A year or so back, a member of XDA Developers, Nitisara, posted his app Terracrosser, which was meant to cache Google Maps data for use where data service was unavailable (or too expensive).
His website is gone, and he hasn't posted lately.
Has anyone got his program (I found v2.2.1 as the latest posted, through softpedia) to work on a Topaz / TD2?
It installs and runs on my TD2, but it "feels" like it's looking for actual keyboard input - that is, as though maybe it doesn't support touch-only devices like the Topaz?
Thanks,
Jay
I have installed Terracrosser on my TD2 and its working very fine.
You have touch input and keyboard also works when coordinates are put in.
you open menus when holding long on coordinate area (left) and other menue on the measure area (right)
you scroll when slide over screen (this works better with stylus)
but everything is working without a problem.
Thank you Iconoclasm. I see these two long-hold points do raise menus. (I note that, if I accidentally hide the keyboard, there is no way to get it back until I kill the Terracrosser app and re-start it).
I cannot figure out how to zoom in? Except for the view X2, but that's not really zooming in. How do you zoom in?
Thanks!
That hide keyboard thing happend to me too. Just be carefull about it.
You can zoom in by tapping shortly on the measure.
Zoom out is somehow (sometimes its not working properly) above or on the coordinates. (Also short tap)
Youre welcome.
Hm, ok, I can get it to zoom _out_ from the default 500km view up to 2000km ... but I can only get it to zoom back in to 500km... ?!
tnx...
Have you made a map that is more than 500km?
How to make maps for Terracrosser?
Oh. Ha! Um, where are the instructions for this thing??
I didn't even realize that I had to make maps! Now I do see that there is a maps\ folder under the Terracrosser program files directory.
How do I make maps for Terracrosser?
Is there a source of maps available online?
Sorry for being such an ignorant idiot here...
Thanks!
Jay
In the file you've downloaded should have been a file named mapper.exe
start it on your PC and you can create maps using goolge earth or yahoo maps.
Making maps is pretty easy. program is really self explaining.
When program is finished you have a *.map file in the directory, copy that into your map folder on the TD2 and that was it.
I reccomend to save a poi with the coodinates of the middle of the map (they are showen in mapper.exe program.
How to get Terracrosser to open a different .map file?
Okay, I've made a few sample .map files.
I've copied them to the Terracrosser install directory map\ subfolder.
How do I get Terracrosser to actually use one of those maps instead of the default one?
(Isn't there written instructions for Terracrosser somewhere??)
Thanks!
Jay
You can also try GPSVP, which is my long time favorite for offline google maps. GPSVP is available on google code (http://code.google.com/p/gpsvp/). Apart from Google Maps, it also supports Google Maps Satellite, MS Live Maps, OpenStreetMaps, and Garmin maps. It's free too, and is actively maintained.
It has a Windows Mobile version, as well as a Windows XP version. Very handy. Try it!
libove said:
Okay, I've made a few sample .map files.
I've copied them to the Terracrosser install directory map\ subfolder.
How do I get Terracrosser to actually use one of those maps instead of the default one?
(Isn't there written instructions for Terracrosser somewhere??)
Thanks!
Jay
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It's been a long time since I last used it, but if i remember correctly, there is no configuration required to make it use your maps. Terracrosser should automatically combine all maps into 1. You should just zoom out, scroll your map around until you see the region that is covered by your new map, and zoom in. The only problem is that, if your custom map is small, it is very hard to actually zoom into it.
After spending 2 days on it (and no manual found), I think I have pretty much figured it out.
Version: Terracrosser 2.2.1
OS: Stock WM6.5
Platform: HTC Touch HD2
Requirements: MS .Net CF v3.5
Installation:
Install .Net CF 3.5 first
Download Zip file. Copy the CAB file to mobile device and install from there. That's it.
Confirm the program is running properly: The icon should show a red "TR", and it should start with a world map.
Controls:
Scroll: swipe in that direction. (Yup: swipe up to scroll up - takes a while to get used to it)
Tap: switches between the photo mode & map mode.
Zoom in: tap lower right portion of screen. There should be a map scale there.
Zoom out: tap lower left portion of screen. The GPS coordinates should be there.
Menus: Tap & hold lower left for POI menu, Tap and hold lower right for another menu. Tap "<<" to exit menu
Getting maps
Copy the Mapper.exe from the zip to your desktop
Run it from the desktop; define a new folder to store your maps. Give it a new name.
