GooPs Google Earth/GPS Tracking and Navigation - New GpsGate and Mologogo tracking - Page 6

RPM_VR4 · 02-16-2006, 03:10 PM

The semi-transparent problem (at the edges of the SKIN where it meets the map) is a SKINbedder problem. The picture of my car with a white box around it is a GooPs problem that is not present in nemaGE.

Good news! All the buttons on the right side of the skin work now!

. I will be releasing a new SKINbedder .exe with a more-working GE skin soon. It will probably still be another month or so before I have SbV3 final done (which will fix the semi-transparent problem by using layered windows for all the skin graphics).

davidhite · 02-16-2006, 03:20 PM

Oh, now I get it. Sorry for the confusion. I'll look into it.

-Dave

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

The semi-transparent problem (at the edges of the SKIN where it meets the map) is a SKINbedder problem. The picture of my car with a white box around it is a GooPs problem that is not present in nemaGE.

Good news! All the buttons on the right side of the skin work now!

. I will be releasing a new SKINbedder .exe with a more-working GE skin soon. It will probably still be another month or so before I have SbV3 final done (which will fix the semi-transparent problem by using layered windows for all the skin graphics).

spaceskater · 02-16-2006, 07:21 PM

Well i have benn driving around today all day with many resumes from both standby and hibernation and everything worked great. no GPS problem with GooPs so maybe it was just that time only 2 days ago. some other program conflict..!? who know?? Thanks anyway david! If it happens again I'll let u know with more details on tha problem.

davidhite · 02-17-2006, 12:48 PM

1.5.2 - 2/17/06

Removed AutoZoom exaggeration factor.

Incorporated AutoZoom configuration table so you can tailor AutoZoom to your own preferences.
The AutoZoom configuration table allows you to control the range, tilt, and cursor icon based on your current speed.

To define your own AutoZoom configuration table: (this is a little complicated, if you mess it up you can just delete the file and GooPs will use defaults)

Create a file called autozoom.cfg in the directory GooPs is running from
Enter lines/rows as follows:
Each line/row in the file designates a speed in mph, a range in feet, a tilt in degrees, and a path to an image file – separated by commas.
The speed is the minimum speed for which this row’s factors will be applied
The factors will be applied until the current speed reaches the speed designated in the following row.
A negative range or tilt factor will cause the factor to be applied absolutely for given row.
A positive range or tilt factor will cause the factor to be adjusted between this row’s factor and the next row’s factor based on current speed.

For example the following table:

0,-1000,-80,c:\src\goopsv1.5\test\mycar1.png
5,800,70,c:\src\goopsv1.5\test\mycar2.png
20,3000,50,c:\src\goopsv1.5\test\mycar3.png
50,3000,45

Will produce this behavior:

From 0 to 5 mph – range will be 1000 ft, tilt will be 80 degrees, mycar1.png will be displayed at the current position

From 5 to 20 mph – range will increase linearly from 800 to 3000 ft based on current speed, tilt will decrease linearly from 70 to 50 degrees based on current speed, mycar2.png will be displayes at the current position

From 20 to 50 mph – range will be 3000 ft, tilt will decrease linearly from 50 to 45 degrees, mycar3.png will be displayed at the current position

Above 50 mph – range will increase from 3000 to infinity base on current speed, tilt will be 45 degrees, the GooPs 3D cursor will be displayed at the current position

The AutoZoom configuration table is reparsed with each update so you can experiment with different settings in real-time while running the demo.

Changed/added shortcuts for main window items –

ctl-t – tracking on
alt-t – tracking off
ctl-alt-t – toggle tracking
ctl-u – heading up on
alt-u – heading up off
ctl-alt-u – toggle heading up
clt-z – AutoZoom on
alt-z – AutoZoom off
ctl-alt-z – toggle AutoZoom
ctl-p – pause
alt-p - continue
ctl—alt-p – toggle pause/continue
ctl-m – force tracking selection to self (host=localhost)

d2.n · 02-17-2006, 05:19 PM

im liking the release schedule of this, features are implemented almost as mentioned. much appreciated.
simple suggestion, add a Save button next to Pause, seems like most of the functionality of Pause (especially with autozoom) is to save a track, so why not create a button/shortcut to 'pause, save, unpause'.

also, the release notes on your site lists "1.5.1 - 2/17/06" for the recent update, should read "1.5.2 2/17/06".

RPM_VR4 · 02-18-2006, 12:33 AM

David: You are awesome!!!

d2.n: I could be wrong, but I don't think David can easily instruct Google Earth to save a kml file. I am working on a SKINbedder skin that will do that by sending key macros to GooPs and Google Earth.

RPM_VR4 · 02-18-2006, 05:08 AM

My config /w 3 car pics:

RPM_VR4 · 02-18-2006, 05:14 AM

Oh, David: Now that the config allows auto-tilt, can we have a checkmark/hot-keys for that?

My idea is that if you ever press Tilt/Zoom/Rotate, it will turn off just that form of tracking. There's another button to dissable/enable all tracking. Once you touch Tilt/Zoom/Rotate, that button would auto depress so that the next press will restore all tracking.

RPM_VR4 · 02-18-2006, 06:56 AM

Ok... one more request for tonight

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This is a very strange one, but do you think you could make a hot-key to copy the Lat/Long to the clip-board in this format: "45.123,110.456"

I need it so when you want directions to some where, it automatically fills in the "from location". (unless you know a way to tell Google Earth that the from location is the screen-center).

