Qt Mapper

Qt Mapper is a GPS navigation application for the Nokia N800/N810 Internet Tablets. As the name suggests, Qt Mapper was developed using the Qt application framework. Started as an effort to port the Maemo Mapper application to Qt, it has since evolved quite a bit, although some of Maemo Mapper's original features remain. Design goals among others were simplicity of use and easy portability to other Qt-supported platforms.

Main features

• Freely available map images from the OpenStreetMap service are used
• Supports the internal GPS device of the Nokia N810
• Supports external GPS devices supported by the N800 and N810
• Points of interest (POI)
  • Add POIs on desired locations on the map
  • Alert when there are nearby POIs
• Tracking
• Pre-download map images of a selected area (useful for situations when there is no network access)

The application also contains the following features, which make use of the Google Maps service:

• Driving directions
• Point of interest search
• Address/location search

Map-It Notes feature for Qt mapper (under development)

Map-It Notes feature for Qt mapper is community and location based message sharing feature. It enables users to share location binded messages, images and multimedia with each other. Feature includes cartoonizer dialog by with users can easily create cartoons for sharing with their friends.

Feature is currently under development and server is not public.

Screenshots & videos

Application main window	Zoom by selecting an area with the stylus	Add points of interest	Get driving directions	Search for address/location

Tracking:	POI alarm:

Download

The application and source code are available for download at Qt Mapper's Maemo Garage project page.

Installation

Qt Mapper can be installed using application manager or manually using terminal.

First install needed catalogues.

1. Add the Maemo Extras software repository to your tablet's Application Manager by clicking the following link:
   https://garage.maemo.org/extras-assistant/install/extras.install
2. Add the Maemo Extras devel software repository to your tablet's Application Manager by clicking the following link:
   http://qt4.garage.maemo.org/qt4-diablo-devel.install

Optionally catalogues can be added manually if needed.

1. Open application manager and add extras-devel repository to Application Catalogue. Set following catalogue details:
2. Catalogue name: Maemo extras devel
3. Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/
4. Distribution: (leave this empty)
5. Components: free non-free.
6. Make sure Extras devel catalogue is not disabled!

Add extras repository to Application Catalogue if needed.

1. Open application manager and add extras repository to Application Catalogue. Set catalogue details:
2. Catalogue name: Maemo extras
3. Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras/
4. Distribution: (leave this empty)
5. Components: free non-free.
6. Make sure Extras catalogue is not disabled!

Browse installable applications from the Application Manager, install qtmapper from all category

Installation from terminal.

1. Add the Maemo Extras and Extras devel software repository to your tablet's Application Manager according to instructions above.
2. Open the Application Manager, select Browse installable applications -> All. Find a package called rootsh in the list and install it.
3. Open the X Terminal application from the Utilities menu.
4. In the terminal window, type these commands in the following order:

   • sudo gainroot

   • apt-get install libqt4-network libqt4-webkit libqt4-xml libqtcore4 libqtgui4 libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-sqlite

5. Download the Qt Mapper package and install it the using the Application Manager.

Note that the Maemo Qt support is still under development at this time. Information about the development status of Qt for Maemo can be found at Maemo Qt4 project page.

License

Qt Mapper is released under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 (or later).

Copyright © 2008 Ixonos Plc. All rights reserved.