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[Nook Color General] rabid_droid:
Oh, forgot to mention, SlideIt (demo) works perfectly on the Nook Color. Once you update the enabled_input_methods record to include it, you can just install it as a regular (non-system) app, and it works fine. The value for the SlideIt keyboard in the secure table is, "com.dasur.slideit.vt.lite/com.dasur.slideit.SlideITIME" (without the quotes, obviously). Unfortunately, there's no easy way to install the paid version of SlideIt since it uses the LVL. :(

Also, like was mentioned, Thumb Keyboard works well on the NC. The value for Thumb Keyboard in the secure table is, "com.beansoft.keyboardplus/.SoftKeyboard" (again, no quotes).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Name: TA Maps

TechAutos Maps v2 is an updated version of one of the first jailbroken apps for WP7 and is now available on the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.

TA Maps is a mapping solution that uses sources like Google Maps and OpenStreetMap and gives better coverage in many parts of the world than Bing Maps.

For more information, screenshots, etc., see http://www.techautos.com/apps/tamaps.

Marketplace link: TA Maps

Features

Scrollable/zoomable maps

GPS location tracking

Search, driving directions

Maps: Google street/satellite/terrain/bicycle/China, OpenStreetMap, OpenCycleMap

Layers: Google traffic, transit

Favorite locations

Driving mode (keeps map centered on GPS location)

GPS sensitivity settings

Smoothly restores your last map view and pushpins

The next update (v2.3) will focus on an improved points-of-interest database.

Known Issues

The app sometimes encounters a bug in the WP7 map control- currently working with MS support on a workaround, but in the meanwhile, to get rid of the error, tap the bottom menu, then “clear map.”

Google Maps does not provide search data for Israel, North Korea, Cyprus, Guyana, Kiribati, Maldives, Malta, Palau, Suriname, and Vanuata, so search is quite limited there. Will try to address this by adding other search data sources in a coming update.

Releases

v0.1 - first release, for unlocked phones - just Google Maps + GPS

v2.0.1 - added address search, new map types, new map sources, pushpins, favorite locations, driving mode; now on marketplace

v2.1 - fixed search bug for non-dot-decimal locales, fixed search box focus issue, improved map error handling, added driving mode indication

v2.2 - added driving directions, zoom buttons, new map types (terrain, bike, OSM, Google China, OpenCycleMap), Google map layers (traffic, transit), prevent screen lock option, pushpin popups, share pin info by email; added trial version; expanded pushpin options; fixed local search bug

The free version, meant for developer unlocked phones, provides Google street maps and GPS tracking. It is available to download from this post, or from here:

http://www.techautos.com/apps/wp7maps
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] alexandr100:
RE: [APP] TA Maps - Google Maps for WP7

Site not working
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
You can't access it at all, or the download's not working? Both are working from here...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] orb3000:
Site is working ok here

Thanks for sharing!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] d.cortez:
thanks for sharing.... app deployed fine on my Mozart and found my location just fine. compared the "location" on WP7 to my Desire and they both located me in the same spot. will watch this thread for updates.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Interesting, haven't seen that issue arise before... try this link:

http://www.techautos.com/download/wp7maps/

If that doesn't work, just go to the TechAutos.com homepage- it's linked under downloads.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] taz5176:
can it view my maps location save in my google account?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
No, it doesn't integrate with Google accounts-- at the moment, it's basically Google map data + GPS tracking + bits to make it all work smoothly.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gcmobile:
I hope that there will be aerial view in the future :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Tom Servo:
Can't wait the moment Google sends a C&D. He's using the Bing maps control. Unless he figured out how to make the credentials code work to authenticate with Google using one of their API keys, he's breaking their ToS.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] voodooutt:
Just got a message when I tried to use TA again... "Microsoft has revoked this" and its uninstalled now.... uh oh..
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Heh, interesting-- anyone else get this? Still working fine here...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ceesheim:
Still working here in germany

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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gcmobile:
Yes! App does its job here ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] voodooutt:
I just found out the phone re-locked itself without the chevron tool. I was not aware of this, and thought my phone was hosed somehow. I just re-unlocked it now, everything is fine :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sensboston:
Good job, amb9800! Tried and works fine. I'd like to suggest: could you please add offline map browsing + map caching mode to your roadmap. 16 Gb microSD is much cheaper than unlimited 3G dataplan :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Deadwalk:
Hey mate, nice work !

Could you think about coding latitude for that too? As a plugin? Thats the only thing i miss on my windows phone :( is it possible to bring that one into? it would be lovely if you could add it to your To Do list :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Update- worked on the app tonight, got basic address search running. Hopefully will get a chance in the next few days to implement the UI for it.

@gcmobile: Added aerial view to the roadmap.

@Deadwalk: I'll look into Latitude once the other features are done (it'd be easy to implement if we could go in for the straight API route on that, but unfortunately not).

