GaroNav 1.0 beta 1 Released

**garo** · 10-17-2005, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by RoyN

Garo, few big problems I noticed...

- When clicking on NUMBER to input the house number, GaroNav locks up for upto 15-20 seconds while loading the numbers list.... (P4 2ghz 1GBram) is there any way to optimize this? It works very quickly to load list of streets (over 45000 in my map!)

- Problem that occured with earlier versions of FreeDrive.... I input one address it routes me to a completely different place

The only way CDR was able to fix this in the end was by embedding the original destinator street dialog

I could send you a debug log if it would help, and also my map for you to test if it would help... I'd love to give GaroNav a spin, but it is a bit useless for me if it cant route me anywhere

Overall it looks great though! cant wait to get over these issues if you can

1) Yeah I know, but it is strange that it locks up for such a long time! How many numbers has to load?
2) It should be fixed... In Italian map it brings me everywhere I want! Debug log doesn't help for this, try to tell me a place where you want to go and a place you start from.

**sim** · 10-17-2005, 04:09 PM

Below is my Garonav config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="MaxPoiDistance" value="50" />
<add key="Skin" value="GaroNav" />
<add key="distance" value="3605.606" />
<add key="WinampMuteTime" value="5000" />
<add key="HomeLatitude" value="0" />
<add key="HomeLongtitude" value="0" />
<add key="AlwaysOnTop" value="False" />
<add key="MetricSystem" value="False" />
<add key="MapOrientationNorth" value="False" />
<add key="FontSizeNormal" value="False" />
<add key="MapLabelsNormal" value="False" />
<add key="AutomaticZoom" value="False" />
<add key="MouseHide" value="False" />
<add key="DebugLogEnabled" value="False" />
<add key="LoadWholeSkin" value="False" />
<add key="AutoSwitchColor" value="False" />
<add key="DayTime" value="08:00:00" />
<add key="NightTime" value="20:00:00" />
<add key="View" value="0" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>

changing "." to "," causes error in config file message

**RoyN** · 10-17-2005, 04:34 PM

Garo, it is on the Sao Paulo map. I am trying to navigate (gps isnt connected, but does it make a difference?)

From: Cristovao Diniz R, 52
To: Min Rocha Azevedo, 1368 (not all number are shown for this street - just noticed)
Tries to navigate to: M Pass (I dont knwo if this is a map error or a real street, never heard of it... only 1 letter)

Is there anything else I can do to try and track the error?

Also is there a way to hide the zoom bar?

**RoyN** · 10-17-2005, 05:26 PM

Maybe these screenshots can help to understand what is going on...

If I just click on the map and go on Navigate, it takes me to the right place, as I guess that is direct in destinator? Also, depending on what number I select/type in, it takes me to a completely different place.

**Bravellir** · 10-17-2005, 06:09 PM

Royn

did you already try it on the car with the gps on? any problem with that ?

**garo** · 10-17-2005, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by sim

Below is my Garonav config

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="MaxPoiDistance" value="50" />
<add key="Skin" value="GaroNav" />
<add key="distance" value="3605.606" />
<add key="WinampMuteTime" value="5000" />
<add key="HomeLatitude" value="0" />
<add key="HomeLongtitude" value="0" />
<add key="AlwaysOnTop" value="False" />
<add key="MetricSystem" value="False" />
<add key="MapOrientationNorth" value="False" />
<add key="FontSizeNormal" value="False" />
<add key="MapLabelsNormal" value="False" />
<add key="AutomaticZoom" value="False" />
<add key="MouseHide" value="False" />
<add key="DebugLogEnabled" value="False" />
<add key="LoadWholeSkin" value="False" />
<add key="AutoSwitchColor" value="False" />
<add key="DayTime" value="08:00:00" />
<add key="NightTime" value="20:00:00" />
<add key="View" value="0" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>

changing "." to "," causes error in config file message

I'll check it out!

**garo** · 10-17-2005, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by RoyN

Maybe these screenshots can help to understand what is going on...

If I just click on the map and go on Navigate, it takes me to the right place, as I guess that is direct in destinator? Also, depending on what number I select/type in, it takes me to a completely different place.

Maybe I understand...

Destinator SDK made error in routing to some addresses (don't ask me why). I found a workaround that works perfectly in Italy, because here Destinator made an error between different cities, never between different streets in the same city... So, if the error happens in the same city, for the moment GaroNav fail

possible solutions:

1) try to specify an address number if you haven't done this;
2) try to NOT specify an address number if you did this;
3) try to specify some different number.

Please let me know what you find.

This is one of the bigger problem with SDK but I don't want to integrate destinator dialogs because they're HORRIBLE and the full text search is a fundamental feature... I don't want to renounce to that!!!

**garo** · 10-17-2005, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by Bravellir

Royn

did you already try it on the car with the gps on? any problem with that ?

Unfortunately that error doesn't depend by GPS... It's SDK fault

**garo** · 10-17-2005, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by RoyN

Garo, one thing I remember that I requested in FD... Here I request in GaroNav

An option to select some words that get "reversed" in the street label, SDK label to RR... for example:

my map shows:

Brasil AV
Europa AV
Turquia R
Max Feffer TUN

However this is "reversed"... the "correct" way of looking at it would be:
AV Brasil
AV Europa
R Turquia
TUN Max Feffer
etc

Would it be possible to add these "street types" in an option file somewher such as "R,AV,TUN,VD,AL,etc,etc,etc" and have it reverse (only when showing current street, etc.... not when choosing the street to navigate to)

I'm looking just now into garo nav, will post more ideas/suggestions soon! So far looks good... I'm trying to find out how to hide the zoom bar right now...

I will implement this for sure but it's not one of the priorities... All what you're asking goes under my "to do" list, don't worry

**garo** · 10-17-2005, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by Bravellir

Garo:

After all, that 60px business it's not solved yet. I'm still investigating but AppControl stays hiden under GaroNav and the Destinator map windows gets bumped to the right. I thing that has something to do with the Epia vga drivers.

The only way to set the GPS com port is with the original Destinator window?

Any other app that I have installed (Freedrive, Mapmonkey, VisualGps, Netstumbler, Compass etc.. ) shows all the com ports, including xport3 ones, but the destinator dosn´t.

If you find something about that 60px stuff please let me know... However I'll receive an Epia this week so I will check it out.

For the moment you can set GPS port only in Destinator because I prefer to don't use a "custom" gps system for the moment. I can change this quite easily but it's not a priority for the moment... What I'm trying to do right now is:

- Stability and bugfix (this is the initial release, this is important!)
- Extra POI alerts (for speedcams and everything else)
- Daily Logs

Some stuffs like GPS port problem may be fixed in the new Destinator PN SDK, so I'll wait to implement them until I can work with it... I hope soon