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Updates on Deniska's Mapviewer Project

Posted Jul 13, 2006 at 8:22PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Homebrew Development Tags: Canada, Deniska, DSL, GPS, Lua Player, MapThis, psp homebrews

Deniska's Mapviewer

You may remember Deniska as the homebrew developer who gave us goodies such as X-pired, Reverzi PSP, Project Starfighter, and MapThis. Most of the time this developer brings some homebrew games to the community, but MapThis is a different project. From its name alone, you know that it is suitable for directions-challenged individuals and for people who usually go out of town. This project is actually a portable map for the PSP which is really neat.

It has been a while since Deniska shed some light on the status of MapThis. Now, the good developer is back to hook us up with some new developments with this one. The status of the Mapviewer (we ain't sure if this is the new codename for the project) is still very much active. The reason why it is taking so long to be unleashed is because Deniska crucially decided to start from scratch and re-code everything since according to the author himself, "the previous version was too buggy and limited in functionality".

Deniska also steered away from DSL graphics libraries because they "exibited very unpredictable behavior and switched to custom graphics lib, mostly borrowed from lua player." The developer also stopped relying on Yahoo for maps since it has a very limited content, majority of it are U.S. and Canada cities. Instead he began to utilize Google maps which he believes has a worldwide coverage, crisper map graphics and more of less open API for map manipulation.

Now, he also tells us what he has accomplished so far. He mentions that he is pretty much done with difficult tasks such as "scaling, xy <==>lat/lon conversion, basic attractions display, NMEA sentences parser, scripts to acquire maps". The new version will be able to support regular, satellite, and hybrid maps.

For now, the good developer is still waiting for the arrival of his GPS order-- Holux GPSlim236, so as he can begin with the unenviable task of working on GPS connectivity. From there on, if everything go as planned, we may expect a release in the coming week or two. So with that, let's wish the developer the best of luck, and we need not re-affirm our faith in his abilities-- because faith only applies to things we can't see and Deniska's talents is obviously well-flaunted and used.

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Would this application be able to have current location function or a function that is like a description on yahoo map or quest map and such to show where to turn and all? It would be nice to have a current location function and would be able to plug it in with the tape and play in the car so we can listen to music and be able to follow the direction that will be given by the program at the same time. Anyway, keeping up the good work. *Rising 2 hands*. All support for you and the first mapping application which would be a must, a need for all the portable devices users. Thanks for all your work.

# 4th post — Guest 2006-07-13 21:54

whooooooooooo

# loser — Guest 2006-07-13 22:02

1st, 2nd, and 4th have no life.

# 0.0 nice. — Guest 2006-07-13 22:04

great interface, looks smooth, though it's similar to IR Shell

^_^ sweet.

# Very nice indeed — Guest 2006-07-13 22:10

This soft is promising. Keep it up :)

# Another Question — Guest 2006-07-13 22:22

Probably Sony PSP GPS would come with a hardware that would be able to track current location using the sattlelite as other GPS systems. So, probably you should take a look into the previous GPS system because probably they would just use the same technology, it would be a good idea to know something about them. Well, probably asking too much :D, every function that it would have would be great. Just keep up the good works. Looking forward to your MAPTHIS application, so if it would be possible please release it within this week or next week.

# lol #5 ^_^ — Guest 2006-07-13 22:22

Number 5 just owned 3 people lol HA HAHA That was funny as hell XD

# uk map? — Guest 2006-07-13 22:36

is there going to be a u.k map released for this?

# Lookin good — Guest 2006-07-13 22:44

This is startin 2 look good

# To #10... — Guest 2006-07-13 22:56

Most likely, there would be a UK map since Deniska has been using Google maps which is more known for its worldwide coverage of maps. =)

# nicee — Guest 2006-07-13 23:40

im very intrested in this. it looks great so far and i definatly cant wait to use it. (since i always get lost)

keep up the good work and excite us soon with a completed version

# Typo? — Guest 2006-07-14 00:07

I think you mean \"faith\" in the last sentence - not \"fate.\"

Sorry guys - I\'m a proofreader. I can\'t help it.