@sensboston: Cached map data is most likely possible, though it might take up a lot of storage space (as it'd be saving an image for each map tile location/zoom level). Will look into how to best implement it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gcmobile:
Thanx for the arial update. I will update and try it then ;)

Today i ve synced my phone via zune after long time. After done it my phone was re-locked and the message shown "Microsoft has revoked..." on all my installed dev apps. Pushed always the Back-Button and didnt deinstalled the dev-apps.

Unlocked my phone again, and all is same as before :D

Regards

gc
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
You can check in the app- go to settings and see the version at the bottom. Or more simply, if it has 3 buttons at the bottom, it's 2.1-- four buttons and it's 2.2.

There was a glitch in the marketplace whereby you could download v2.1 for free for some time. I'd ask anyone who did so and continues to use TA Maps to please eventually purchase the app- out of fairness and also because otherwise (due to yet another bug in the marketplace) you won't get v2.2 or any other future updates until you do so.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
v2.2 hits the marketplace

Version 2.2 is out. It's a major upgrade, at least from a code complexity perspective :cool:. Here's what's new:

Added driving directions

Added zoom buttons

Added Google map layers (traffic, transit)

Added new map types (terrain, bicycle, OSM, OpenCycleMap, Google China)

Added prevent screen lock option

Added share pin info by email feature

Added trial version

Expanded pushpin options

Fixed local search bug

As usual, let me know of any issues or feature requests. As previously stated, a better points-of-interest database will be the main focus for v2.3.

Also, if you like TA Maps, please review it on the marketplace (tap and hold the TA Maps icon in the apps list and tap "rate and review").
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zard:
Saw a new version today (not the one yesterday) so I uninstalled yesterday's version. Tried to install today's version but there was no trial, only 'Buy' and 'Share'. Was the 'trial' feature removed accidentally?

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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
v2.2 was up this morning with a trial, but the trial seems to have disappeared. I've contacted MS to clarify.

Man...dealing with the marketplace is so frustrating. It's full of bugs that MS for some reason doesn't fix, the pricing and app submission process is clunky and unpredictable, and MS only sometimes responds to support requests.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] evolutionqy7:
write a template for a complaint email :)

we will all email them. Then they will have to improve upon it when they find thousands of emails in the inbox :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Oh MS is well aware of most of the issues. What's a bit frustrating is just how slowly they're moving on WP7 and the marketplace and also how poorly they're managing the PR (not too surprising for a non-Xbox MS product, but nonetheless) and communications for both consumers and devs.

MS still has the best smartphone development environment and an OS with industry-leading UI performance, but everything else is lagging, from APIs (e.g. there's still no way to use the compass for TA Maps or the camera for augmented reality apps) to feature set (almost a year to go for multitasking, let alone multicore CPU support, 3D displays/cameras, etc.), update cycle (WP7 was supposed to be rapidly updated- instead it will have been a full year before the first major update), device hardware (WP7 is smoother on last-gen hardware than Android is on much more powerful devices, but still, we don't even have front-facing cameras), marketing, etc.

Hope MS picks up the slack sometime soon.

</ off-topic rant>
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Update: the trial version is back up, so download away! :)

Any feedback on v2.2?

Received one report so far of an error on the pushpins (results/favs) page that I'm trying to track down.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] megagprime:
Awesome app =)

Hey really good job amb9800 ! First day I've really used it. 2 Things:

You should make it sendable through SMS and email. Sharing also could use a formal address format so other apps could link to it? Like bing maps for wp7, g.maps for Android, etc . ie:

37 example st, Townsville, Ontario, M2D 5L1

=)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] megagprime:
Could also use a save current location / my location feature :) really nice working good app I highly recommend over stupid bing
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] megagprime:
I also noticed on search results, if you navigate "to" from ur current location "google search" cant find it :( remove the coordinates and replace with province and it worked :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Hmm, haven't come across that... so you pull up directions, enter a destination, and it can't find it? Did the phone have a location lock (i.e. was the location dot situated at where you were)? Does this happen with any destination from any current location?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] megagprime:
It happens when I find a location and use the navigate "TO" option. Doesn't matter what I use for starting location, if either location has co-ordinates in it, it fails 90% of the time. But if I remove them it works fine: ie

"Canada's Wonderland || 43.8404784, -79.542079" no result

"Canada's Wonderland" works

"Canada's Wonderland, ON" works

and yea my location was locked with clear map testings:cool:

I tested it with wonderland in view and not in view. just cant find it with co-ords...