You will need to create and download different maps for different zoom levels. If you try to download the maps for, say, New York from the overview of Manhattan Island down to level 16 to see the street names, you cannot zoom in from the world map zoom level 5 because the manhattan map will be a tiny dot, invisible at that zoom level. That's why many people wonder how to "turn on" the downloaded maps. Terracrosser will allow you to zoom in deper than level 5 when the blue dot at the centre of the screen is over a map area you downloaded. So you may want to create a map for USA, then create another map for Eastern USA, etc at progressively deeper zoom levels. When copied over, (and the "Display Map Borders" is checked), you will see a rectangle around the map for the next zoom level.
When done, copy all the *.map to the [mobile device]\Program Files\Terracrosser\Maps\
There is no need to copy the folder containing the actual downloaded pictures - the *.map file is the compressd version already.
Adding POIs took a while - clicking the top "OK" button at the coordinates screen does nothing. You need to press "Enter" key to proceed. I thought the program hanged.
Any extra info for sharing will be great!
Terracrosser was my first "favorite" GPS app, but since it's been discontinued, I found NaviComputer and have been very pleased with it. check it out. It just received an update (6/30/10 - 0.94)
http://www.navicomputer.com
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One really nice feature it has is the ability to download maps directly to the device. Map sources are stored in XML so additional sources (like Live/Bing) can be added if you know the url. There are a few floating around out there.
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Plus... development is also tracked on xda-dev, here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581474
I'd just like to set the controls straight as the controls noted here is not entirely accurate.
Basically the display is divided into quadrants where you can control the application.
Scrolling:
Horizontal: Swipe accross the lower half of the screen.
Scroll to the right: Swipe from lower-left to lower right
Scroll to the left: Swipe from lower-right to lower-left
Vertical: Swipe vertically acrross the right half of the screen
Scroll upwards: Swipe from lower-right to top-right
Scroll downwards: Swipe from top-right to lower right.
Note: Swiping across the top half or the left half of the screen won't do anything.
To stop scrolling: Tap on screen while scrolling.
Zooming in: Tap on lower-right quadrant
Zooming Out: Tap on lower-left quadrant
Switch map views from map to satellite: tap on top-right quadrant
Toggle between rotating and static map (north is up): tap on top-left quadrant
Switch from scrolling to GPS mode: long-press top-right quadrant
POI and goto coordinate menu: long-press lower-left quadrant
Display settings menu: long-press lower-right quadrant.
Note: Nothing happens when you long-press top-left quadrant.
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With Kaiser not having a transreflective screen, I've really been missing the ability to map a key to toggle the screen brightness like I could with Vijay Lumos III on Hermes.
I don't use the HTC Home screen, but today I activated it and played with it some. I found that it has an app preloaded in the Launcher tab that toggles the display in 4 steps from Low to Hi and back. Using the add function I can see this application as "Adjust Backlight" along with most all of the other programs loaded on the unit.
I would like to create a shortcut link to this app and then map a hardkey to do this function, however for the life of me I can't find this program! I'm hoping that there is some kind soul that can help me locate this prog so that it can be used outside of the HTC Home Screen. I've been looking for a couple of hours and it's got me whipped.
In \Windows I found HH_Launcher Backlight.png which is the icon for the app.
Hopefully I'm not the only one who whould like to have this capability
bump.
Looking to do something like this as well.
found WkTASK (http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/wktask_en.html) which is a nice utility and is supposed to have a brightness and volume control. Everything BUT the brightness and volume control work on my tilt however.
Here's what I've done to work around this... using AE Button Plus, I've mapped the center dpad button ("enter") with standard behavior on single click, and I've mapped a press/hold to the "backlight" application. This brings up the app in settings that lets you set the brightness levels for "on battery" and "powered". Since it wakes up with the "on battery" section active, you then just have to use the "left/right" dpad buttons to turn the brightness up or down (and down/up flips between the battery and on power settings). Not quite a one-click fix, but a click of the center button, and a few of the right button will brighten your screen fairly easily.
The trick here was that AEBPlus didn't want to map directly to the backlight.exe file. When telling it to map the press/hold to an application, it simply didn't appear in the list (even thought I could see it in the directory). Perhaps it hides system files to keep you from accidentally doing something bad. So I had to make a shortcut to backlight.exe, then map AEBPlus to the shortcut.
Kind of a clunky workaround, but it works.
I'm sorry if the answer is around somewhere, I couldn't find it in search.
Are there any ROMs or Apps that will let me reassign what the physical G1 buttons do? I know some let you customise how the END button behaves, but how about full customisation?
For example make the phone button go to my contacts not my missed calls, or even to another phone app.
Or make the camera button go automatically to barcode scanner (I don't find it worth taking pictures with the G1).
Sorry again if this has been posted, or I've posted in the wrong place.
Oh, and on a side note, are Hero ROMs the only ones with multitouch photo viewing? I've gone back to CM for less sluggishness, and I really miss it. I had copied a load of webcomics to my phone and now reading them is such a chore...
