It has been a long time between blogs. I thought I should talk about the piece of software that has been responsible for the most emails in my inbox over the last few days - osm-gps-map, the Gtk+ based map widget. What started as a widget for use in one small application of mine has grown considerably.
- I recently released 0.4.0, a bugfix release.
- I created a mailing list, if you are a user or interested osm-gps-map, them please join.
But I thought I should take some time to highlight some of the most interesting users of osm-gps-map, particualry those users on the Maemo platform.
Maep, OSM2Go and GPXView (by Till Harbaum)
- Maep seems to be the flagship tile mapping application for the Nokia n900. Most notable is the wonderful onscreen display that Till has created on top of osm-gps-map.
- OSM2Go is an editor for openstreetmap.org map data
- GPXView is a viewer for Geocaching.com GPX files.
Maep
OSM2Go
GPXView
BrainStorm (by Adam Boggs)
- BrainStorm is a storm chasing application that plots your track, and overlays current radar and severe warning imagery on the map.
Brainview
eCoach
- eCoach is an application for recording and managing sport activities with Nokia N900, it records heart rate data from various monitors, and plots your path on the map as you exercise.
eCoach
Conclusion
- With the help of these users, the future of osm-gps-map looks very positive.
- I am currently working on merging Till’s improvements to master to discourage people from copying osm-gps-map source into their application.
- If you are a user of osm-gps-map and I have forgotten you then I am sorry. Please contact me and join the osm-gps-map mailing list.
Nice work! Thanks!
Did you manage to get an n900 yet? Didn’t they have some kind of scheme whereby developers could get free ones?
@Hugo: Yeah, they did have such a scheme, but it seemed to be targeted at Maemo proper developers. I am one step removed, I just happen to develop a widget that people seem to enjoy using on Maemo.
On the other hand, if someone reading this can get me a n900 that would certainly help!
thanks for your work
note that phraymd (a photo manager for GNOME that i really like) makes use of it too
how does this compare to libchamplain (http://projects.gnome.org/libchamplain/)?
Ha, I guess I should have read your blog before I posted to the mailing list this morning
@someone: IMHO
* Doesnt use clutter, just cairo and Gtk for drawing
* Simpler API
* Users tell me that it runs very efficiently and responsively on Maemo
* Other functional differences
There is some binding for PyGTK+ on Python? It would be awesome!
@shakaran: Yes there is python bindings
Do you know viking ( http://viking.sf.net/ )?
I have in mind to replace our home-made drawing feature by an external project.
Is osm-gps-map configurable enought to provide our own:
- caching system
- downloading system
- multiple layers
Furthermore, is it possible to have user’s interactions? For example, a user clicking on a waypoint displayed on the map?
Hello
Have you stopped working on conduit? I love this stuff so much..
@Guyou: Replied via email
@Taiebot: No, I still work on Conduit occasionally. It kind of does everything I need it to do now, and no one else seems to want to work on it.