re: Android Thread: Phones / Apps / Mods Yes f1fan, read up the documentation of those apps.
They have a maps directory where you keep the maps in the required format (mentioned in doc).
you can create subdirectories in the maps folder to segregate downloaded maps by region.
I am a hard core androzic user now.
So I will give you the steps
1. Install androzic
2. Install Mobile Atlas creator on PC
3. Download maps (google/ovi/satellite/osm or whatever you want) on your PC in Ozixplorer PNG format
You will see the file pairs like "mapxxx.png maxxx.map mapyyy.png mapyyy.map" in the atlas directory of Mobile Atlas Creator(MAC)
4. Download img2ozf utility from the "files" on google page for androzic and use it to convert the maps to ozfx2 format. In the output directory of the application, you will have pairs like
map1.map map1.ozfx2 map2.map map2.ozfx2 and so on
5. In your SD card in the folder androzic/maps you can create a folder called Mumbai and copy all these files to that directory
Start up Androzic with GPS on, and it will show your position on a map.
Now lets say you made a gpx waypoint using google earth.
If you say navigate to waypoint, it will simply draw a line as the crow flies to your waypoint. Actual route you have to plot on your own.
Alternatively, you can go to google maps online on your PC, create a route, download kml, convert to gpx and put it on your SDCARD/androzic/tracks folder.
Load this file, and it will show up as a colored line on your map. You can follow that line.
I will now narrate what happened yesterday
I had to go to Paharganj HDFC and I was using ndrive. It showed me a route through ashoka road, which is the fastest and direct route.
Unfortunately there was some rally and massive jams.
I shut down ndrive, loaded androzic, and since I had gpx location of the bank, It drew me a straight line as the crow flies.
After that I simply started looking at my downloaded google map, and on my own I plotted a route through park st/talkatora road.
Next days newspaper has gory details like people being stuck for 2-3 hours in the rally, however, we wasted 15 minutes thats all.
So if you have some knowledge of the city, your brain will always work better than any navigation map by PC.
this is true for west also.
For example, from San Jose if I want to head towards Sacramento, all navi apps show a major route which has a traffic light.
Using my own brain, I can travel 0.5kms in the opposite direction, catch the 680. and merge with computer route 15 miles northwards and carry on from there.
This saves a good 15-20 minutes and lesser jam risk since this freeway is not much used on weekends(except on very long weekends).
Since you live in Mumbai, I think you have some knowledge of the city, so if you are given a map with a dot on "your location" on the map, you can fairly easily figure out which roads to take and then proceed on your journey using your own knowledge. |