :)

Mittaa
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] apirec:
Looks exactly like the app I've been waiting for except that I haven't got a gps reciever...

Are you planning to implement cell-id triangulation?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Straputsky:
Damn, now I'm angry - angry cause my phone is broken... :D

Very nice application!

One question: Is it possible to use already downloaded *.osm files with this application?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] frizzone:
nmap 2 jpeg

Is it possible to convert the nmap generated with NaviMapper in a jpeg image? It would be very useful to me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stephan1:
Thanks... great work
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stephan1:
Thanks a lot...

I´ll totally like it

Sorry for double posting ... my Inet crashed at the first time so i tought it has not posted it
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
stephan 1,

No problem. The developer likes double compliments. :)

Regards,

QA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Alkazar:
Hi and thank you for this excellent soft.

I'm using NaviComputer on my HTC TouchPro (internal GPS) since 1 week and it works very well.

But I tried today with my old HTC Touch (Elf) + external GPS module (GlobalSat BT-359S) and I had no fix. The module was connected to the device by bluetooth COM6.

Is there any solution to get a GPS Fix in my case??

Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] meet_bijoy:
Creating .gpx for new tracks - Please help

Still awaiting any help on this. Please advice and help me out.

Thanks!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
Try this cute little web based app. Works for me.

http://GPSies.com

Regards,

QA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Peter777_2:
I'd love to try it, but the link to site seems to be down. Tried it several times :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wonsanim:
+1:confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] logforfree:
I'm happy to see that this software is going better day after day !!! Congratulations !!!

In order to improve use of GPX file, there is missing a way to (un-)select all waypoints include in a GPX file in one step and as it has been told before, is there a way to have picture (icon file .bmp with the same name of the gpx file) or text (include in gpx file) on a Waypoint when we load specific gpx file. In addition, is there a way to "keep in memory" selected waypoints for the next launch of the software...

I ask to much ? Maybe we like so much this software that we would like it to do anything we want !!!

Logforfree