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App to toggle GPS on/off

I would love to have an app that would allow me to switch GPS On/Off. It appears that applications sometimes do not turn GPS off upon exit.

Are you referring to GPS or GPRS? As they are 2 completely different things.

fraudulent said:
I would love to have an app that would allow me to switch GPS On/Off. It appears that applications sometimes do not turn GPS off upon exit.
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How can you confirm this to be true other than guessing by thinking that your battery is wearing too quickly?
Maybe it is the app that did not exit correctly. TomTom 7 definitely does not have this problem. Which GPS app are you using?

salada2k said:
How can you confirm this to be true other than guessing by thinking that your battery is wearing too quickly?
Maybe it is the app that did not exit correctly. TomTom 7 definitely does not have this problem. Which GPS app are you using?
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Neither does Garmin Mobile XT
I assume he is talking about GPRS (since he used the word applicationS. I mean.. don't see any reason for anyone to have multiple GPS Applications installed on their phone. Unless you are testing them out)

L o r d R a j said:
Neither does Garmin Mobile XT
I assume he is talking about GPRS (since he used the word applicationS. I mean.. don't see any reason for anyone to have multiple GPS Applications installed on their phone. Unless you are testing them out)
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I've got multiple installed. TT7, Google Maps, real time GPS Tracking, GPS Tag for photos. That's 4 already

akito said:
I've got multiple installed. TT7, Google Maps, real time GPS Tracking, GPS Tag for photos. That's 4 already
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Hmmmm...
interesting.

two app for me
I am using garmin XT and GPS utilities
The second one is great for just watching speed/elevation, coordinates, or covered distance.
It's much smaller than Garmin
Includes stop/start GPS...

Abs. said:
Are you referring to GPS or GPRS? As they are 2 completely different things.
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I am talking about the Global Positioning System, GPS.
I am a Geocacher so I use three different apps to utilize the GPS system. First I have mostly used BeelineGPS, and Google Maps. I have recently begun evaluating Geoscout which shows real promise as a geocaching app.
The problem is that I have drained my battery a couple of times and have recently begun resetting my device to avoid my battery running flat. I strongly suspect that GPS is the problem.
I would love to have an app to toggle GPS on/off.
I will do a search for GPS Utilities, thanks for the tip bertrand13

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hendrixus,
GPS toggle is cool, but doesnt work properly on the diamond... cos of diamond's VGA screen...
Any other thoughts?

uccoffee said:
hendrixus,
GPS toggle is cool, but doesnt work properly on the diamond... cos of diamond's VGA screen...
Any other thoughts?
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Nope. Or yes Ask the programmer to make it VGA aware.
I basically posted in the wrong forum. Though it was the few threads about gps on/off. I have a MC IV never use it, thought. I neither works on WM5. It gives me an error on WM6. Programmer is looking at it.

I am also interested in toggling G-P-S on and off. I currently have an HTC HD2. I would like to turn GSM and GPRS off in favor of keeping GPS on. Anyone tips?

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Best RSS Reader. What Do You Use?

I've never really used RSS feeds, but I'm going to start on the G1 so that I don't have to use my browser all the time. I was using Google's Reader, but I'd like to try one of the FREE apps.
So what do you use (free or not) and what do you like/not like about it?
** EDIT** Currently I'm using PureRSS and RSS Reader. Don't know which one I like more.

I like Greed alot because it syncs with my Google Reader account.

Greed definitely

Greed as well.

Greed here also ... sync's w/ google reader and it's free. Haven't had any issues.

its works offline?

Greed Lite is free and does NOT do offline syncing.
Greed Paid version is $5.00 and does the offline cache as well as downloading(podcasts?)
I haven't tried either of them but I just looked it up and thats what came up

I use Greed free, but now that there is the offline support, I may just move over to the paid one.

Another one for Greed.

I use PureRSS for text feeds, and BeyondPod for podcasts.
Both excellent and free. I had originally used the OI Newsreader, but found that it wasn't synching right and it was buggy (would crash often, wouldn't display articles properly).
Greed is good (hehe), but I didn't need the Google integration enough to warrant paying for the offline caching.

Which is the best for syncing with Google reader?

apfroggy0408 said:
Which is the best for syncing with Google reader?
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Greed all the way, nothing you have to do to get it to sync with Google Reader, just login and start reading! I've been using this app since I got my G1 and it's the best RSS reader hands down.

Thanks a lot man.

I use Greed as well. Works perfectly with my Google Reader.

I used to use PureRSS and BeyondPOD, I opted out of PureRSS once I got my hands on Greed. Absolutely grand. Google integration is epic. So nice to have the option to add feeds to my greed browser at a remote computer.
Still use BeyondPOD for podcasts though.

What's the podcast support like in the full version of Greed? I was using Doggcatcher but recently moved to Beyondpod.

