Hi All,
I would like to use the HTC HD2 build-in digital compass for navigation. Unfortnatually there is no possibility to input the coordinates manually. By clicking on the google map is for me no solution, because I have only the coordinates. So far the situation.
(by the way - I know about all and the best geocachesoftware ;-)... so please do not give me advise to use one of them: I want to use the build-in compass, I just like it!!!)
To be able to input the coordinates, following registry-inputs have to be changed:
\\\registry\HKLM\Software\HTC\DigitalCompass\...
--> PickedLongitude: coordinate in degree
--> PickedLatitude: coordinate in degree
--> IsDestinationMode: 0 --> 1
after changing, the digital compass has to be started: New target is set
It works but it is of course very uncomfortable. So I would like to use an user-interface. Is somewhere out there a GUI for this application? If not, would somebody of you like to make one? I think the programming is VERY simple. I haven't programed for WM yet, so I don't know what to do. You can also give me some advise how I could program a GUI. What tools do I need? This would be my first project ;-).
Thanks a lot for your help.
I'd love to see a feature like this. Would be great if the "Set Destination" button on the compass actually launched the GUI you're talking about, because the cut down Google Maps interface that does get launched is well below par, in my opinion.
so whats about that great idea?
i would love to have that with an interface..
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Do any developers have some insights on these ideas/issues? I'm considering getting Visual Studio/WM5/6 SDKs and having a go at programming again (yes, it'll be a LONG haul, as I... um... was more familiar with COBOL *cough*) and I'd like to be able to tweak sources and my machine.
Sources, I'm thinking of freeware ports of emulators and the like - my main target being FuseSP. There's a SmartPhone (hence the SP) port that recognises the VGA screen, but doesn't display on it; I want to make emulators work on 640 x 480 devices with keyboards so they simulate old computers rather more accurately - no more onscreen keyboards, pixel-for-pixel or pixel doubled screens instead of odd scaling...
But, without doing any work/research yet, I've seen the same bug a few times on the Athena and Universal. Does HTC implement a wierd way of rotating the screen? Basically CaSTAway and PhoenixStudio (and AudioBox) seem to override a lot of the basic CE appearance in favour of a fullscreen interface - often forced portrait mode - and the touchscreen maps incorrectly to this. It's as if the display is rotated, but the touchscreen isn't.
The same bug seems to affect TCPMP on the Ameo (at least in 0.8.1 Beta, I think I'm going to go back to 0.72 or just get CorePlayer as the subtitles are so limited as to be useless anyway) in that no matter what preferences I have, it starts up in Portrait mode. I never had this issue on my iPaq, which of course defaulted to Portrait anyway but happily rotated to landscape.
The second issue, and third-by-sort-of-connection, is MS Voice Command. I want to add more commands. Specifically, I want it to be able to close the foreground application (so if Media is still running after I've listened to music, I want to be able to issue the equivalent of a long-tap on the close buttong), and I want to be able to connect my Bluetooth headphones without going through the menus.
The way I see it being possible to do this is to make applications that perform these tasks - one that basically does the equivalent of going to "Bluetooth" and setting "Set as Wireless Stereo" on a given device - and invoking those applications with MSVC's "Start" command. Clumsy, but feasible?
I don't see anything to suggest that MSVC is at all extensible. It does what it does when you install it and cannot have abilities added. Which is a real shame - how many of us would like to be able to hook the car kit up, tap the earpiece and say "Start TomTom Navigator" "Navigate to Postcode blahblahblah"...
(Actually, CoPilot used to add a "Navigate to" tab in Contacts - TomTom doesn't seem to have done that, but Google Maps, for what use it is, has added "Show in Google Maps". Being able to say "Navigate to Fredd Bloggs at Work" would be good too).
Indeed, the X7500 screen is a Portrait screen (480x640) which is casually forced into landscape by the operating system. You can do performance comparisons, and you will see that the X7500 performs a bit faster in portrait mode.
