On 06/02/2015 09:38 PM, Christian Dywan wrote: > Hey Frans, > > First off, I'm looking forward to it. Proper offline navigation is > sorely needed! Well, you can already download it and build using ubuntu-sdk. Until I found a solution for publishing in the app-store. > > However frankly requiring a lengthy map conversion process on a > separate PC will impede adoption. Everyone doesn't have a beefy > machine sitting at home. Plus you need to understand it. And most > crucially, and I think I'm not the exception, when you know you need > that map you may already be on the road, with no access to that beefy > or possibly any computer. I can imagine this. I am willing to build the maps using an automated build script. I have already hosted the benelux map on my website, however I need more space to host worldwide maps. Maybe Ubuntu / Canonical can supply some hosting space somewhere? The way the app works now is by copying the maps to the SD card manually. > > I realize I'm not providing the answer you're asking for. But as I am > very interested in this project, this is my feedback: Figure out > hosting, and ways to downsize the files. The HERE app on Android shows > that it can be done. I am surely looking into downsizing the maps, but for now they are just big (however also detailed) > > Regards, > Christian > > Am Di, 2. Jun, 2015 um 3:18 schrieb Frans Schreuder > <fransschreu...@gmail.com>: >> Dear Ubuntu-phone mailing list, I have spent a few weeks developing >> an offline routing / navigation application (LGPL) based on >> openstreetmaps / libosmscout. I want to publish the app in the Ubuntu >> App Store, but I am facing a problem: I need read access on a >> location on the SD card. I will explain why. 1.) The maps take quite >> some space on the device (Netherlands is 1.3GB, Germany is 4+ GB). At >> least on the BQ Aquaris this space is not available in the home >> directory, at least not if you also want to remain with some space >> available. 2.) The maps have to be converted to a binary format with >> a tool on the PC. Until I got some server space and time to host some >> readily converted maps, the user will have to transfer maps manually >> to the phone. If this would be the app data space, that location is >> not by default readable if you browse the phone on the PC. 3.) >> Converting the maps on the phone is not really an option, as the >> process uses several GB as temp space, and on an i7 pc it can take >> over 1 hour for a map of a small country. For now there are no good >> apparmor rules that matches the need of this application, Picture >> read could be possible, however it needs the maps to be placed in >> <SD_CARD>/Pictures/osmscout. That is an ugly solution, but it works. >> Another solution is to set the app as unconfined, and use the >> location <SD_CARD>/Maps/osmscout. However this is not the solution to >> allow for any app, I think this app really adds value to the Ubuntu >> phone. Would it be possible to create an app-specific rule that >> allows (Read, and maybe later Write) access to <SD_CARD>/Maps/? Or >> otherwise to allow this app to be published as unconfined? The source >> code for the app can be found here: >> https://github.com/fransschreuder/libosmscout The tool to convert >> maps can be obtained on a desktop: sudo apt-add-repository >> ppa:fransschreuder1/osmscout-import sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get >> install osmscoutimportgui0 Thanks for your comments, Regards, Frans >> Schreuder >> -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-phone> Post to : >> ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-phone> More help : >> https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
-- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