Has anyone tried NubiNews?
It's not strictly an RSS reader, as it doesn't allow you to add arbitrary feeds. However, for the feeds that it supports (10+ sources, including NY Times, Engadget, The Register, Gizmodo, Yahoo News, etc), it renders the FULL pages, including all the images.
Other RSS apps only display the summary text inside the feed XML file. For the whole news story, you need to open the Browser, which is really a slow pig on the Android platform.
What NubiNews does is to strip off all the crap (ads, etc) from the page, and display only the interesting contents. This makes the download really fast. For example, some news page in Yahoo News would take over 15 seconds to load in the Browser, and it's horrible to view because you need to scroll horizontally and vertically.
In NubiNews, such an article would load in less than 5 seconds, and the page is reformatted to scroll only vertically for easy navigation.
As an added benefit, NubiNews also zooms the images in the iPhone style.
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twitter has for the most part replaced my RSS feeds but in the occasion I do use them I just load up Google Reader in the browser.

Greed is the best for me by far and have tried 90% of the ones for the G1.
It syncs with google reader which is great because if you have to do a system wipe, it saves all the feed links. It HATE HAVING TO RE ENTER ALL THOSE FEED LINKS AFTER A WIPE! Closest thing to viigo around.

Sorry double post.

Mapping - Ordinance Survey

Does anyone know of an app that will use UK OS mapping ?
Ideally with a way to inject your current GPS position for accurate placement.
The OS do have an open map policy and there are a few iPhone apps that will access this... but cannot find any for Android so far.
ViewRanger on my 'old' Nokia N85 was very very good, but its currently not available for Android (fingers crossed though).
We do a lot of Geocaching and having access to an OS map helps with footpath placement and terrain... we hate to walk up very steep slopes if we don't have to nor over cliff edges
cheers

Thought i'd give this a bump as I would be interested in this also.
Imagine the 1:2500 1901 os maps on the thing too.You could overlay historical maps and stand at the door of your grandparents demolished house! Kewl!!
(I am such a geek)

Cool indeed
There are a few web based (for data) apps on the iPhone so I imagine its not tooo hard to build one, Multimap now have an OS layer so could be used to inject GPS location and pull up the correct map.

Andnav2 gives a choice of several map sources (diffent OS renderers, Google etc). Maps licensed with an AUP that permit caching can even be stored on the SD. TrekBuddy AtlasCreator can be used to create tilepacks for chosen areas.

Interesting app, but no Ordinance Survey support I'm afraid.
I also found RMaps which uses web based mapping from a variety of sources. Have commented on the Market that he look at the open source side of the Ordinance Survey for web based mapping apps...

joemax said:
Interesting app, but no Ordinance Survey support I'm afraid.
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Sorry that was me jumping the gun reading "OS" as OpenStreet
Anyhow, why not contact the developers of atlas creatorif you've got information about good free map-sources with an AUP that allows apps to store them locally.
edit: just noticed OS maps are far from free. Terms seem similar to many other national mapping agencies. I.e. only companies with deep pockets can afford the proper access to raw data required to make them useful.

Web based solutions can use the OpenSpace data <http://openspace.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/openspace/>
One would assume that an app could be built to look into this data ??

I'm building one at the moment that uses exactly this principle.

David... excellent
If you need a beta tester - let me know. OS mapping with GPS position would be very very cool.

David Horn said:
I'm building one at the moment that uses exactly this principle.
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Very cool.
The guy that does RMaps is also wanting to look into this. I emailed him and he mentioned it's on his list.
I'd happily pay for an app that gave access to OS maps....

I too would pay for an app that supported the GPS and compass in the Hero...
Kinda cool if it were like ViewRanger

Sneak Peak - OS Map Alpha 1
Well, I spent some time today getting to grips with Android development (trust me, C# for Win Mob is easier), and I've knocked together a working version of a GPS-linked Ordnance Survey app.
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Right now all it does is show your position on an OS Map, and update it if you stray more than 30m from that location. It's more proof-of-concept than anything else. The biggest issue is that it's a resource hog, especially the Javascript, though I think that's cached. I'd like to have it installed locally, but the maps are tied to a domain name. ;-(
What are the things that you'd like to see in it? Compass support is coming soon!
Edit: Actually, it does seem to be caching fairly well, it's gone up to 3MB now.
Edit 2: Small update to use the whole window to shop the map, and to move the location.

