Hi Frans, Thanks for tackling this! I really missed my Osmand on my ubuntu touch device. Do you use a format similar to theirs? Couldnt you use the same format they use?
Regards, Simeon Am 2015-06-02 um 22:20 schrieb Frans Schreuder: > 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 > > >
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