Thread: GPSGAS iguidance addon :)

I was about to post "Me Too" until I saw the download in Post #7. You may want to put it in the first post.

I just ResHacked iGuidance, and the plug-in is working great! Thanks for putting this together!!!

first post edited.. and i'm glad its working for someone other than me. I'm curious to get more feedback. i wanna know if the timing delays (500ms) are ok for those with slower setups. i only wish i could do something to hide the menu navigation so that the screens didnt flash.

The only problem that I have had, is not with the plugin-in really, but an iGuidance problem.

When it enters the address, most of the time for me it is in the incorrect format that iGuidance wants. Any street with North, East, ect pre-fixing the street, iGuidance does not like. Ea: North Elm Street. iGuidance wants "Elm Street".

When LostReception was working on his gas-naviagtion, I noticed he was using the LAT and LON settings to pass to iGuidance. This was another reshack to enable this feature in iGuidance 3.0 (It's in 2.x by default). It worked quite well as it is only 2 fields to paste into on the SAME screen, instead of having to go from screen to screen. Also the LAT and LON will always work where as some address's will not.

I see where I went wrong this morning - I didn't realize that LRs was 2.x only - the problem is that there is already a reshacked IG being used in Liquid Smokes skin that removes some IG3 menu buttons from the screen and so we need a reshacked IG3 that does both the button removal and allows the Lon/Lat to be sent.

Anybody?

Originally Posted by JohnWPB

The only problem that I have had, is not with the plugin-in really, but an iGuidance problem.

When it enters the address, most of the time for me it is in the incorrect format that iGuidance wants. Any street with North, East, ect pre-fixing the street, iGuidance does not like. Ea: North Elm Street. iGuidance wants "Elm Street".

When LostReception was working on his gas-naviagtion, I noticed he was using the LAT and LON settings to pass to iGuidance. This was another reshack to enable this feature in iGuidance 3.0 (It's in 2.x by default). It worked quite well as it is only 2 fields to paste into on the SAME screen, instead of having to go from screen to screen. Also the LAT and LON will always work where as some address's will not.

the only problem there is i dont know how to handle LAT and LON coordinates cause as far as i know there are no labels for these for the specific gas stations thru gpsgas native. If there were labels as easy to pull as the address labels it'd be easy. I can fix the issue with directions in the street address though. I just have to see the format iG prefers and make adjustments accordingly.

Originally Posted by SteveC

I see where I went wrong this morning - I didn't realize that LRs was 2.x only - the problem is that there is already a reshacked IG being used in Liquid Smokes skin that removes some IG3 menu buttons from the screen and so we need a reshacked IG3 that does both the button removal and allows the Lon/Lat to be sent.

Anybody?

have you tried to reshack your own? My instructions are clear and reshacking isnt rocket science.

Originally Posted by Sonicxtacy02

the only problem there is i dont know how to handle LAT and LON coordinates cause as far as i know there are no labels for these for the specific gas stations thru gpsgas native. If there were labels as easy to pull as the address labels it'd be easy. I can fix the issue with directions in the street address though. I just have to see the format iG prefers and make adjustments accordingly.

There is actually a LAT and LON for the individual gas stations available:

gas_#_lon (# from 0 to 11) -show gas station GPS coordinates (Lon.)
gas_#_lat (# from 0 to 11) -show gas station GPS coordinates (Lat.)

Honestly, I think this would be a better route to go. It is only 2 fields to paste into iGuidance. It is also error proof. There is no parsing to have to do of the streets, addresses ect. It also involves reshacking to add just a single dialog to work. The bonus is, that it will add navigating by Lat & Lon to use at any time. Great for finding hiking spots, campgrounds ect. I actually used this to find a remote waterfall in Northern Georgia about a month back on a road trip.

Chatting with SangreDeThor yesterday, he was having another issue entirely. He is in Maine (Abreviation ME) and when it would go to put the state in, it would search for New MExico for some reason. I have not see that here, but have seen iGuidance use parts of names and show those matched even in the middle of a city ect, and not always starting at the beginning.

I'm going to go search now for the reshack that has to be done to navigate by coordinates and will post here.

EDIT: Ok found it, the full instructions are located HERE to add coordinates back to iGuidance 3.0.




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ok.. i'll revise my add and use those coordinates... just didnt realize it was there.

ok new version is available for download.. This one uses coordinates to create your route. Thanks john for your help. Readme includes a link now on how to get coordinates back in iG. check first post for download link