YOU ARE A GOD !!
I never thought just asking a the question would lead to what I am seeing above. If thats where you live - nice area... and you may want to change the pic as it could be showing your home
Well... when you say caching, do you mean it caches the map tiles and then reuses them if you load up the app in the same location ? ie it does not re fetch the data ?
Features... well you asked
1. Compass (on its way you say)
2. Bookmarking - to allow easy return to an area you've saved.
3. POI's
4. Panning with the finger not just buttons (like Maps does)
5. Ability to load GPX's for geocaching - for location not necessarily for navigating to as GeoBeagle does this very well when combined with Radar.
6. Google Maps terrain overlay and satellite view overlay (with selectable opacity maybe)
7. Route tracing / breadcrumb laying for re-tracing your steps should you get lost in a forest, moor etc.
hmmm I seem to be suggesting all those things that ViewRanger has... that is a great app but buying map tiles for usually single use is expensive.
I would happily pay for an app though that does what you have so far.
Again... very happy to beta test
Cheers

that's marvellous David, thanks.
It looks great as is, but my one extra request would be to (optionally, perhaps) remove the cursor and zoom buttons, and be able to control it with swipe (to move) and pinch/spread to zoom.
thanks again

Looks great so far !
I looked at OS OPenSource and noticed that the api key you get is tied to one domain so wondered how you've got round this, if at all yet.
As for requests. Any way to tie in google/wikipedia searches to display their locations on this map. Handy for finding pubs/historical places on the map.
Keep up the good work.
Dylan

Wow - all I can say is "I WANT"!
Very nice looking - even better when you get compass sorted!

Whats the deal with Ordnance Survey anyways?

I've been waiting for an OS based map app since I got my Hero. This looks very promising. (and I too would be willing to pay)

woobit said:
Whats the deal with Ordnance Survey anyways?
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They are the best maps available of the UK.
Google Maps is great to a point, but only shows roads and the odd track.
OS maps show footpaths, field boundaries, historical points of interest and land marks, at some scales even the building outlines.
Take a look at how detailed they are

woobit said:
Whats the deal with Ordnance Survey anyways?
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They're quite possibly the higest quality maps in the world for general usability and detail.

Google Maps adds Download Map Area

This is a feature that some of us have been requesting for a longgggg time, and it is finally here.
It is especially helpful for Nooks, since they don't have cell phone.
In Google Maps 5.7 - just released - go to Labs, and enable Download Map Area, and then, when you have Wifi access, you can download maps onto your Nook for places you are going to.
Then later, when you don't have Wifi access (because you are not home, nor in a hotel, coffee store or library), you can still use the downloaded maps to find your way ... to somewhere with Wifi access.
Thanks to Ole, the dev at Google for this feature.

Very cool. Will have to try it out.
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Except the d/l maps only cover 10 square miles. It's hardly effective at doing anything except routing you over to your neighbors.

skylar.sutton said:
Except the d/l maps only cover 10 square miles. It's hardly effective at doing anything except routing you over to your neighbors.
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No, it is a 10 mile square = 100 square miles. And you can download more than one area if you want. But you cannot do routing on downloaded maps, so this is probably more interesting for pedestrians than for drivers.

Just tried this, and it's actually 10 miles in each direction from the point you select, which means 20x20 miles = 400 sq. miles.
Only problem, where does it download the map to? I've got 7.0.3 running from my SD card. And yes, I'm new, or I'd probably know the answer.

Found the download location. Open the maps app (even though you're offline), menu/More/Cache Settings/Downloaded map areas.
Totally cool feature, OP is right. I prefer not to use a GPS, this'll come in handy.

Hell yes! Now I can download maps for all of the areas I may frequent and have them ready to go, no need to tether (painfully, mind you) with my GhettroPCS data...
Tested by downloading a map area that I hadn't cached before, turned off my wifi, and then zoomed into the square. Voila, all the street names appeared and the correct zoom-level map tiles loaded.
It takes only seconds to download map areas on WiFi.

Nice feature!

Nice feature, but still fairly worthless as it limits the downloads to 10. Perhaps the next update will allow you to cache a reasonable amount of maps.....

It's only 10sq miles at a time, you can just keep adding on more and more, I've cached the whole of greater Phoenix, Tempe and Sun City Arizona. This will definitely come in handy for me... if they add offline routing all the better...

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It's only 10sq miles at a time, you can just keep adding on more and more, I've cached the whole of greater Phoenix, Tempe and Sun City Arizona. This will definitely come in handy for me... if they add offline routing all the better...
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I mean you can only have 10 squares cached at any one time. And in a state like NM, you need all the squares you can get.

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I mean you can only have 10 squares cached at any one time. And in a state like NM, you need all the squares you can get.
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I have quite a few 10sq mi areas cached, and let me tell you, the ladies love it!

"What we have here is.... failure... to communicate."
The squares for the city look good, but MY complaint is that basically, i would like to cache my entire state (I love being outdoors and on the road, and having a variety of maps available is always a good thing). But because you can only have 10 squares at any one time, the caching is still worthless to me (cached city data is not what i need. I need data on the boonies).

Divine_Madcat said:
"What we have here is.... failure... to communicate."
The squares for the city look good, but MY complaint is that basically, i would like to cache my entire state (I love being outdoors and on the road, and having a variety of maps available is always a good thing). But because you can only have 10 squares at any one time, the caching is still worthless to me (cached city data is not what i need. I need data on the boonies).
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Oh, so you can only have ten, 10 sq mile areas at any one time? LOL, that is indeed hard to communicate