Phone key: smartdialer (market)
Home key: home. Alternatives
End key:spare parts can change the behavior
For the other keys:you can edit the trout-qwerty.kl/other files in /system/usr/keylayout & /system/usr/keychars , but you can only switch keys,for example make the camera button a search key.
Would it not be possible to rename a barcode scanner app to the camera app and make it load it that way?
No, because the startup option is defined in the source code of an app.
The buttons are linked with android.intent.activitys
Curses! Would've been so sweet.
Maybe one day...
I have been searching for two days for a Photo Viewer app for Android 1.6 that has kinetic scrolling for albums.
Astro file manager has a built-in photo viewer that has a thumbnail ribbon at the bottom that works with kinetic scrolling action. And that is way cool, but I want to be able to scroll the full-size photos as well.
I think a couple of years ago the first-gen iPhones had this feature in their album viewer, may be wrong about that.
I have a G-1 and a MT3G that I would like to be able to view albums with a feature like this.
Would appreciate if anyone could point me in the right directions.
Has anyone seen anything like this? I found a version of HTCLay CSDI I think that has a cube that opens the gallery in a sort of kinetic preview, and it's the closest I've found so far. But it's not fullscreen.
Can someone help me out with this? Maybe mention if I'm on the right track, or if I need to be looking for something completely different?
One of the guys at work was showing off pictures on a larger device with gorgeous kinetic scrolling. I had severe envy yesterday.
What photo viewer app are you using?
Never really felt the need for anything like this. By "Kinetic" & "ribbon" you mean it shows them side-by-side at the bottom? I use Astro, and I love the photo viewer in it, but when I'm just looking at pictures, Gallery always does the job for me.
r3s-rt said:
Never really felt the need for anything like this. By "Kinetic" & "ribbon" you mean it shows them side-by-side at the bottom? I use Astro, and I love the photo viewer in it, but when I'm just looking at pictures, Gallery always does the job for me.
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Astro has the ribbon at the bottom. 'Kinetic' is a term to describe the scrolling effect that you swipe across a field with your finger and it moves, and keeps on moving depending on how hard you swiped.
If you open a picture in a folder with multiple images with Astro, you can see the contents of the folder in the ribbon at the bottom of the current picture. If you don't see the ribbon, just touch at the bottom of the screen and it appears. Swipe on the ribbon and it will move with the 'Kinetic' effect.
It moves faster and for a longer time depending on how hard you swiped it. This allows you to move through the contents of a folder rapidly, which is especially useful for large folders.
Astro does allow you to swipe the actual full-screen image as well, but not 'Kineticly'. No matter how hard you swipe, the image just moves one at a time.
I'm looking for an application that allows Kineticly swiping the full screen image to move throught the pictures rapidly.
Izord said:
Astro has the ribbon at the bottom. 'Kinetic' is a term to describe the scrolling effect that you swipe across a field with your finger and it moves, and keeps on moving depending on how hard you swiped.
If you open a picture in a folder with multiple images with Astro, you can see the contents of the folder in the ribbon at the bottom of the current picture. If you don't see the ribbon, just touch at the bottom of the screen and it appears. Swipe on the ribbon and it will move with the 'Kinetic' effect.
It moves faster and for a longer time depending on how hard you swiped it. This allows you to move through the contents of a folder rapidly, which is especially useful for large folders.
Astro does allow you to swipe the actual full-screen image as well, but not 'Kineticly'. No matter how hard you swipe, the image just moves one at a time.
I'm looking for an application that allows Kineticly swiping the full screen image to move throught the pictures rapidly.
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OHHHH! I see what you're saying now.
No idea. I think most Eclair ROMs do this in the default gallery, but I'm not sure. Other than that I wouldn't know anything, sorry.
Flashed CM5 test 3. NICE Gallery in there.
Kinetic album thumbnails, Nice swiping on the fullscreen photos.
I'm happy now.
search photo slide in the market
Since upgrading to Gingerbread I have been aware of the new text selection features, i.e. dragging the little pin to move the cursor. What I can't get right though is selecting text.
Previously I could double-tap and drag in order to highlight words, which made sense, but now whenever I double-tap anything, I get the "Cut" and "Copy" menu before I can even start to drag. The two separate pins don't ever appear that way.
The only way I can seem to make it work is by holding on a word, picking "Select word" and then dragging the two pins when they appear, which seems a little drawn out compared to before.
Anyone any clues? Have the gestures changed? Am I doing something wrong or is this just the way it works now? Wondering if someone with a Nexus S or other custom Gingerbread ROMs can also confirm.