Some places work with co-ords tho so idk...

i also got my first error code since way back:

TA Maps v2.2.0.0

NullReferenceException

at taMaps.PinsPage._Lambda$__27(PinInfo pin)

at System.Linq.Enumerable.<WhereIterator>d__0`1.MoveNext()

at System.Linq.Enumerable.Count[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)

at taMaps.PinsPage.lsResults_SelectionChanged(Object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)

at Microsoft.Phone.Controls.LongListSelector.OnSelectedItemChanged(DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)

at Microsoft.Phone.Controls.LongListSelector.OnSelectedItemChanged(DependencyObject obj, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.DependencyObject.RaisePropertyChangeNotifications(DependencyProperty dp, Object newValue, Object oldValue)

at System.Windows.DependencyObject.SetValueInternal(DependencyProperty dp, Object value, Boolean allowReadOnlySet, Boolean isSetByStyle, Boolean isSetByBuiltInStyle, PropertyInvalidationReason reason)

at Microsoft.Phone.Controls.LongListSelector.set_SelectedItem(Object value)

at Microsoft.Phone.Controls.LongListSelector.FlattenData()

at Microsoft.Phone.Controls.LongListSelector.EnsureData()

at Microsoft.Phone.Controls.LongListSelector.OnItemsSourceChanged()

at Microsoft.Phone.Controls.LongListSelector.OnItemsSourceChanged(DependencyObject obj, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.DependencyObject.RaisePropertyChangeNotifications(DependencyProperty dp, Object newValue, Object oldValue)

at System.Windows.DependencyObject.SetValueInternal(DependencyProperty dp, Object value, Boolean allowReadOnlySet, Boolean isSetByStyle, Boolean isSetByBuiltInStyle, PropertyInvalidationReason reason)

at Microsoft.Phone.Controls.LongListSelector.set_ItemsSource(IEnumerable value)

at taMaps.PinsPage.LoadPins()

at taMaps.PinsPage.PinsPage_Loaded(Object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.CoreInvokeHandler.InvokeEventHandler(Int32 typeIndex, Delegate handlerDelegate, Object sender, Object args)

at MS.Internal.JoltHelper.FireEvent(IntPtr unmanagedObj, IntPtr unmanagedObjArgs, Int32 argsTypeIndex, String eventName)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] megagprime:
:D

dont forget my idea's ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zard:
Finally I get to test v2.2. At first, I didn't understand how to get the turn-by-turn routing working. After two days of testing, I realise that I need to click on enter key on keyboard to get the application to retrieve the route.

Here are my feedbacks:

1. Please, landscape support.

2. After I search for a location by postal code, the location found might be slightly off where I want to go. I can't manually move the pin to the position I want.

3. The blue dot I believe represents me. I noticed that when I'm driving, the blue dot is not on the road. It is just beside the road.

4. When driving, I noticed that the blue dot doesn't self centre automatically. I need to do it myself, which is very inconvenient.

5. Map should be automatically rotated so that it is facing the location I am heading. I think I had suggested this before, and believe it is called heading north".

6. Good to have a compass on the map, say at left or right corner, so you know if you are heading which direction.

7. Is it possible to show the estimated distance to be traveled?

8. When I'm reaching my destination, I noticed that the black box (To, From, Email and Favourites) obscures the route on the map.

9. May I request for the trial period to be increased to 1 month? I have the intention to get TA Map since this is the only routing map that works using Google Map but I want to see at least the next one or two update performance.

I'm using Google Map layer and my device is a HTC HD7.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Hmm ok, will investigate.

Yeah received a few reports of this. Trying to figure out what the problem is, but I haven't been able to recreate the problem in my testing, and neither has anyone who's reported it. It seems to happen when tapping an item in favorites, but only happens once. Will comb through the relevant code to see if I can identify what could be causing it. If not, I'll just add it to the list of exceptions to hide (the rest are all issues caused by bugs in WP7).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Yeah arbitrary pin dropping is on the roadmap. Shouldn't be too difficult, just need to look into it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Ok- will add SMS support. Was hoping to use the "share" menu that MS uses in Bing Maps and IE, which gives you both SMS and Email options in one menu, but for some reason MS only gives third-party developers the choice of either SMS or Email (separately).

So I'd have to add another button to add SMS. I'll need to figure out additional UI elements for v2.3 anyway (once the pushpins get more data), so this'll just be another thing to figure out.

For the map format, Bing Maps gives just the address-- here I included the place name, address, and location. Do you mean it should all be in one line (currently there's an enter between name/address and address/location)?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
I was deciding whether to put a separate "go" button but decided not to, in the interest of minimalist design and requiring less button presses. Bing Maps and other WP7 apps also use the same method, so I figured users might be familiar with it?

Yep, it's on the to-do list.

Adding arbitrary pins is on the roadmap.

Hmm... can you check if Bing Maps returns the correct location?