I could possibly do it myself by creating a new placemark, checking advanced, switching tabs, copying the Lat, canceling the placmark, pasting the Lat, then doing the whole thing over again to get the Long. If you could just display it in an editbox or copy it directly to the clipboard via hot-key it would work much better

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d2.n · 02-18-2006, 02:48 PM

RPM: check out http://www.keyhole.com/kml/kml_tut.html
and look at section "4.1 Tracking a Point Directly Under Your View".

Not as nice as having the lat/long easily accessible in txt form, but will easily create a placemark at around the center view (that should be easily hidable). this method would also let you set directions from any "center" point, ie pause goops or whatever GPS pipe, move to the desired start location and determine directions with whatever method you are developing.

Seems like the easiest way to implement 'from' location for directions is w\ placemarks. having a placemark at current position and refreshing driving directions every few seconds would be a feasible way of adding routing.

davidhite · 02-18-2006, 04:31 PM

Looks good RPM!

I'm adding another field to the config table to control the scaling of the image. That way you can use just one image file. It's just about ready for release.

I also made the config table parser a bit more robust - so you can have blank space.

I'm glad the .png's work. I'm not sure how the others are getting the alpha stuff to work on the .bmp files. I'm not finding it. I think for now you'll just have to use .png. If using .png is a major inconvenience I can try harder to make .bmp work.

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

My config /w 3 car pics:

davidhite · 02-18-2006, 06:39 PM

Thanks for the ideas.

I can easily save the kml to a file for either the selected vehicle or for all vehicles via a keyboard shortcut. This would be to canned names like "Me.kml" or "MyFriend.kml". I'm too lazy dig up all the file dialog stuff - besides GE already does that.

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

David: You are awesome!!!

d2.n: I could be wrong, but I don't think David can easily instruct Google Earth to save a kml file. I am working on a SKINbedder skin that will do that by sending key macros to GooPs and Google Earth.

davidhite · 02-18-2006, 06:41 PM

Done. It'll be in the next release today or tomorrow.
I also added an AutoTilt checkbox and hot-keys.

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

Ok... one more request for tonight

.

This is a very strange one, but do you think you could make a hot-key to copy the Lat/Long to the clip-board in this format: "45.123,110.456"

I need it so when you want directions to some where, it automatically fills in the "from location". (unless you know a way to tell Google Earth that the from location is the screen-center).

I could possibly do it myself by creating a new placemark, checking advanced, switching tabs, copying the Lat, canceling the placmark, pasting the Lat, then doing the whole thing over again to get the Long. If you could just display it in an editbox or copy it directly to the clipboard via hot-key it would work much better

.

RPM_VR4 · 02-18-2006, 09:33 PM

PNG are great! You can do alpha-blends so they are way better than BMPs.

If you can save the KML file, that is wonderful. I would totally love an option to automatically save the current trips KML to a flash key or something on shutdown/hibernate. It should save it with a time-stamp name. That way my flash key would contain a GE log of every trip I ever take... just like GPS Secure, but in Google Earth.

Auto-scaling the image is cool too, but that's not on the top of my feature request list. I think the 3 sizes I have set up work pretty well already.

I have a decent start on the Mercury7 style skin now. I still have a lot of work to do to add OSK-entry functionality and make the graphics look better though. In the mean time, I modified the CF-style SKIN to work with GooPs. I will post that with a new version of Sb on Monday probably.

Keep up the good work!

davidhite · 02-20-2006, 02:12 AM

1.6 - 2/19/06

Added a SpeedTrack feature (more eye candy!)

SpeedTrack renders your track in multiple segments that are colored based on speed.
SpeedTrack changes your 3D cursor’s color based on your current speed.
SpeedTrack is currently only available for the "local" vehicle (host="localhost").
SpeedTrack causes many separate tracks to be sent to Google Earth. You may need to shorten the overall track length to avoid bogging down your system.
You can’t "tour" a SpeedTrack in Google Earth (actually you can but it’s not pretty). For this reason, the "Save" capability will always save a "TourTrack" along with the SpeedTrack segments.

Added a Save capability (Ctl-s)

The track is saved in kml format in the current directory.
If the registry key HKLM/GooPs/SaveDirectory exists, the file will be saved there.
If SpeedTrack is active, a "TourTrack" is saved with the SpeedTrack segments.
The "local" (host="localhost") vehicle’s track is now saved at program exit.

Added a capability to save the current position to the clipboard (Ctl-c)

Added an AutoTilt checkbox

Made the AutoZoom config table parser more robust (allows spaces)

Added an image scale factor to the AutoZoom config table

For example the following table:
0, -1000, -80, c:\src\goopsv1.5\test\mycar.png
5, 800, 70, c:\src\goopsv1.5\test\mycar.png, .75
20, 3000, 50, c:\src\goopsv1.5\test\mycar.png , -.5
50, 3000, 45

From 0 to 5 mph the image will be absolutely scaled by 1 (the default).
From 5 to 20 mph the image will be scaled by .75
From 20 to 50 mph the image will be scaled by the current range/1000 times .5
From 50 mph on the 3D cursor is displayed.

Added shortcuts -

ctl-e - AutoTilt on
alt-e - AutoTilt off
ctl-r - SpeedTrack on
alt-r - SpeedTrack off
ctl-s - Save selected vehicle’s track
ctl-k - Save selected vehicle’s track to GE
ctl-c - Copy current location (lat/lon) to clipboard