I don't know in which apps you have tried this, but the way it works in the browser and gmail (checked right now) is that you:
1.Tap and hold to go into text-selection mode
2.Drag your finger over the text you want to copy
3.Adjust with arrows as you see fit
4.Click on the selected text to copy it
5.Profit
SBS_ said:
I don't know in which apps you have tried this, but the way it works in the browser and gmail (checked right now) is that you:
1.Tap and hold to go into text-selection mode
2.Drag your finger over the text you want to copy
3.Adjust with arrows as you see fit
4.Click on the selected text to copy it
5.Profit
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Ah ha, I see, that seems to work for reading emails and web pages. I was more meaning inside text-entry boxes like in the SMS app, Google Talk, etc.
Hi, newbie here trying to find out if it’s possible to turn an android phone into a fast desktop type multitasker. Was told I need a combination of AOSP ROM + eXposed, +Tasker +plugins, and a launcher like Lightning Launcher Extreme. so trying to assemble a list of things I’ll need, and find out if it’s even possible or not to achieve these tasks. In priority sequence:
1) Add as many as 15 buttons to nav bar. would love to change the size and more impornt spacing maybe even location of each button.
2) Optional (ability to lock some of the buttons across the board so lets say, on left side I have a locked home and back button, btu the ones on the right I can swipe left or right and move the nav bar buttons just like on Xtended NavBar app , so it’s kind of like a split nav bar.
Is it possible to add specific functions to each nav bar button I create:
3) Three zoom buttons, one with preset zoom %, so I click it once it zooms in to my preset % I click it second time zoom out must be able to preset the % of zoom somewhere. The other two zoom buttons are regular zoom in and out by increments (if possible preset increments as well per each click)
4) Multitask, instead of resent app, where it shows my open apps as smaller windows, I’d rather switch between them in full screen view, so the navbar recent app button must be mapped to simply switch between all open apps in rotation with each click.
5) Copy/ paste/ cut / undo / 4 buttons, not sure if it needs mapping in each app I use or universal, if each app, can it be done in Firefox or any other web browser, and in Microsoft office or any other office program so when I highlight text I can use these buttons, just like they normally would work in desktop versions?
6) 4 arrow keys, this is for Microsoft excel to shift quickly between cells so in each direction. Or as scrolling in web browser in all 4 directions.
7) search button, same concept as copy paste only once I highlight a text this button will search the net for highlighted text not sure if it’s possible to do from office app as well.
8) Now this is a tricky one, is it possible to automate the nav bar buttons, so if I had 10 or more buttons in total, they can’t fit the screen obviously, os once I open a certain app, the nav bar would move left or right depending on my app, so lets say I open an office app, the cut/paste /undo are automatically in front of me, if I open a excel then the arrow keys are in front……and so on
9) Is it also possible to remap volume keys in certain apps, so lets say I open excel, I have space in my nav bar only for 4 arrow keys, so in this case the volume buttons would become copy/paste.
If some could list the ROM, which launcher, specific modules, specific takser plug ins that could accomplish this or some things, well in an optimized way so I’m not running 15 apps for each request, then I will research each one individually.
Sorry for the long post.
Cheers
I have honestly never heard of such things...
And I think (having owned a Note 3 and now a Nexus 5) that the closest you can ever get to such multitasking experience is to own a Galaxy Note 4, with all the S-Pen functionality that's been added so that it'll work like a mouse on a computer. I know this may not add a lot to your cause; it's just what my knowledge offers.
Well for a newbie the confusion comes to me from not understanding the fundamentals of the android, what things are in the core and what things are on top as a layer? So for example if there is a back button on most phones that’s a fundamental core feature, does that mean it will be easy to add a forward button, so this way I’m compromising on my number 4) request and trying to go more a long the lines of android fundamentals.
As for the note 4 if it does add some mouse like functionality it’s only 50% since some things are faster via keyboard shortcuts rather then a mouse.
The problem I see is too many menus, so you select a text even with an s pen you must open a menu then select a copy, then open another app where you want to paste it in a specific location first you must zoom in that means turn the pen away and zoom then turn the pen towards another menu to open so you can select paste… The pen only has one or two buttons so if it has the zoom buttons I can’t paste quickly with a pen, if it has the paste buttons then I need to use my fingers to zoom in again turning my hand back and forth
way too many menus and not very productive way of working in trying to accomplish a small task of coping a text in one app and pasting in another in specific location. As you can see I’m trying to combine both mouse and keyboard shortcuts into one nav bar button this is to overcome the shortcomings of a small size screen and lack of keyboard and mouse of course.
I realize maybe the whole goal of android was never geared towards my way of thinking, but if it’s open source platform and as I see it there are many things that can be changed compared to a more closed system, it’s how difficult to do it only a programmer will understand, a I’m not a programmer. So I’m here trying to get some answers.
Cheers