Voice control within applications is not yet supported (apart from the stock MS stuff). It is also highly unlikely ever to happen, given how the application owners (namely TomTom) are cutting down on developer support - they have discuontinued their SDK.
I'm looking for something very simple (seems to me). I'd like to be able to:
1. view a satellite map
2. set a start location
3. tap a different location and have the software tell me straightline distance
4. GPS autolocation is fine but not necessary.
GPSTuner has a similar functionality but I can barely get it to work half the time.
Am I crazy?
Is it harder than I think?
Anybody want to cobble something together for me?
Help a brother out?
Make $20?
Thanks for your time.
Matt
Hello
I'm looking for GPS application that will allow me to save to file (or sth) my current position as a GPS dump (the same as VisualGPSce does). I don't mean logging path I'm walking but one particular point.
Can anybody help?
Every moving-map software should be able to do this, it's just setting a waypoint to the current coords. I use Pathaway 5, but there should be free alternatives.
Thx for the answer.
Yes, I know that every navi application can do things like that (it's called POI), but I need something faster, simplier - run, mark (yeah yeah, GPS fix, I know), quit
Have you tried footprints?
check out ageye`s product: g-watch
What is the best maps software available for the HTC HD2 ?
I know the google maps is really good, but one thing I dislike about is that it doesnt have a built in compass.
Nokia maps had a built in compass that rotates according to your position. ( the whole map rotates as well showing what direction you're facing)
Is there such program for the HTC ?
the new google maps support the built-in compass. It doesn't rotate or change the orientation of the map, but it gives you an arrow of which direction your car is heading.
Do I need to download that google maps or is it in the version that came with the HTC ? (going to check that now)
---EDIT
Nope its not in my current version, where can I get the new one ?
---EDIT
Okay I followed : http://www.google.com/gmm
Ill see if that downloads the newest version
---EDIT
It seems I have 3.2.1 .. the newest version stated by that site is 3.3.1
Maybe that will work
Thanks for pointing out the new version, ill reply back here once I finish downloading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=575903
Thanks for the link ^^ Already got it though
And true, in the new version, the blue dot becomes an arrow and points towards what you are facing, Cool !!
Thanks
If for some reason you don't want to use Google Maps AND you live in the UK, Mapyx Quo seems to be pretty good. Check it out here: http://www.mapyx.com/
Isnt that a computer software ?
Have you seen nonigps?
It takes a track and you can set up waypoints which you can export in various formats.
It has an inbuilt compass which points to your next waypoints and also has a few dashboards to choose from
Link here
http://aeguerre.free.fr/Public/PocketPC/NoniGPSPlot/EN/menu.php#M44
how's Bing compared to google maps ?
ZaZu90 said:
Isnt that a computer software ?
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Android indoor map using image generates different path from point a to b depending on destination's input (No use of indoor navigation technologies)
I'm working on an android app for my final year project and I'm unsure how to solve this problem. I would like some advices to get me started in the right direction.
The project is to develop an android app to output a direction path from point a to point b on an image representing a two dimensional indoor map. The direction displayed will be depending on the user's input (destination). The starting point will always be the same location on the image. Once the user select a specific object, the app should find its location on the map using a database and then draw the direction's path from Point "a" to point "b".
I do not want to use any indoor navigation technology for this app. The location of each object on the map should be predefined and stored in a database.
The part which I am really unsure about is how to do the following for and android app. --> How to predefine points on an image and how to use these predefined data to display the path to take in the image representing the indoor map. I have been advised to use SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), I have found androidVG to use SVG with android but I haven't found much information on it.
I am currently clueless regarding what language and techniques to use in order to perform the above feature on android.
Questions:
1) What general advice would you give me on how to effectively tackle this problem from the information I've provided?
2) Was I correctly advised when I have been given SVG as one of the language to use for the development of this app? If I was, would anybody have any more information on using SVG for android to provide me with?
3) IF there would be a better way to solve this problem which language should be used?
I really appreciate all the help provided in this community. Hopefully I have been clear enough, hoping to have my questions answered.
Thank you!