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AcesHigh
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 Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| b8two wrote: | | To Keep every avaliable space on your memory Card you can Format the memory Card to FAT32 in "Computer Management/Disk Management" for XP and specify the Cluster Size to 512Bytes (Instead of the Default (4Kb) 4186Bytes) |
can you do that with the microsd INSIDE the cell phone? Because I dont have a memory card connector on my PC... the only way I can access it is by plugging my cell phone to the PC throught the USB port...
| @lice wrote: | after saving app. 15000 tiles in my memory cards root directory, opening of the miniSD card for browsing its' gallery became significantly slower (app. 5 sec). After setting the tile folders' MGMapsCacheV1 attribute to 'hidden' (by means of PC) this problem disappears and card opens quickly as before.
MGmaps still "sees" tiles without any problems.
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this seems like an awesome tip!! But in my case... the ENTIRE PHONE got quite slower after I put so many files in the memory card (the problem is of course the quantity of files, not their size)
I wonder if your solution will make the entire phone get quicker or only the memory card access.
btw, when using Shustrick´s Mapcacher website to generate .map files, I noticed that by selecting the HIGHEST quality setting, the number of tiles dimishes enormely.
I wonder if the much lower number of files doesnt result in more speed on the cellphone (in general) despite the speed loss when using the maps themselves. |
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AcesHigh
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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ok...
I downloaded a map of the 2 southernmost brazilian states (and also a bit of Uruguay), from level 0 to level 12.
On the PC, that resulted in 13 thousand files, total of 67 mb.
But when I check my phone, those same folders occupy astounding 417 mb!!!! How is that possible?
The folder alone for the 12th zoom level occupy 309 mb!!!!
What did I do wrong? I only wonder the quantity of files and how much they will occupy in the memory if I download map files for a few cities, at the 17th zoom level! |
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CrazyTerabyte
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| AcesHigh wrote: | But when I check my phone, those same folders occupy astounding 417 mb!!!! How is that possible?
The folder alone for the 12th zoom level occupy 309 mb!!!! |
That is called "cluster size". Or, in other words, the minimum size that every file must occupy.
As an example, if the filesystem has a 4KB cluster size, then a file with only 1 byte will occupy 4KB. A file with 4000 bytes will still occupy 4KB. A file with 4500 bytes will occupy 8KB.
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AcesHigh
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| Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, and so many small files end up occupying the same thing as less big files.
anyway, just now I discovered about putting more tiles per file. Ive deleted all maps I had on the celphone (those 400 mb on 13 thousand files). It took some 20 minutes to delete them!!
But I just deleted them and my phone is super fast again. It really got slow (not only when accessing the maps) because of 13 thousand files.
ps: a question... Mgmaps only work with bitmap maps right? Why not using vectorial maps? I guess the total maps size would be much smaller, and you would only need one map to zoom in and out.
also, you would be able to see the maps on pseudo-3d (like other GPS navigation software) which obviously makes it easier to see what lays ahead of your car when you are driving.
obviously, someone would have to come up with a tool to transform the bitmap maps from GoogleMaps into vectorial maps... |
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CrazyTerabyte
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| AcesHigh wrote: | | ps: a question... Mgmaps only work with bitmap maps right? Why not using vectorial maps? I guess the total maps size would be much smaller, and you would only need one map to zoom in and out. |
Because I'm pretty sure that vectorial data is much more difficult to obtain. It is also much more difficult to handle, and more CPU-intensive to display (which means that cell phones will probably be really slow while trying to render vectorial data).
| AcesHigh wrote: | | also, you would be able to see the maps on pseudo-3d (like other GPS navigation software) which obviously makes it easier to see what lays ahead of your car when you are driving. |
It is also possible to show 2D images in pseudo-3D perspective. (remember super mario kart?) That might or might not be a good idea, because on some phones it could be feasible, while on others it will be extremely slow. In addition, it will probably be very ugly (considering 2D raster images in perspective), unless some expensive CPU/GPU-intensive operations are performed (like anisotropic filter).
