SASplanet tiles

[Neolite]

Hi, first I want to congratulate for this great Software, it is really
great, I have not seen anything like it :)

I am playing a lot these days with gpsVP and currently I have 2
questions:

1. How does the Mapconfiguration file for the SASplanet tile format
have to look like ?
The tiles look like this: cache\SAT\z14\4\x4567\2\y3042.jpg
I understand the definition for osm and similar, but SASplanet
confuses me :)

2. I am trying to assing the Main Menu to a key, but somehow I can not
find it in the list ? It seems I can asign everything to a key except
the main menu :)

THANKS !!!

[qbar]

1. please paste the full url of sasplanet tiles.
2. I also can't find "main menu" on teh "assing button"
list. ...But... "main menu" is already assigned to the right function
key (below screen), doesn't it satisfy you ?

[Neolite]

Hi,

SASPlanet is a very nice Software for downloading and manipulating
tiles. It downloades almost anything from the web, and can convert it
to many formats.

The own SASPlanet saving sheme on the disk is like this:
C:\maps\SASPlanet_100707\cache\SAT\z10\0\x284\0\y190.jpg
It uses the normal url's for downloading tiles (google, osm,
vearth, ...)

But I thing now it is not worth implementing this into gpsVP. The
reason is that you can export/convert the tiles into "GMT
(Globalmapper >= 10.02)" and then the tiles sheme is almost like OSM,
just X and Y are swaped.

I have donwloaded in the past many tiles from GooglemapsSAT and OSM.

I have converted/exported them into "GMT (Globalmapper >= 10.02)" and
copyed them to my device.

I use the following config files:

for googlemapsSAT:
[Tiled MAP]
gpsVPVersionMin=0.4.15
Filename=%X.jpg
Subpath=z%ZOOM_00/%Y
URL=http://khm0.google.de/kh/v=78&x=%X&y=%Y&z=%ZOOM_00&s=G

for OSM:
[Tiled MAP]
gpsVPVersionMin=0.4.15
Filename=%X.jpg
Subpath=z%ZOOM_00/%Y
URL=http://tile.openstreetmap.org/%ZOOM_00/%X/%Y.png


And now it is perfect. I can use my old tiles database.
The downloading of new data (googlemapsSAT and OSM) workes well.
The new data is saved in the propper format.



About the menu Butoon ...

I have a LG GM750. It has only one button on the front, with a a
laptop_mouse like slider, so you can use click,left,right,up,down on
the same button. And two buttons on the right side.

So it would be very nice if I could use one side button for the menu
and the front button for
1. Click = ContextMenu
2. LEFT = zoom out
3. RIGHT = zoom in
4. UP + DOWN = change maps

But I can not assign the "Menu" to a Button.

Also I can not assign somehow the LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN. When I try to
assign them gpsVP is not detecting the moves.




A other Question:
Is there a possibility to select several maps for "next maps" and
"previous map" ?
I mean I would like to browse only 2-3 maps, not all of the maps in
the list that I am not using.
I have managed to achive this with several quick&dirthy lines into the
source code, but I was woundering if something like this is already
implemented and I am just not capable to see it :)

[qbar]

1. sasplanet. I understand this is software which You used to download
tiles from the Web (google, openstreet, etc....) and stored on devices
as files. Then You wanted to use those files by gpsVP. As You reported
all works well now, so .... no problem ? If any - gpsVP can download
tiles itself so You can forget sasplanet ;-) You can use XP version to
speed up download and not pay for mobile transfer.

2. buttons. First , I suggest to look info LG configuration - there
should by something like "virtual keyboard" placed on touchscreen.
Maybe there You find the buttons which are "normally" below screen.
Second - maybe try another version of gpsVP - ppc version sopports
touchscreen buttons. But test also another functions because they can
fail. Example - files operation (open track, select map dir....)
doesn't work on wrong version.

3. Don't know the possibility of subselecting only a few of maps for
"next/prev".

[Neolite]

> 1.

> tiles itself so You can forget sasplanet ;-) You can use XP version to
> speed up download and not pay for mobile transfer.

ok :)

> 2. buttons. First , I suggest to look info LG configuration - there

It seems ok, I can assign up/down but not left/right, even they work
in the normal map screen (I can move the map left/right with that
button)

Can you tell me where gpsVP saves the config file so I could try to
edit it manually ?

> 3.  Don't know the possibility of subselecting only a few of maps for
> "next/prev".

Ok,

Thanks !

[jerome]

> 3.  Don't know the possibility of subselecting only a few of maps for
> "next/prev".

I don't think that there is such function. I have myself already
thought to implement something like that (for example switching only
between maps with available tiles at the current position) but I never
found the time for that. Especially that it would then be useful to
display the name of the map (at least for a short time or in the
monitor bar).

[qbar]

...for example switching only between maps with available tiles at the
current position ...

this would be nice function for me too. ... but... the category "nice
to have" ;-))