Nice new script makes qpeGPS much easier

[Zuber]

Just thought I'd mention that there is a new script on the qpeGPS maps forum.

Had a play with it and it makes it much simpler (for me anyway) to get a good set of maps for it including generating the maps.txt file entries and converting to ping etc.

Give it the scale and the limits and leave it to get the maps. (Be sensible, the whole of the USA at street level is not sensible)...

Well worth checking out. Especially if you need maps outside the US as well. Got some nice UK ones out.

Take a look here :

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thr...forum_id=206322

All that is needed now is for a few key features, and I will be quite happy with it. At least until someone actually brings out some route planning software.

If any coders are volanteering by the way, just need some options to allow :

Zoom in and out of maps (not just changing map scales, so you can better read detail etc.)

Allow navigation between maps independant of GPS. (Act like a map viewer, so you can plan your journey for example).

[Zuber]

Actually, worth mentioning that the nice polished version of script is posted at :

http://www.hardcodelabs.org/projects/mapfetch.txt

Is mentioned in the earlier link, but this way, you don't sift through previous attempts before spotting it.