I have lots of location issues (phone loses its GPS lock all the time-- I can never get it to stick while moving, and for the last few days it hasn't worked at all), but Bing Maps has the same issues and people with other WP7 models don't seem to have these problems, so I put it down to the HD7's poor hardware (I've dealt with 5 of these so far- three had the memory corruption issue, and my daily unit's speaker stopped working, GPS is buggy, body is flaking and creaky, etc.).

Turn on "driving mode" from the bottom menu-- that's exactly what it does :).

Yeah auto-rotating maps would be useful while driving. Did some testing with the current map control, which only partially worked. Will see if it can be done. However, even if that works, it wouldn't be too useful because WP7 currently provides no way for developers to access the phone's compass.

Yep- as mentioned above, WP7 currently provides no API for compass data. Microsoft said it would provide one, but a year later we're still waiting on it.

WP7 does give a heading and speed based on the last few GPS location datapoints, but at least on my HD7, the output is so poor that it'd be useless to show to the user. Might be different on other devices, though.

The app currently doesn't do anything with the route data once it's shown it to you (i.e. it doesn't process anything relating to where you currently are in relation to the route). Working on it, though.

That's because the destination pin is still selected. If you de-select it (tap the pin or star), the box will disappear. But yeah, I'm probably going to have it automatically deselect all pins once the user asks for directions.

I'll make it a few days longer, but generally the standard for WP7 is a few days to a week. You can always uninstall the trial then reinstall when the next update comes.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zard:
I tried changing to OpenStreetMap within TA and the result was the same.

I tried using Bingle Map and Bing Map, the problem was lesser.

I tried SingTel Xplorer (Telmap Navigator) and don't have any problem.

It may me what you suspect, the poor GPS hardware of the HD7. Maybe other users could feedback if you have this problem, i.e. the "blue button" is not on the road but beside it.

Yes, I saw that but my thought was that when I see the setting, when it is showing "off", I thought it was at "on" state, i.e. if I want to turn it "off", I need to click on it. Turn out that it was the other way round. ;-)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] evolutionqy7:
I dont know never had that issue on the Omnia 7 with Bing Maps or TA maps.

Dont think i had it with my ex-HD7 either
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jaraya13:
Waiting patiently for the update of the improved pois data base. Thanks.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] thuctran1:
latitude

Great app! If possible please add the latitude options so another google maps device can sync to this. good job!, rojojo97
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Yeah received some requests for this, will look into it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zard:
@amb9800, just wanted to feedback to you that Silver Navigator using Bing Map doesn't have the issue of car position running outside the road. May I suggest you change the blue dot to a triangle?

Btw, are you able to share more details on searching techniques for Google Maps? It's a big challenge always to search for destinations.

Thanks.

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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Banwell13:
Yes

nice one this is great i'm happy to hear this
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xverhelstx:
Seems Great!

Wil dl this now
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dynoben:
My first WP7 app purchase! Nice app and working fine here in the UK.

Apologies if any of these have already been mentioned/suggested:

Some kind of caching options would be very useful (lots of hills and no mobile reception in the places where I tend to need this kind of app!) Also got a big drive to the French Alps this summer and want to limit the amount of data download while abroad.

Also, good to have an auto-zoom option when driving that automatically adjusts zoom level when driving, zooming in on approaching a junction and zooming back out when cruising down the motorway for an hour so limiting the amount of data to download. This might make it easier to know what detail of map you'd need to cache for each bit of the route. The refresh on the screen would probably be enough to notice out of the corner of your eye while driving to be alerted that a turn is coming up.

Bug(?): Direction turn list seems to be emptied (directions overlay on map still visible) when restarting app.

But overall - nice one!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] purezerg:
using TA maps in china has a major problem. there is an offset of around 450m NE. sat is fine. but street reports wrong location even when using google china.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Heh that's odd- so even the Google Street China and Google Bike China maps don't work properly?

There's no reason for there to be any difference on the client side between the different map types, so the problem would probably be in Google's maps. If so, I'm not sure why they'd have an offset, but will look into it to figure out what's up and how to fit it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] purezerg:
yap. it's a known thingy. all garmin units etc etc all have this problem. they have to install an offset patch to retify the issue.

oddly. on WM6.5 google map dont have this problem. but i have compared wm6.5 google map vs TA maps. the details are different. as in on the same road. but the wm6.5 has got much lesser details, eg, building names.

i think the wm6.5 google map is using a different database?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] megagprime:
Any life in here?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] amb9800:
Haha :)

There will be once I'm back on track developing it, hopefully soon (just started a new job, so been really busy).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Tomncruiz:
thank you...it's nice
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gloriacollins:
site not working...:)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sensboston:
Thanks pal! As for storage space: as I've said, the SD cards is much cheaper than extra data traffic (recently I've installed 16 Gb SD on my Focus). Also, you may have a settings for the preferred cache size. Anyway, as for me, 3-4 Gb for, let's say, New England completed cache is not too much ;)

P.S. Could you provide some numbers, how big maps are?