Thanks, I tried several addresses, and finally got zRoadmap to show a map. For anyone else trying to get zRoadmap to work, here\'s my tips:
1. Installing on the standard Sharp ROM for the 5600 should work fine, but getting it on the same machine using the Zynergy ROM is more complicated. You have to take the zRoadmap ipk package, un-tar it, then re-package using ar. (I don\'t have the detailed commands, maybe \"tar -xf filename.ipk\" and \"ar blah blah blah\"). You then install it from the console (or terminal) with the command \"ipkg-new install filename.ipk\". It will complain that it couldn\'t find one dependency, but ignore it. After it installs, use the Shutdown utility in the System tab. Don\'t actually shutdown the Zaurus, just click \"restart Qtopia\" in the Shutdown utility. This reloads the tabs, allowing you to start the zRoadmap program.
2. You\'ll need to put the usdir.rdm file in /mnt/cf/QtPalmtop/share/roadmap/ . Untarring this file from its usdir.rdm.tgz file requires two commands \"gunzip usdir.rdm.tgz\" and \"tar -xf usdir.rdm.tar\". (Perhaps this is obvious, but I someone had told me there was a way to do it in one tar command, but I couldn\'t get it to work successfully.) You\'ll need to do the same with one of the state map file archives to actually have maps.
3. When you first launch zRoadmap, it will complain that it can\'t open some file, though it probably leaves off the name of the file. Ignore this.
4. As RichS pointed out, zRoadmap will display a blank screen when you first start it. You have to tell it where to start bying entering a location, intersection, or address. I could not get it to find a location by latitude/longitude or intersection, and had to try a lot of addresses before it recognized one. Try entering an address that uses a named street (try \"300 Elm\", rather than \"300 32nd\"), and keep trying until you get a result. Once you find enter a recognized address, a map appears.
Impressions:
Unfortunately, zRoadmap is not that useful for someone who doesn\'t use a GPS device. I\'m grateful to the volunteers who created it, but I\'m looking for something that could function like a paper street map with a brain. The program doesn\'t display maps in a very readable way. Streets appear only as thin lines, and areas like lakes, oceans, or parks show only as colored outlines, without a fill. It also does not display street names. You can click on a location to see a street name and address, but you can\'t easily browse a map.
I also found that zRoadmap couldn\'t find a lot of addresses in Seattle, saying that the street name was not found. However, clicking on those same streets would show the street name. I suspect that its \"find address\" feature doesn\'t recognize streets with numbers rather than names.
I don\'t make these criticisms to disparage the folks who created Roadmap and zRoadmap. I provide this info as guidance for anyone who is looking for PDA map software.
