gps on the xbox

**CdRsKuLL** · 11-07-2005, 06:19 PM

just wondering if it would be possible to code a gps app in python to work with the mediacenter on the xbox.. I havent got a clue about python, and wouldnt pretend to..

heres a link to some stuff about the xbmc media player, which can use python scripts

http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/info_devel.htm

just wondering thats all

CdR

**rando** · 11-07-2005, 06:21 PM

Platform independent problem: Maps ... though maybe something decent and open exists for the UK.

**jbors** · 11-08-2005, 12:25 AM

Yeah, I was hoping to start working on gps for Navteq maps but pushing it back right now. The biggest challenge in doing any GPS app is:
- process map format (which is non trivial)
- use little memory
- fast drawing and routing
When I started putting things together for even simple gps, I realized that doing it from scratch is above me, even in Python

**tdb30_** · 11-12-2005, 01:09 AM

jbors,
Has anyone ever discussed using the free maps (I think they are census maps) and dealing with one way roads by people marking them on their maps and uploading the one way street info to a central repository? they could also add points of interest or remove points of interest. It seems like it would be a cool opensource project to get usable map data for route planning.

Back on topic. Have you considered in your GPS efforts to use an Opensource gps application as a starting point and porting it over to python?