Virtual Earth cache builder? Or even gps simulator to make it cache? - Page 11

mygti02 · 09-19-2007, 04:03 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by bembowe

1.) well, you should have an option to search by city. Now thinking about it, i didnt download the images for the entire state, just well know cities that i normally visit. if you dont have an option to search by city, get the latest digimod. that should have it.
The city option will get the images of all the zipcode within that city.

2)I believe i used wifi after the images were already downloaded. since the number of images in the hybrid folder was way less than the images to download, it took way less time to transfer the images. Another option would be to just use a thumbdrive and just do it by zoom level.

I downloaded all the major city in Missouri. that was about 6 cities. And I believe the file size came about be like 2gb.
With this, I would say, do it city by city. i dont think you will be frequently driving to every city in your state so take your time with the downloading.

where did you download them though. Did you go to a website and say i want the files for this city? or how did you get the files?

Also, that 2GB is that for all images at each zoom?

Thanks for the info

bembowe · 09-19-2007, 04:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mygti02

where did you download them though. Did you go to a website and say i want the files for this city? or how did you get the files?

Also, that 2GB is that for all images at each zoom?

Thanks for the info

I downloaded them using the virtual Earth cache builder digimod. this can be found in the wiki under the digimod section.
Dont know if you have read the pages in this thread, but it does provide info on how the digimod works as well as screen prints and links to where you can download it from.

according to GOC, if the navigation is set to auto zoom, then you only need zoom level 15 and 16.
I think I only have zoom level from 9 to 17 for the major cities in kansas and missouri. and i think thats about 2gb. anyways, space is not an issue for me since I've got a big harddrive.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mazdaspeed

Any chance of getting support for Postal Codes and Provinces?
Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia... I tried postal codes, and city names, but neither of those work.

your fellow canuck,

Mike

Postal codes and city names will not work if they are not within the United States. I am getting all the information from a website get US cities.

I need to find a website that can provide me with longitude and latitude information for all the postal code within a city in canada. only then will I be able to make this work.

meth68 · 09-19-2007, 06:35 PM

Is it possible to run the VE cache builder digimod without having a gps dongle? I just tried downloading the SD v1.1.0.0 demo to try it and it say the demo has expired yet it was the first time running it so I cant even figure out how to download the images from my home pc to xfer them over to my carpc. Any ideas?

RedGTiVR6 · 09-19-2007, 06:40 PM

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bembowe · 09-20-2007, 10:00 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by meth68

Is it possible to run the VE cache builder digimod without having a gps dongle? I just tried downloading the SD v1.1.0.0 demo to try it and it say the demo has expired yet it was the first time running it so I cant even figure out how to download the images from my home pc to xfer them over to my carpc. Any ideas?

you can run the digimod in development mode in your home pc. the digimod does not require you to have a gps dongle.
In development mode you should be able to install the digimod but you have to press the run button in order to get the digimod to execute. you would have to open a script file to enable the run button. This image should show you where the run button in located.

Artificial · 09-24-2007, 06:42 PM

is it possible to download any other type of map rather than hybrid? I'dd like to download "map" data for much wider area, and this shouldn't even take so much space.

Mazdaspeed · 09-25-2007, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Postal codes and city names will not work if they are not within the United States. I am getting all the information from a website get US cities.

I need to find a website that can provide me with longitude and latitude information for all the postal code within a city in canada. only then will I be able to make this work.

Well, I can give you the lat/long for my city, and other cities in the area...
there's only about 10 major cities... would you be able to make a manual one?

I don't know of any websites that offer a service like that... I'm sure they are out there though!

htrdlicn · 09-26-2007, 10:55 PM

Could you not separate latitude and longitude input with a comma?

2.130538,-106.659393

The on screen keyboard does not have a comma (or a hyphen) but most users would be using this on a desktop PC anyway.

This would solve the problem for Canadian and International users.

bembowe · 09-27-2007, 09:56 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by htrdlicn

Could you not separate latitude and longitude input with a comma?

2.130538,-106.659393

The on screen keyboard does not have a comma (or a hyphen) but most users would be using this on a desktop PC anyway.

This would solve the problem for Canadian and International users.

thats an idea I would try. I would have like to have an Entry point similiar to the address entry in the navigation module. but the development API doesnt allow for that. I will come up with some ideas with entering lats and long as soon as i get some free time.

hovalistic · 09-29-2007, 12:58 PM

how far is 50 cells equivalent to in miles at "normal" zoom, or whatever streetdeck stays on ?

hovalistic · 09-30-2007, 05:30 AM

i also had another question. i downloaded one of my citys and tried it out. What i noticed was it doesnt look as clear as it would be if it was downloading it real time. Is there a reason for this ? maybe when im zoomed it all the way its just a croped and zoomed in picture of a larger picture ?

thanks in advance,

mygti02 · 10-04-2007, 01:38 AM

so i have been downloading a bunch of images with the VE Cache add in, but i have a question. I understand what the "zoom" portion is, but im not clear on the "Cell" portion of this screen. What does the Cell bar actually do? Sorry if this was covered before. I searched but didn't find anything useful. Thanks in advance

Tony

bembowe · 10-04-2007, 09:49 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by thepunkerguy

The cells box mean how many squares on each side of the one in current view that the program will download in each direction. So, if you put in 20, then you 20 squares over in each direction, so you end up downloading 20 up, 20 down, 20 left, and 20 right.
- Mike

Increasing the number of cells will increase the number of images downloaded and also if you are downloading multiple zipcodes the greater the number of cells the more the chance of downloading images already downloaded.

mygti02 · 10-04-2007, 12:30 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by bembowe

Increasing the number of cells will increase the number of images downloaded and also if you are downloading multiple zipcodes the greater the number of cells the more the chance of downloading images already downloaded.

ok cool, i thought it had to do with something else. I put both bars all the way up and selected dynamic and down loaded 21,000 images in 10 mins

woohooo!!! that was just one zip code too

LOL