I feel this is not going to happen for a J2ME application.
| AcesHigh wrote: | | obviously, someone would have to come up with a tool to transform the bitmap maps from GoogleMaps into vectorial maps... |
I bet it is not going to happen!
But might be possible within other projects, like openstreetmap (since the available data is already vectorial, I guess).
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AcesHigh
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| CrazyTerabyte wrote: | | AcesHigh wrote: | | ps: a question... Mgmaps only work with bitmap maps right? Why not using vectorial maps? I guess the total maps size would be much smaller, and you would only need one map to zoom in and out. |
Because I'm pretty sure that vectorial data is much more difficult to obtain. It is also much more difficult to handle, and more CPU-intensive to display (which means that cell phones will probably be really slow while trying to render vectorial data).
| AcesHigh wrote: | | also, you would be able to see the maps on pseudo-3d (like other GPS navigation software) which obviously makes it easier to see what lays ahead of your car when you are driving. |
It is also possible to show 2D images in pseudo-3D perspective. (remember super mario kart?) That might or might not be a good idea, because on some phones it could be feasible, while on others it will be extremely slow. In addition, it will probably be very ugly (considering 2D raster images in perspective), unless some expensive CPU/GPU-intensive operations are performed (like anisotropic filter).
I feel this is not going to happen for a J2ME application.
| AcesHigh wrote: | | obviously, someone would have to come up with a tool to transform the bitmap maps from GoogleMaps into vectorial maps... |
I bet it is not going to happen!
But might be possible within other projects, like openstreetmap (since the available data is already vectorial, I guess). |
thanks for the answers pal
valeu pelas respostas cara! |
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oje
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:31 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Ok.
You may ask why not just to enjoy MGM application in my SE750i? Everything I want works with 1.35.00 and "1 tile per file" maps... Hmmm - SE750 doesn't accept FAT32 with 512B clusters (Information confirmed on SE Knowledge Base). So my neighbourhood downloaded maps which is 33 MB ocuppy 550MB on memory card Sad .
That's why I'm trying to change something in a map files... |
with my phone it works (SE 750i) with FAT32 and 512B - but very very slow.
it needed more than a hour to unfreeze (dont know how long, let it work over night |
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Cristian Streng
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:45 am Post subject: |
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| oje wrote: | | Quote: | Ok.
You may ask why not just to enjoy MGM application in my SE750i? Everything I want works with 1.35.00 and "1 tile per file" maps... Hmmm - SE750 doesn't accept FAT32 with 512B clusters (Information confirmed on SE Knowledge Base). So my neighbourhood downloaded maps which is 33 MB ocuppy 550MB on memory card Sad .
That's why I'm trying to change something in a map files... |
with my phone it works (SE 750i) with FAT32 and 512B - but very very slow.
it needed more than a hour to unfreeze (dont know how long, let it work over night |
Search this forum for K750... there are some known problems with that phone. So instead of FAT32, use FAT16 and store the maps as multiple tiles per file. |
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CrazyTerabyte
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| oje wrote: | with my phone it works (SE 750i) with FAT32 and 512B - but very very slow.
it needed more than a hour to unfreeze (dont know how long, let it work over night |
I have SE K750i. It freezes for too long if there are many files at the memory card. See my own post about this. See also my other post about the "solution".
I don't remember if I'm using FAT16 or FAT32, nor do I remember what is the cluster size. But I know that reducing the number of files at the memory card really "solves" the problem.
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I also have a Nokia 6120 Classic with 4GB micro-SD.
