Hi Frans and others, I noticed today that the app got released, very nice. Thanks a ton for it. I tried adding my own map files to the sd card but the app didnt pick them up. The github issue is https://github.com/fransschreuder/OSMScout-ubuntu/issues/4
I will try routing tomorrow. Simeon Am 2015-06-02 um 21:18 schrieb Frans Schreuder: > 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 > > > > > > >
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