# Heya — TheGlow 2006-07-14 02:41

I can see my house from them pics

# compas — Guest 2006-07-14 03:36

i dont kow if there is a compas inthis little app yet but u could create one by have the user enter the time the having an arrow on the screen that the user points at the sun and then have each direction (north, south, east west)

# ...... — Guest 2006-07-14 04:32

YAY! We can now be tracked via sattelite through are very own psp!!!

# will it reuire wifi — Guest 2006-07-14 04:52

Since, this uses google maps will it require wifi, if so then it is useless because if u r moving and want directions, u wint be able to cause u wont have wifi

# cool — Guest 2006-07-14 05:57

wow this guy is amazing, just too bad he isnt a legend yet, even though hes beating sony on the gps thing

# wow — anonymous stranger 2006-07-14 06:20

he made project starfighter too? loved that game! also, #1,2,4 grow up... and #3 your kinda talking about a GPS, i think this is just a program for viewing maps.

Thanks man! this would be so useful, lasttime we traveled I used mapquest to get maps and direction and made a neat htm page for easy viewing on the psp browser... now i dont have to spend time doing that anymore thanks to this.

# Alternative technique — Guest 2006-07-14 06:29

A good way to get MapQuest directions on your PSP is get on Mapquest.com on your PC, put in where you are and where you want to go, take a screenshot of the directions when they come up (PrtSrc button), open up Paint, CTRL+V (Paste) the screenshot, select the area that contains the directions, cut and paste it into a new image, save it as a JPEG, and throw it in your PSP's PHOTO folder. That's what I do...

# ok — anonymous stranger 2006-07-14 06:54

um the link... is missing the . between co and uk... thought you should know that.

also #22, lol i like my map neatly organized... without the ad and other stuff, htm pages are easy with word, thought you should give that a try too.

this REALLY looks promising!

# =] — Guest 2006-07-14 07:05

wow, best of luck with that "gps connectivity" man! hope things go smoothly

# nice work man — Guest 2006-07-14 07:19

Nice work man, i was putzing away with google maps and lua for a while then lost interest.

glad someone with motivation and actual coding knowledge made something well done guy!!

# some answers — Guest 2006-07-14 11:38

You won't need Wifi for this app - the maps are gonna be stored on your memory stick.

You'll be ble to generate a map for any location (UK included)

There is not going to be routing/rout calculation in the nearest future - since I don't have data for this kinf of thing..

I should be able to implement clock&compass things - since GPS provides this kind of info..

You cannot be tracked via GPS receiver (unless it's a very special one, bought from some spy store)

# Thanks — Guest 2006-07-14 11:46

When will this version release? This would make my dream come true. I was hoping tomtom on psp or pocket pc on psp, but this is a blast. Thanks

# why gpslim236? — Guest 2006-07-14 12:01

just wondering why you chose to use the gpslim236.

should i go buy one now or wait till mapthis

releases.

# holux gps — Guest 2006-07-14 12:11

to 28: Holux gpslim 236 is self powered unit. PSP does not have enough voltage to power most of the GPS devices outthere and you don't want additional bateries hanging out of your pocket...

Also, according to specs and reviews it has a decent sensitivity...

to 27: ~i n week or two...

# banless — Guest 2006-07-14 17:23

Admin(s), it was very nice of you to ban me from posting by IP, for pointing out grammatical errors in your article, but... you missed one. In the same sentence.

"...if everything go as planned..."

should be

"...if everything goes as planned..."

Ok, my work here is done, you can ban me now.

# No more screen shots! =D — Guest 2006-07-14 21:01

Half the reason I purchased a PSP was in hope of one day being able to view google maps (particularly the satellite view) to find good roads while out on (motorcycle) rides in the middle of nowhere.

GPS would be cool, doubt I'd use it much though, unless it has a waypoint editor, in which case I wouldn't hesitate to call this the best homebrew app to date.

Needless to say I am really looking forward to this.

Keep up the good work, it is much appreciated.

# holux gpslim236 — Guest 2006-07-15 15:16

yeah, i noticed that it is self powered, decent battery life

too. i also like the antenna attachment. but im wondering how would you connect it, most likely

by using the serial cable with some kind of adapter.

cant wait to see the progress.

# 2.70 — Guest 2006-07-17 16:12

does it work for 2.70

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