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mrtngb
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject: access MicrosoftSat AND GoogleMap maps |
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Sorry, this has has surely been discussed before ... didnt find it ...
how can i access different tiles created by different providers, for example MicrosoftSat and GoogleMap.
mrtn |
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mrtngb
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: store different cities seperately |
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additionally ...
i would liek to save detailed maps of different cities but i dont want to store them all on my sd card.
any suggestions? |
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Cristian Streng
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: access MicrosoftSat AND GoogleMap maps |
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| mrtngb wrote: | Sorry, this has has surely been discussed before ... didnt find it ...
how can i access different tiles created by different providers, for example MicrosoftSat and GoogleMap.
mrtn |
Settings/Map Types, enable the maps you want, then use "0" to quickly switch between them. |
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Cristian Streng
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: store different cities seperately |
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| mrtngb wrote: | additionally ...
i would liek to save detailed maps of different cities but i dont want to store them all on my sd card.
any suggestions? |
Um... then where would you want to store them?  |
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mrtngb
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:55 am Post subject: |
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hm... well ... yes ...
1st i meant if i use stored maps by different providers, i guess there has to be a modification of the cache.conf ...
2nd I want to copy a detailed map of a city where ie i want to spend only a few days and that i dont want occupy space on my sd card for all the time. Just in case i need it i would like to copy the few tiles to my mobile phone and then can delete it afterwards easily. Otherwise, if i put all in the same folder, its hard to distinguish which are the ones that belong to this city ...
hoping this post provides more information
Martin |
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Cristian Streng
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| mrtngb wrote: | | 1st i meant if i use stored maps by different providers, i guess there has to be a modification of the cache.conf ... |
No, no modification.
| mrtngb wrote: | | 2nd I want to copy a detailed map of a city where ie i want to spend only a few days and that i dont want occupy space on my sd card for all the time. Just in case i need it i would like to copy the few tiles to my mobile phone and then can delete it afterwards easily. Otherwise, if i put all in the same folder, its hard to distinguish which are the ones that belong to this city ... |
You can put different folders, then change the folder in MGMaps settings when you need different maps . |
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CrowdedCranium
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Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA Earth Sol
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:01 am Post subject: Craplet midlet manager at fault, d'oh. |
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 Ok, I get it now. The included java aplet thing on my Cingular 8125 (G4) Stocko WM5 is:
Intent @ MIDlet Manager
Copyright 2003-2005 - Tao Group Limited
Runtime MIDP 2.0: v10.1.7.551 (Build 20060317)
And is totaly unable to do the job. 
Got the redeyes now, Gustav is due tomorrow, a couple of thousand refugees are visiting Oklahoma city for a couple of weeks. My trip to the RNC is screwed. My head hurts. I need a ciggie and a hot blonde. Ill try this again tomorrow.
I'm off to XDA and HTC WiKi for a few minutes to see if I can flash this with a better Java. This is like going to a gunfight with a fingernail clipper. |
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booBot
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| Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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I've experimented with my Nokia 6680 v5.04.07: it does not support any other FS except the FAT16.
Even the FAT32 with the same block size (FAT16 defaults to 32kB) is rejected as a "corrupt memory card".
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avecore
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:40 am Post subject: |
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Hi Cristian,
One quick question: is it possible to make a kind of zip or cab file instead of thousands files and folders for cached google maps?
Thanks! |
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Cristian Streng
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:59 am Post subject: |
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| avecore wrote: | Hi Cristian,
One quick question: is it possible to make a kind of zip or cab file instead of thousands files and folders for cached google maps?
Thanks! |
Not supported by MGMaps, essentially because java/j2me apps can only access files sequentially and it would take a long time to search for tiles through those files. Now recently the phones seem to be more powerful and the search is quicker, so we may add support for this in the future.
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CrazyTerabyte
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| Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| avecore wrote: | | One quick question: is it possible to make a kind of zip or cab file instead of thousands files and folders for cached google maps? |
The map images are already compressed, thus a ZIP file wouldn't achieve noticeable space reduction.
Then, the only advantage is to have multiple images in one file. But, hey, that's exactly why the "multiple tiles per file" feature exist! It doesn't group all images into one file, but instead groups many related images (that means images near the same region) into one file. This reduces the overall number of images, and will probably suit your needs.
However, since J2ME is very slow, having too many images into the same file gets really slow.
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I also have a Nokia 6120 Classic with 4GB micro-SD.
I use Gentoo Linux distro. No, I don't have windows. |
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